Will we have a proper 3D Mario game this gen?

[Samus Aran]

Barkley said:

People should stop treating this line of questioning as an attack on 3dworld or that this somehow discredits the game and it's reputation needs to be defended.

3dworld is a great game, but it's distinctly different from previous entries. Mario has 3 distinct platforming series now.

New Super Mario Bros

3dland/3dworld

SM64/Sunshine/Galaxy

Perhaps the question should be rephrased as it is a 3d mario game, it's just part of a different series, like the paper mario and mario rpg series are different.

Except these 3 games are all very different as well, especially Galaxy.