Ok, this will probably be the most controverstial one yet... but hear me out!
Lets say they dropped Mario and went with a new game, put those resources and people into a whole new genre with no relevence to the Mario franchise. Do you think a brand new IP with the same resources behind Mario could have (or) would be better for not having it being tied down to Mario? a brand new reason to do those jumps and stomp on those heads?
Before you vote sink or swim, just imagine a brand new game from those that would be creating a new Mario game, creating something brand new without having to somehow tie it into the whole Mario franchise? would that be better or worse for it?
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