In Miyamoto's private conference, it was stated that the game was very far along in development, but its release was held back to mid-2010 because of "New Super Mario Bros. Wii"'s release in late 2009.
Её релиз мог состояться раньше запланированного, однако был перенесён на середину 2010 года из-за выхода в конце 2009 игры "New Super Mario Bros. Wii".