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Mario vs. Donkey Kong Wii U shown at GDC, but only a tech demo says Nintendo

Mario Vs Donkey Kong Wii U made an appearance at GDC this week, but according to Nintendo it's only a tech demo for the time being.

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Siliconera was informed that he game was only a demo, designed to show off Nintendo's new Web Framework, a development platform the site says is based on WebKit tech that enables Wii U development in HTML5, Javascript and CSS.

The framework supports the Wii U GamePad, WiiMote and other extensions. It is believed that the tech will enable the quick porting of apps to Nintendo's console.

Would you like to see this game release on Wii U? Let us know below, and do check out Siliconera's close-up shows of the game running on GamePad and the framework itself:

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