 Hey everyone, welcome back to Nintendo Prime. We have some news today. Well, a rumor, I guess, is rumor news. I guess it can be news, I suppose, but it's just possible news on a brand new 2D Mario game coming to Nintendo Switch next fiscal year. So 2023, 2024. So essentially March to, well, the end of March. So April to March, whatever. 2023, 2024 news. Before we get into this rumor though and some juicy details, I wanna remind you about our sponsor, the sponsorship stuff. Let's get right into the news and we're getting this from Zippo. Now, I wrote off Zippo a while ago, but earlier this year, Emily Rogers, a now retired infamous Nintendo insider, kind of vouched that Zippo's information seems to be legit. He just tends to talk about things a little too soon. Then again, we've been hearing about Metroid Prime HD forever and that hasn't happened and the Wind Waker and Twilight Princess HD coming to Switch and that hasn't happened. So things are what they are. By the way, none of that information ever came from Zippo. Zippo had a new blog post he put up yesterday and here's what it says. It says, hey people, but asking for an update on a new 2D Mario. Everyone's wanting to see. So here's a bit more information. I think people just wanna see Mario in general. It's been in development for over three years. It's a long time for just a 2D Mario. And development should or has just about wrapped up. So the game's almost done. Takahashi Tezuka and Hirooki Komura, who are longtime 2D Mario veterans, are once again serving as producers for this title. Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Toad are playable characters this time around. The fun fact about this is the first time Peach has been playable in a 2D Mario since Super Mario Brothers 2, which was nearly 35 years ago and no, a costume and maker and a power-up in New Super Mario Brothers U Deluxe doesn't count, which I agree with that. This is like right out the gate. Peach is playable. I think that that's a big deal. It is set for release in 2023 slash 2024, fiscal year. This is less a statement on the game but more on the future of the franchise itself. So this next bit of information is just on Mario on the whole. Mario and company will gradually take things and design elements from the movie moving forward such as the brother's updated outfits. You're actually starting to see this already and then there's this little toy advertising Super Mario World where you can see the look looks more updated to the movie more so than the prior games. And he does note that I smell a direct isn't too far off which February is probably when a direct is happening. Then it has a pretty hefty year plan so it's almost time to start talking about it. Yeah, hopefully we hear more into the new year. So you heard it from Zippo, the man himself. Yeah, 2D Mario. It's apparently a thing. It is something that we need to be paying attention to. And I'm gonna be honest with you guys. I think any sort of Mario game makes sense at this point. 2D, 3D, I think both are probably in the works right. Like I think something after Odyssey, it doesn't need to be an Odyssey too but some sort of 3D maybe in an open world Mario game could be in the works. And yes, obviously I think they're not done with the whole side scrolling 2D Mario stuff. Clearly I thought they would make one eventually cause we haven't really had a new one since what? New Super Mario Brothers U. Now some people thought when we got Mario Maker, Mario Maker 2 that maybe we just wouldn't get any more of them. But I always thought that look at the sales of those compared to the sales of 2D Mario they're gonna make more 2D Mario. So yeah, as for it following the design of the movie I kind of thought that might be something they do in the future to sort of tie the movies and future games together. Of course, if the movie bombs then this whole thing could get abandoned quite quickly but if it doesn't bomb, I kind of think we were gonna see that. And imagine seeing a bowser in a game that sounds and looks a little bit like Jack Black. I kind of think that's an interesting concept. Anyways, you guys let me know what you think about this down in the comments below. I know that I'm really excited for a 2D Mario. Even a 3D Mario. I beat all the Mario games when they come out. So I'm really looking forward to this. Obviously you could tie in really well with all these launches of the Nintendo worlds going on at universal parks everywhere. The one in Japan, one in Hollywood. Think the following year we got one down in Orlando opening up and who knows where else in the world they're gonna end up doing this at. So look, we've got a Mario movie coming out. It makes sense to tie some games to it. Could be something announced at the next direct. He does smell the next direct is coming soon. I think this is more of a guess. I think it's safe to say February direct probably a thing. Mario and Zelda in the same direct though. I'll take that any day of the week. Anyways guys, I'm Nathan and RoboJazz from Nintendo Prime. Let me know what you think about this down in the comments below. Is this real? Is this happening? Is he just full of it? I don't know. I guess time will tell.