Nintendo says the new material is inspired by Super Mario World, Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Sunshine. As the player, you can choose to dress up as iconic characters including Mario, Luigi and Princess Peach, or mischievous foes like Bowser and Wario. My personal favourite is Toad in his delightful Treasure Tracker gear. With a flashlight on his bonnet, he seems perfect for some subterranean mining. The house of Mario will also be launching a retail version of Minecraft: Wii U Edition on June 17th, which will cost $29.99 and come with the Super Mario pack on the disc.

Such an addition won't change the Wii U's dwindling sales, but looking at the console's lineup this year -- which has little more than Paper Mario and Tokyo Mirage Sessions on it -- this could turn out to be a real highlight. Unless Nintendo has some surprises planned for E3, of course.