I could easily see the next 3D Mario making a pretty big splash if Nintendo does what they usually do and provide a different gameplay experience than what is already the norm. They will most certainly not make Galaxy 3, the only reason they made 2 was because they didn't get all of their ideas into the first game. Galaxy 2 pretty much locked down 3D platformers for last gen, nothing could compete and nothing even tried to.
For the next Mario, I could see them doing 2 player with "split screen" on the gamepad. NSMB could have been an experiment in getting players to work together using collision physics so that in the next Mario, Nintendo has the concept perfected. The players could play by themselves, no AI partner, but the real meat of the game would be playing together, using each other's heads as jumping platforms to reach higher areas and so forth. It could easily redefine 3D platformers yet again. With this being the Year of Luigi and all, making him a main character seems likely as well. In single player, his higher jump would be enough to reach higher platforms, while in 2 player Mario would be able to jump off of his head so they both could progress. They would probably figure out way more interesting things to do than that, but yeah...it could be really innovative.
Destiny has potential as a FPMMO, but does anyone remember Huxley? Almost seems like the same thing. Persistent world, FPS, MMO, post apocalypse etc. I really hope Destiny is good and that it breaks some boundaries, but I don't know how much it will change the industry. Unless it sells massive amounts, I don't really see other games trying to emulate what it does. Now if it provides cross-platform play, that is another story entirely.
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