Mario Sunshine remake launch title for DS2?

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Now, this thread is of course purely speculative, and not based on any rumours. It'd be nice if you could explain your reasoning, too.

Does anyone here think we might see the GameCube's Super Mario Sunshine remade as a launch title for DS's successor? Before you just go shouting yes, no, or 'OMG I HATE SUNSHINEZ!!1!', just think about it. Nintendo have a habit of remaking/re-launching games, and especially Mario games:

- The NES's Super Mario Bros., SMB 2 and SMB 3 were all remade and released for the SNES in the Super Mario All-Stars package.

- Later, the same NES SMB was tweaked and re-released and Super Mario Bros Deluxe for GameBoy Color.

- When the GameBoy Advance launched, it did so with the launch title Super Mario Advance, a remake of the SNES All-Stars version of SMB 2, which was itself a remake of the NES SMB 2 (which, incidentally, was in turn an altered version of the Japanese game Doki Doki Panic, 'cos Nintendo feared the Japanese SMB2 would be too difficult for Westerners. So it was a remake of a remake of a remake, hmm.) In similar fashion, we saw releases of remakes of Super Mario World (SMA2), Yoshi's Island (SMA3) and Super Mario Bros. 3 (SMA4). All of these released for the GBA.

- DS launched with a remake of Super Mario 64, aptly titled Super Mario 64 DS.

- On a lesser note, Nintendo also released the GameCube's Mario Power Tennis as a NPC title for Wii.

... Now, for some further points in favor of a Sunshine remake, Nintendo hasn't released a NPC version of the game, and it doesn't look like they ever will. GameCube titles don't appear on the Virtual Console of the Wii either. The argument that Sunshine may or may not have been a very loved game doesn't really hold water, either, since Nintendo launched the GBA with a Super Mario Bros. 2 remake, which is universally considered to be one of the weakest entries in the series. Besides, the game has garnered glowing reviews almost without exception, with a metascore of 92, including quite a lot of 100's.

I think it's likely. DS2 or whatever it'll be called will be significantly more powerful than DS, obviously. Just how much remains to be seen, but if I had to guess, I'd put it somewhere around GameCube level, maybe even Wii. Plenty of horsepower, then.

Of course we all know 2D Mario sells extremely well, too, judging from the recent NSMBW, but I still feel a 3D Mario would be one of the ways in which Nintendo could really show off a new system. And Sunshine seems like ans obvious candidate, having been released long enough ago to be a classic, too.

So, thoughts?