The NES had two real Mario games, Super Mario Bros. 1 and Super Mario Bros. 3.
The actual SMB2 was basically like what DLC would be today, just a remixed version of the first game that was so underwhelming that NOA refused to release it. SMB2 that ended up being released in the West was a completely seperate game that just had Mario characters pasted onto it, most people know that.
The Switch should get a second 3D Mario and probably a 2D Mario on top of having Mario Maker 2 as well, you don't need a product cycle to extend into 2024 or something ridiculous for that to happen. There should be a new 3D Mario for 2021.
Game development cycles being longer just means you have to plan better and be on the ball sooner, but it's not like the NES/SNES actually had that many more Nintendo games.
The SNES had only one real new Mario game, one Zelda. I mean some of the release schedules Nintendo had in the 90s was hilarious, like in '93 they released Star Fox in spring and basically nothing else but Mario All-Stars and NHL Stanley Cup as major titles for the rest of the year. It didn't matter as much back then because there was so much more 3rd party content that could push the system.
Last edited by Soundwave - on 05 May 2020
