Maybe, but even if it was, NSMBU was shown way before that.

"Was my entire life just a lie?"

You got to admit, that's a pretty hefty over exaggeration for something that's not even a big deal anymore.  I can't help but respond in kind to your 'life dilemma'. To me the title of this topic is akin to something like reading "Sony to continue to make games".  It's like one of those "no duh" topics that I can't even believe that someone would a make a topic of.  But then again, here I am responding, so your ploy must have worked.  Either way, just wanted to reassure, little buckaroo, it's very likely Mario will come.  *Smilies* 

Well the biggest difference is the Mario game we know will be a great game regardless of when Nintendo announces it, Sega's track record on good Sonic games have been sketchy...

Don't be offended little buddy.  It's all humor, don't escalate.  You seem to have your affections to Sonic and so you perhaps you've taken my comments as an attack, but rest assured, I'm laughing a lot about this.  All day laughing about this.  Trust and believe I know what kind of thread this was and because I knew what it was, I commented accordingly.  It just bums me out that tension came about with my post.  I really do hope you aren't too upset, that wasn't my intensions.  It just gets me in the feelings that Sonic games suck so much right now.  Even with the throwback games that have recently been anounced, I get the feeling it'll make Hello Kitty go bye bye.  Well, here's to making peace, Banzai Buckaroo.  *Sparkle* 

They did? Wow, maybe they should have delayed 2.

Yep. I remember one of my friends getting NSMBWii instead of NSMBU because NSMBWii, because she felt NSMBU was just more of the same, so why not get the cheaper one?

Exactly. Releasing NSMBU in the same year as NSMB2 also didn't help at all.

NSMB is probably the most rehashed Nintendo series.

Hopefully NSMBU was the last game and Nintendo will move on to better things for 2D Mario.