Release Dates Announced: Mario and Sonic 2012, Super Mario 3DS, Mario Kart 3DS, Kid Icarus

It seems like Nintendo decided to announce a bunch of their first-party title’s release date during ZI’s downtime. But fret not; we have collected them all here in one convenient post.

We now have exact and rough release dates for Mario and Sonic at the London 2012 Olympics, Super Mario 3DS, and Mario Kart 3DS. As for Kid Icarus: Uprising‘s European release date, well, it’s been delayed.

Mario and Sonic at the London 2012 Olympics will released on the Wii in North America on November 16th, and in Europe on November 18th. The 3DS version of the game will come in February 2012. The game will also be released in a yellow Wii case. I’m not sure what the yellow is suppose to signify, but it will make it easy to spot at your local game store.

Both Super Mario 3DS and Mario Kart 7, also known as Mario Kart 3DS, will be released this holiday season. Super Mario is expected sometime in November, while Mario Kart will arrive in December.

While the Nintendo game scene has been a bit dry this year, it looks like things are really going to pick up around the holidays. Several other games are also coming out around that time, including Kid Icarus and Skyward Sword. Parents are going to have more than enough to choose from when buying their kids games for Christmas.

However, I would have preferred these games to be more spaced out. Not that it really matters at this point, but I think it would have helped Nintendo financially. And after the news about the 3DS price drop, we know they were hurting.

Additionally, according to Nintendo’s latest release schedule, Kid Icarus: Uprising won’t be coming to Europe until sometime in early 2012. While the game will be released in Japan and North America at the end of this year, the European date is listed for the first quarter of 2012. Hopefully, this only means that game will be coming out in January.

Source: Nintendo Life, Nintendo World Report, Nintendo Life