Nintendo News (Dec. 6): Dragon Quest VIII pouch @ GameStop / Super Mario Run / Super Mario 64
Today’s Nintendo and Daily Briefs: Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King pouch at GameStop, but also…
- Super Mario Run
- Super Mario 64
Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King
Planning on pre-ordering Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King? If yes, then you might want to do so at GameStop, who is offering an exclusive Nintendo 3DS pouch if you pre-order at retail or via their official website.
Here’s what the pouch looks like:
Source: GameStop
Super Mario Run
On Thursday, Shigeru Miyamoto will attend a special event at the Apple Store in Soho, New York. There, he will discuss Super Mario Run, the very first mobile game featuring Mario, and will give attendees an exclusive look at the game.
Source: Apple
Super Mario 64
Super Mario 64 is the first 3D Mario game, and its impact on the indusry as a whole is quite important. And so, trying to find out what the game looked like at the very beginning, way before it was released, is pretty interesting (even more than for a “regular” game). And it turns out that the earliest screenshots for Super Mario 64 can be found not in a magazine… but in the patent documents for the Nintendo 64 (then known as Ultra 64).
Here’s the two earliest screenshots for Super Mario 64:
