Miyamoto on New Super Mario Bros Wii, Koopa Kids, other characters

Shigeru Miyamoto spoke with Nintendo Power about the upcoming New Super Mario Bros. Wii. Instead of paraphrasing the article from Aeropause, i'm going to post it below because it made me laugh out loud:

The game will also feature the return of the Koopa Kids (”We’re still working on it!” Miyamoto promises, as if there’s some sort of complex contract negotiation to work out with Wendy O. Koopa.) Plus, NSMBW will debut the long-rumored “Kind Code” feature that will let the game play for you if you get to spot that you can’t complete. I’m sure I’m in the minority on this one, but I will totally turn on Kind Code - or Demo Play or whatever the final name is - and watch the game play itself start to finish. I like watching games, what can I say.

When asked about the playable characters being Mario, Luigi, Toad and Another Toad, Shigeru Miyamoto says “That’s it.” I still maintain that they’re holding back Peach as a secret character. Either she’s in from the start or you unlock her after beating the game once. The game has such a Super Mario Bros. 2 vibe that I can’t imagine Nintendo ignoring the obvious and not completing the SMB2 quartet.