Super Mario for the DS -- leaked footage

A leaked video of the new Super Mario Bros game for the Nintendo DS has turned up on YouTube -- it looks awesome, retro 2D and lovely (though the footage doesn't show what the bottom screen is doing). Based on this, I might just buy a DS to play it.

Update: Mark sez, "This is an article for a preview version of the game, including what sounds like the level in the video. Also about the touchscreen:"

"The DS's second screen comes into play throughout the adventure in a fairly minor and gimmicky manner. The touch screen displays extra power-ups that Mario collects, not unlike the box at the top of the screen in Super Mario Bros.3. Mario can carry up to three extra power-ups at a time; tapping one on the touch screen will cause it to be activated. While the action normally takes place on the upper screen, when Mario ducks through a pipe into certain subterranean chambers the gameplay moves briefly to the lower screen."

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