Are Nintendo making a 3D Mario game?

[ShineGet]

Are Nintendo making a 3D Mario title for the wii u or are they sticking to mostly 2D mario games now?

I would love a game like Mario 64 again. there was something very epic about that game, big open worlds and secrets and stuff, i'd just love to see that again.

I have noticed since mario galaxy and mario 3d land how 3d mario games are becoming less open and more restricted in the sense of what you can do.

I guess in my heart of hearts i would love a mario game that took place in the castle again or another castle. that would be special.

[MoldyClay]

Well, I think they are just getting the NSMB games out of the way since they will most likely be system sellers, and will push the 3DS more (and the XL due to same-day release) and the Wii U.

3D Land is something completely different, but I can almost guarantee that a new 3D world Mario game like SM64/Sunshine/Galaxies will be coming to Wii U, it's just not the game they're using right now. If I am not mistaken, the 2D-sidescrollers sold more than the Galaxy games did. It makes sense to use them first.

Galaxy/Galaxy 2 are more restricting in the way the overworld is handled (Galaxy 2 moreso than Galaxy), when compared to SM64 and Sunshine, but it could just be because of the way those games were planned out (and Galaxy 2 was just tons of stuff leftover that they didn't put into Galaxy 1).

I'm hoping for/assuming a game closer to SM64/Sunshine (but with the enhancements of the Galaxies) will be coming to Wii U. The HD graphics would benefit the series more than reusing Wii assets for the 2D game, in my opinion.

Unless they did it like Mighty Switch Force and it was HD hand-drawn 2D, then it'd look awesome, but I can almost guarantee that Nintendo's not going that way.

[Mirr0rR3flection]

@ShineGet

I'm hoping they are and your not alone in having noticed that. I too want another game like Mario 64/Sunshine again but Nintendo seems like they've made up their mind on where to take future 3D mario games.

(*Look no further than 3D land which perfectly mixes 2D with 3D.*)

[YoshiRider123]

You tell me.

[KingBroly]

Good question.

I doubt it would take EAD Tokyo Group #1 6 years to make a new 3D Mario game, considering the last game they made was the original Galaxy. They would be the ones to make it if one were to be made though. But since then it's been 2D Mario a plenty. It makes you wonder what they're working on.

[Battlestriker123]

I still want that open-world Mario game in which I actually SEARCH around the world for hidden power stars! Can you imagine? A GIGANTIC TREASURE HUNT THROUGHOUT THE MANY WORLDS OF MARIO! *faints*

[CM30]

They're most likely making one, but because the 2D games sell more they're working on getting New Super Mario Bros U released first.

I also hope said game turns out to be an open world one kind of like Super Mario 64.

[Devil_Rising]

Odds are, yes. Now that the the Galaxy team is long done baking 3D Land, I'm quite certain they're probably hard at work on the official Wii U 3D release.

And hopefully, they're going to NOT make it just "Mario Galaxy 3", but instead will give us something new. I'm still hoping for a fully realized, massive 3D Mushroom Kingdom/World, myself. Something we have yet to ever see.

[FatFace83]

Odds are, yes. Now that the the Galaxy team is long done baking 3D Land, I'm quite certain they're probably hard at work on the official Wii U 3D release.

And hopefully, they're going to NOT make it just "Mario Galaxy 3", but instead will give us something new. I'm still hoping for a fully realized, massive 3D Mushroom Kingdom/World, myself. Something we have yet to ever see.

I'm sure Nintendo have stated that Mario Galaxy 3 is not going to happen as they did all they could for mario galaxy 2. I'd love the idea of a proper mushroom kingdom open world Mario game with a proper haunted stage like Mario 64, hell even I'd be happy with a proper Mario 64 sequel, I can only imagine the possibilities with the Wii U. But something tells me we will probably end up with something like 3D land and have flagpoles and very short, linear levels as that's the route Nintendo seem to be going now.

[MoldyClay]

I still want that open-world Mario game in which I actually SEARCH around the world for hidden power stars! Can you imagine? A GIGANTIC TREASURE HUNT THROUGHOUT THE MANY WORLDS OF MARIO! *faints*

This makes me think of Crackdown, but with Mario, collecting Stars.

As bizarre as that sounds, I feel like that's the best thing ever.

[DonnyKD]

Obviously.