Super Mario Maker is coming to the Nintendo 3DS in December

– Picture courtesy of NintendoSAN FRANCISCO, Sept 1 – A special edition New Galaxy Style Nintendo 3DS XL is putting the “cosmic” into cosmetic novelty.

Read: The most anticipated games of 2016. The latter will be slightly different version of the Wii U. Nintendo took advantage of the Nintendo Direct this afternoon to unveil the 3DS version of Super Mario Maker. Sadly, you won’t be able to search for the by their course ID. More Mushroom Kingdom characters wil of course join and two new modes change how you play the game. A trio of Poochy Pups will also help Yoshi discover secrets within the levels.

Nintendo said it will release 50 new Animal Crossing amiibo cards on December 2.

You can rewatch the Nintendo Direct below.

Leading off the news was a still-unnamed, side-scrolling version of Pikmin. The whole basis of the game is to be random to keep you playing. Many players have been clamouring for a 3DS port and, at long last, Nintendo has finally delivered.

They’ll have “special functionality” in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

Yesterday, Emily Rogers also corroborated a report from Laura Kate Dale at LetsPlayVideogames that mentioned a split D-Pad and “Share” button in the Nintendo NX prototype. There will also be a number of stop motion shorts to enjoy. If the NX is indeed region-free, then it would allow gamers to import games that would otherwise not see a release in their home countries and play them without any worry of them not functioning. Nintendo did something similar for the summer releases back in March’s Nintendo Direct.

IGN speculated earlier today that Nintendo could actually use this time to focus on the upcoming 3DS games that are scheduled to ship for the system prior to the end of the year.