Nintendo has decided to throw Mario, Link and the rest of its famous characters against the likes of Disney Infinity and Skylanders with its own merging of video games and action figures.
Will Mario Kart 8, Super Smash Bros. and Pokemon Alpha Sapphire/Omega Ruby be enough to pull Nintendo into the green? Or does Nintendo have some other tricks up its sleeves that we'll see at E3?
We hope you like Mudkips, because we're going back to the Hoenn Region as Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire are evolving into beautiful remakes for the Nintendo 3DS.
One of the first video games I ever played was the 'Super Mario Bros.' for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). Every now and then I'll pull out the old cartridge and play a few sessions with it's 8-bit melody teleporting me back through a warp pipe of early childhood memories.