okay, that's cool, but why? O.o

Thats was my thinking too, use the same engine and such which would cut dev time a heap. Then give us galaxy 2 and then 3 on the wii, if they are equal to the original, I will be stoked.

maybe a luigi game that is similar to mario64 or galaxy

Maybe they'll utilize something that exploits an even more immersive user interface?

Oh won't be for awhile. Thinking N6 for next platformer.

 This is totally off subject, and I'm sure most posters here were born after the release of the Game Boy, but this reminds me of grade school.  The Game Boy was still new and not everyone had one, so at lunch and on library breaks we would make "paper Game Boys" and draw in games.  One person would draw it in, and one person would "play".  Anybody? ... no? ... damn.

Yeah I agree with all the ones who say the next Mario will be a direct sequel to Galaxy. The space setting is awesome and there's alot of potential for new ideas to make a threequel. I predict SMG2 will have co-op with Luigi and in SMG3 Yoshi will join the party.

We will see something completely different on the next Nintendo console, but as far as the Wii is concerned Mario will stay in space.

From the recent interview on IGN it sounds like Iwata is pushing for another Mario platformer before the end of the generation. It also sounds like it could be another Galaxy-esque game with spherical planets.