Take a look at Nintendo's family tree!

[Pyro as Bill]

RolStoppable said:

There's an obvious mistake on the Mario line. NSMB Wii/U/NSLU belong on the mainline, the star hunter 3D games should be a branching path. Same story for the handheld games: NSMB 1+2 are the descendants of the first two Super Mario Land games while Super Mario 3D Land is not.

EDIT: Also, Mario Bros. is a branch of Donkey Kong, not a straight progression.

What about the 'Mario Remakes'?

SMA>2>3>4  =  SMB 2 (US) > SM World > Yoshi's Island > SMB 3

> Mario 64 (should be a branch)

The only bit I might agree with is that SM World might be the heir to SMB 2 (USA) and not SMB3. That would make NSMB Wii the true heir to SMB 3.

If Yoshi would have been in SMB 3 as planned, how do you think the family tree would play out?

I think SM World either wouldn't have been made and Nintendo go straight to Yoshi's Island or it would be a Mario cash-in aimed at USAsians just like SMB 2 (US) and NSMB-U.