Mario and Zelda fans lined up at Nintendo World in New York.
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Nintendo can bring out midnight fans, too (our photo gallery proves it)

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The media attention was on the launch of the Xbox One last night. But Nintendo says that it drew fans to its Nintendo World store in New York as well for the launch of Super Mario 3D World, The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, and Mario Party: Island Tour.

Nintendo took its own photos to show that some gamers skipped lining up for Xbox One consoles. And sales would suggest that Nintendo’s 3DS family of portable gaming systems is still selling strong in spite of the launch of the next-generation game consoles and the weakness of the Nintendo Wii U console.

Microsoft launched the Xbox One on the same night Thursday. The event comes a week after the launch of the PlayStation 4.

Nintendo launched Super Mario 3D World for the Wii U. And it debuted The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds and Mario Party: Island Tour video games for the Nintendo 3DS.

Check out the photo gallery.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat at VentureBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.