Nintendo president, Satoru Iwata, points out the tail in the game’s logo.

This being the second time Nintendo studio EAD have developed a sequel to a high-profile console game, producer Koizumi looked back at when he was first involved in a similar project.

EAD Tokyo explain why Yoshi was cut from the original Mario Galaxy and how his presence contributed to Galaxy 2′s development.

Satoru Iwata believes that the Japanese audience tends to be overwhelmed by the free-form exploration in 3D Mario worlds.