This morning, Nintendo confirmed at their E3 media briefing that New Super Mario Bros. 2 will be released in North America on August 19th. Further details of the game will be announced tomorrow at Nintendo’s Nintendo 3DS presentation.
Ishaan specializes in game design/sales analysis. He's the former managing editor of Siliconera and wrote the book "The Legend of Zelda - A Complete Development History". He also used to moonlight as a professional manga editor. These days, his day job has nothing to do with games, but the two inform each other nonetheless.