Lol if that happened i would never play Mario again.

to megaman: how so, banjo was a completely different game then the 1 and 2, it is like releasing mario tennis, it didnt exactly sell well on the wii either. Well up to marios standards anyway. And Banjo wasnt really mario standards to begin with so there - joining games i suppose you could call them will sell less, it isnt banjo 3 remember, it was banjo: nuts and bolts

Some of you are right and some of you are wrong. Someone said if Rare got it, it would live. Yeah right, I guess maybe in ten years. Someone said he would end up like Sonic. Sega still owns Sonic O.o And obviously it won't happen. Oh and for those of you who are curious to what will happen to Nintendo and their franchises after the company is done as a whole? Well Nintendo said that after they're done making consoles, that they will not make games either. But Nintendo is a survivor. The greatest.

if sony or microsoft got a hold of mario or any nintendo franchise for that matter, they would ruin it

sorry sony and microsoft, but you guys cant recreate that nintendo charm that nintendo injects into their games

They would turn it to an M-rated game where there will be lots of blood all the time..jumpn on a goomba, guts everywhere!...even when Marios not in combat, he'll just have like a nose-bleed or something...

Look what happened to sonic.
Now you have your answer.

1. sony office: "everytime mario stomps that goomba guy, lets make him burst in blood and gore, just like a real HD goomba"

2. microsoft office: "mario+gun=money"

Lawsuits happen when Mario goes to MS/Sony.

What if Mario went to SEGA?

mario in sony is like metal gear solid 4 is released on the 360