GamesBeat spoke with Koichi Hayashida and Yoshiaki Koizumi at E3 to find out how Nintendo keeps its legendary mascot feel fresh and exciting from one Mario game to the next.
The gallery inside features the likes of Mario, Halo's Master Chief, Half-Life's Gordon Freeman, and other classic characters from some of the most popular games.
For every smash-hit like Mario Galaxy, there was at least one great Wii release that flew under the radar. GamesBeat reached out to some key games industry figures to ask which Wii titles they think deserved a wider audience. Here are their thoughts.