Relax. Nintendo has not forgotten you. Making new titles for the traditional fanbase just takes time, says Shigeru Miyamoto, speaking to the Telegraph recently in an interview.

Said Miyamoto:

"Making these 'traditional' games is what I am best at. Because games of that nature take upwards of two or three years to make, we always have to keep the teams working on those projects going. At any given time, the team could be five to ten people, or it could be 50-plus. People are always switching in and out of those teams.

"They are all working on more Mario, Zelda and Pikmin projects," he said. "And they all work in close proximity to me, so I can keep a good eye on them."

Could it be that all this time, Nintendo has been quietly working on traditional Nintendo titles? That in fact, they've been working all along on their core franchises?

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Edit: Nevermind

Pretty much known, but imagine if all three were announced for 2009. That would be an amazing lineup.

Wow this is completely surprising. Pikmin, Mario and Zelda teams are working on projects? Awesome.

Reply from Onyxmeth
7/16/2008

Outcast confirms he's making a sandwich right now!

yes it would, especially since many other great games are coming in 09

Mario would be hard to get out by then but who knows it might make it by the end of 09...

Awesome. Never played Pikmin but heard it was awesome. New Mario and Zelda=Nintendo is awesome

It's probably for the DS. I still think Mario Galaxy 2 is in developement, but will not be released until the end of 2010, early 2011.

- The dudes who are working on these new projects don't they always work on a new Mario/Zelda etc projects?

- I hope it is not a Mario/zelda sports kind of games.