" Prolific video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto has told TIME that he believes it is now time to move the Super Mario Bros series in a new direction. Miyamoto also revealed that he and the team are working on the future of the Super Mario Bros series which seems likely to debut on the Nintendo NX once that’s released."

          "Doing this now at the 30th anniversary [of Super Mario Bros.] is really putting some more of that creativity into the players. But at the same time, we as the developers feel that it’s time for us to move in a new direction, and we’re preparing to work on the future of Super Mario from here on."

            I really wonder what they mean by " new direction".. Maybe we are finally getting the Mario FPS everyone wants? Heh.

            Article: http://mynintendonews.com/2015/09/12/miyamoto-feels-its-time-to-move-the-mario-bros-series-in-a-new-direction/

I thought Miyamoto was done with the Mario series...

If hes talking about the 2D games thank god, they are getting stale af.

I don't think so, they change enough between iterations of the 3D ones, only ever having 2 in a row that are similar.

Good Miyamoto GOOD!

Well he's generally hit home runs with the mario series so this is rather exciting. :)

He said this last December:

"Since we first created Mario, people have compared him to Mickey Mouse. I've always said Mickey Mouse evolved with each evolution in animation. You saw Mickey Mouse each step of the way," he said.

"From early on, I wanted Mario to be that character in the digital world, so that with each digital evolution, he was there to usher in the next era. I think that maybe when we release the next hardware system, you can look forward to seeing Mario take on a new role or in a new game."

So I guess the next Mario is being primed for NX launch and will be something different from what we expect.

This could be really good or really bad >.

The same could be said about a LOT of series my friend. Unfortunately, the sales still show a lot of demand. It won't be the end of 2D Marios I can assure everyone here.