When will the 4th REAL Mario game release? UPDATED!!!!

[Final-Fan]

Khuutra said:

Final-Fan said:
Well, see my edit: I admit that my point was off target (for instance, the Mushroom Kingdom could simply be an addition to canon like SMB3 added to SMB). So I think the edit helps illustrate why I say the change from MB to SMB was so drastic that it's not really in the same "mainline series" (supposing the existence of such) as SMB is.

As for your question, I think it could be a lot more clear.

What's "it" in this situation? In case it is my question:

Why are you bringing up points that have primarily either been addressed or dismissed as ancillary details?

Well, that had stuck out to me because you reprimanded Rol for, basically, arguing a point that you said you hadn't made.  So I wanted to point out I think he had a right to respond to a claim you clearly made.  (Rol:  "The Mario series is more than just Mario and Luigi.")

You already responded to that:  "You're right in that I was doing more than asking questions; you're wrong in that what I said was that elements of Super Mario Bros. had proliferated throughout the entire rest of the franchise (the two brothers, pipes, turtles, and pow blocks being the biggest)."

Now the first part of that sentence is very clear.  The second part -- I think you might mean MB instead of SMB?  There are no POW blocks in SMB.  (BTW, I'd dispute that they can be said to have "proliferated" that much, though you may be able to back that up, I don't know.)  And you DID actually say that.  It's right there.  "This is actually already the case."  ("that Mario Bros.'s setting and characters and elements were propagated throughout the rest of the series, becoming a feeding ground for all or at least the majority of spinoffs")

But aside from that, I have been kind of getting sucked into trying to define the mainline Mario series, which is apparently an activity you are uninterested in despite the huge amount of discussing it you did while serving your other argument.  So, sorry?