Miyamoto Talks About The Future Of The 3D Mario Series

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archbrix said:

DietSoap said:
Lol at "openess of Galaxy games".

No, that was effectively 3D Land/World Lite before 3D Land/World existed. Model after 64 and Sunshine instead please.

@bolded: You're right, it was - but for me that style for Mario in 3D suits the franchise better.

Super Mario 64 will forever live on as a masterpiece because of its place in gaming history but Sunshine is an example of why continuing the open world formula for 3D Mario isn't liked as much by many of the original fans. It ends up feeling more like a Mario adventure rather than a Mario platformer.

I say keep the more linear "Galaxy style" for 3D Mario and leave the 3D open world adventure structure for Zelda.

I wonder if Nintendo would have any interest in taking the Mario Sunshine formula and maybe creating a new character out of it and making a platformer series based around that type of concept (3D Donkey or Diddy Kong?).