(Have some crow!) Nintendo showed incredible, hardcore, mature games and yet you complain about 3D Mario?

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F0X said:

Bear in mind that Retro was also assisting with Mario Kart 7's development during this time frame.

A small part of Retro was, yes, and only with a portion of that game's development. Moreover, pulling folks from one team to assist on other projects is common with Nintendo: I'd be surprised if some EAD Tokyo folks weren't chipping in on other stuff over the past two years as well.