Conegamer said:
Well then, I think you may need to prepare to be disappointed The odds of having 2 3D and a 2D Mario within a year of each other are incredibly, INCREDIBLY slim IMO... |
Not really, since SMB3DL was made by only one of the EAD groups. I wouldn't be surprised if EAD1 (they made Galaxy 1) were being trusted with producing a Galaxy Spinoff/brand new 3D Mario Title for launch.
While i agree that 2 3D Mario's and one 2D Mario in a single year is extremely unlikely, you're forgetting that 2D and 3D Marios are different, and you're also forgetting that 3DS releases have been top priority for Nintendo to increase sales on the console in the last 12 months.
Now, given the importance of Mario, and the high expectations of Wii U graphics, i would say Nintendo made a mistake by making another 2D Mario for the WII U Launch (this is obviously what we're expecting in November), but regardless they need to show HD Mario in a 3D environment in order to seel the system.
“When we make some new announcement and if there is no positive initial reaction from the market, I try to think of it as a good sign because that can be interpreted as people reacting to something groundbreaking. ...if the employees were always minding themselves to do whatever the market is requiring at any moment, and if they were always focusing on something we can sell right now for the short term, it would be very limiting. We are trying to think outside the box.” - Satoru Iwata - This is why corporate multinationals will never truly understand, or risk doing, what Nintendo does.
