No 3D Mario on Switch 2 yet seems to have short-circuited a lot of folks

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Kai_Mao said:

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If a 3D Mario arrives in 2027 then potentially there's no real damage done, it all depends on just how far off their biggest guns really are. If they shot their shot with DK and a 3D Mario is still years away, then maybe it wasn't the optimal move. We'll have to wait and see.

We know Pokemon Wind/Waves is coming next year, if they can roll out the gigatons like 3D Mario, a new Smash Bros and a new Animal Crossing over 2027-2029 then that should keep momentum strong.

I find this interesting..only because there used to be discussions on whether Nintendo should allow their devs to make other games besides the mainstays. Series like Punch Out!, Star Fox (before the remake later this month), F-Zero (if you don’t count 99), Golden Sun, and Wario Land are among many IPs/series in Nintendo’s back catalogue that haven’t had a recent game in years, if not decades. It was apparent that some of the 3D Mario team members wanted to do something with DK so Bananza became a thing, and it’s doing well. Heck, Nintendo wanted Sakurai to return to Kirby Air Ride, a small racing game that has a cult following on GameCube, to develop a requested sequel before getting back into Smash. I think Mario’s time will come, eventually.

It makes it all the more impressive that the Switch 2 is doing this well despite NOT have its biggest hitters yet outside of Mario Kart. I’m sure Nintendo has an Indra on how to navigate all of this to get to the biggest hitters when they’re ready to be shown.

I did say commercially speaking; on a personal level, I love DK Bananza and I'm glad it exists. I was speaking purely in terms of sales/money here.