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Super Mario Bros. 3 and Mario Tennis will be hitting the 3DS eShop over the festive period

What's a Mario?

Super Mario Bros. 3 and Mario Tennis will be hitting the 3DS eShop over the festive period
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There are not one, not three, not 12, but two Mario games heading to the 3DS eShop over the festive period.

First up, there's Super Mario Bros. 3. It's a platformer, apparently, starring Mario and Luigi? Is that right?

A thing called a Bowser causes trouble in the Mushroom World, and these super-brothers have to stop it. Furthermore, you can be a Raccoon Mario or a Tanooki Mario.

I doubt that's going to catch on. Anyway, Super Mario Bros. 3 will set you back £2.79 from December 26th. From January 2nd, it'll cost you £3.59.

Mario Mario?

Then, there's Mario Tennis. Which is a slightly bonkers mixture of everyone's third favourite racquet sport and an RPG.

So, lead a rookie to the top of the league, hit some balls, and have a blast.

Those Mario characters are in it, too. Nintendo looks like it's putting a lot of stock in them. I doubt they'll be as famous as Sonic, though. Or that Bob Hoskins will play one of them in a Hollywood movie.

Mario Tennis will set you back £4.49 when it goes live on the eShop on January 2nd.

Disclaimer: I know who Mario is, really. He's in Assassins Creed II, yeah?
Harry Slater
Harry Slater
Harry used to be really good at Snake on the Nokia 5110. Apparently though, digital snake wrangling isn't a proper job, so now he writes words about games instead.