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 * At the Nintendo Switch presentation, the Nintendo Switch (pictured) was announced for release worldwide on March 3, 2017. Super Mario Odyssey was unveiled for the Switch, set to be released for the holiday season in late 2017. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe was formally announced in a press release and set to be released on April 28, 2017.
 * Tony Rosato, Luigi's voice actor in The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 and the Super Mario World television series, died on January 12, 2017 at the age of 63 due to a heart attack.
 * Mario Kart 64 was released on the Wii U Virtual Console in the Americas on December 29, 2016.
 * Mario Party 2 was released on the Wii U Virtual Console in the Americas on December 22, 2016.