3D Mario is Coming Holiday 2026! — Rumors, Leaks, Etc.

[BraLoD]

firebush03 said:

BraLoD said:

As far as you are right, both games don't even share the same systems, there is one big point: marketing.

It doesn't matter that both games won't have any kind of direct competition between them, GTA VI will be having a marketing monopoly, every single big media vehicle will be talking about it and that's it, that's the biggest reason pretty much every other game will try to avoid it, even if they are from different genres entirely, products need marketing, and even as Mario would be 100% fine in the long run, Nintendo games have exceptional sellig lasting power, it will be completely ignored when it releases, and there is no reason anyone would want that, marketing has a lot of power.

If Nintendo dropped 3D Mario the same day as GTAVI, I’d imagine it’d probably only benefit Nintendo. It’d be like Barbenheiner, Doom X Isabella, and SpiderMan2 X Mario Wonder— Nintendo piggy-backing off GTA with their own juggernaut would definitely get people talking about it. Plus, if you’re already planning on going to the GTAVI midnight launch, might as well pick up a copy of Mario while you’re there (if you are among the rare few who are in both the 3D Mario/GTAVI crowd).

I don't think Mario and GTA will be a Barbeheiner event at all, that was such a peculiar thing to happen that I can't see it being replicated in any way that benefits anything else other than GTA itself.

As I said, I think a game like Mario is one of the best games to survive it well, with only potential sales from outside the active Nintendo fanbase being affect for some time but eventually happening anyway, but a mainline Pokémon was an even better pick, and it was supposed to launch at that exact day based on leaks (that have been excellently reliable because of the massive Gamefreak breach) and now, after GTA VI was moved there, Pokémon is a 2027 game. It is obviously only especulation as for the reason it did happen, Pokémon is even missing its 30th anniversary this year, so I'm inclined to believe it.