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New Super Mario Bros. Wii arcade medal game primed for Japan

by Richard Mitchell on Apr 2nd 2011 7:10AM

Before cursing the heavens, realize that the Capcom-developed New Super Mario Bros. Wii arcade machine isn't what you think it is. The Mario Bros. cabinet is actually a "medal game" -- in other words, it's a series of Mario-related mini-games (slot machines and the like) that can earn players more medals (i.e. tokens). According to Siliconera, players that reach Bowser in the up-to-four-player game have a shot at winning a jackpot.

Check out a video of the game in action on the official site (click 映像紹介 at the bottom of the page).

Via: Siliconera
Source: Capcom

Tags: arcade, capcom, japan, New-Super-Mario-Bros-Wii, nintendo

Reader Comments (25)

Mario, on a capcom site. Now I've seen everything.

@saturn118 Given Sega's strong arcade presence, you might want to reserve that comment in case a Sega-developed Mario arcade game comes out.

@saturn118
Ever heard of The Minish Cap? Oracle of Ages/Seasons?

@Magrippinho Mario Kart Arcade GP 1 & 2 were developed by Namco and had pac man as a driver.

@Magrippinho
Star Fox Armada was also developed by Namco.

@saturn118

Also, Team Ninja co-developed Other M.

@saturn118

Dogs and cats, living together, mass hysteria!

@saturn118 Capcom developed three Mario Party arcade games.

@Magrippinho
Sega made the Mario and Sonic go the the Olympics games.

@supersonic124
No, really?

@supersonic124
Exactly.

@supersonic124

Capcom's first game was Vulgus, made in 1984!

@Epsilon

Sometimes, kittens make me feel uncomfortable.

...Capcom makes slot/pachinko games?

@Red Runner

It's big business in Japan. Sega in fact makes more money out of pachinko machines then from their games division.

That's no arcade game. That's a pedestal where they sacrifice virgins to the plumber/deity known as Mario.

Look, it even has nubs to hook the chains on and square outlets where the blood will stream out.

@Pure Black World Tendency

I LOLed.

@Pure Black World Tendency kalima. kalima. kalima.

@Pure Black World Tendency

It's cool. Kamen Rider's had one of those for years

Please stop, its no longer April 1st.

What--is a Smash Bros. Arcade too much to ask for?

For those in UK, should check out Namco arcade in London, has these types of games, dodgem-cars, bowling alley and a bar.. its paradise.

No words can express the sheer awesomness of this.

Why is this still called "New Super Mario Bros. *Wii* ?" It very probably isn't running on Wii hardware (not likely with 4-player splitscreen since they'd probably want to run it in HD).

I mean, the "New" Super Mario Bros series is already a multi-platform franchise, and especially since everyone and their dog has a DS in Japan, it's not like people will be confused as to the milieu of the game if they don't see "Wii" in the title.

Why not call it "New Super Mario Bros. Arcade" or something? They could still use the strong red coloring and all the familiar logos and images of the Wii title.

Everything about that video confused me.
What the hell was that?
Was that even Mario?

So confused....

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