Erik Aston on 19 March 2007
It has nothing to do with any DS Mario game. People should entertain the idea that the RPG elements will scare off people looking for a platformer, and the focus on platforming and loss of turn-based fighting will disenfranchise the Paper Mario fanbase, btw, if they're going to say the mix could attract both audiences. Explaining that its a crossbred 2D-platformer/3D-platformer/RPG may not suck in that huge NSMB audience, but just confuse them.
"[Our former customers] are unable to find software which they WANT to play."
"The way to solve this problem lies in how to communicate what kind of games [they CAN play]."
Satoru Iwata, Nintendo President. Only slightly paraphrased.
