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He is someone who used to be a leaker infamous at fami boards and reset era and neogap and all that. And now he just does a blog every now and then, and when his blog contains information on games I'm really excited for, I want to talk about it. And today we're going to talk about the next on goings for Mario. So his blog says that's the million dollar question, isn't it? When's the next Mario game? Nintendo not having some sort of new Mario release to go alongside the movie fell odd, didn't it? It's a move I don't quite understand, and I'm reading his blog here. But I'm also not a businessman, so what do I know? That said, we're in unusual territory. They've been very few years where we've hit the fifth month of the year with no new Mario game of some sort, and now it's pretty much true. Now to worry though, I'm hearing that Nintendo is actually sitting down multiple finished Mario games. And this goes back to a rumor last year that Nintendo is just sitting on a bunch of games like they're just done. We already knew what we have proof of this. Metroid Prime remasters release was clearly proof that they were sitting on finished games. Anyways, he said there's of course a new 2D Mario game. Now look, we haven't had a true new side-scrolling 2D Mario game since new Super Mario Bros. You. This is all the way back at launch of Wii U in 2012. So now that it has been over a decade, I would say it's probably time for a new 2D Mario game. Let's just be honest. Look, I know it's also been almost a decade. Not quite. It's been about six years since we got Super Mario Odyssey, but we know there's another 3D Mario game coming. When's the next 2D one coming? I'm very curious about that. I would suspect 3D Mario kicks off the next system, but I wouldn't mind a 2D Mario this holiday season or even this summer. That would be, to me, a really fun release. Mario is my second favorite IP after all. Next up, a new sports title. So a new Mario sports title. Now he puts Mario Sluggers in there. We've gotten a whole bunch of other ones, so Sluggers is probably what makes sense to go next, especially since we got Strikers already. Sort of feels like that would be the next game to get a sports entry. And then he teases another game, and this one is Paper Mario, the thousand-year door remake slash remaster. He says, yes, the rumors are real, as I alluded to at the very beginning of the year. There is indeed a remaster for a thousand-year door coming, and it's already finished. Intelligent systems truly looked up to their name. I tell you, they are true, miracle workers. Now, again, this is something I've heard as well, and we've reported on from other sources. So, look, people have been wanting this game to come back forever. So it's really hard to believe it until it's here. But damn, wouldn't it be fun to have a thousand-year door to play this upcoming holiday? I don't know. I'm just throwing it out there that this is something that I massively desire. And I'm just really hoping these rumors are true. And then the last game. And this one is probably the most plausible of them all. We're talking about Mario and Sonic, okay? There are very believable rumors and job postings pointing out that a new game in the ever-popular Mario and Sonic series, which would make sense as we're about a year out from the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. And about two mascots not missing a single summer game yet. So kind of alluding that it would be next summer that we would get a Mario and Sonic game and that it's already done and they'll just make adjustments for it as they need to for the upcoming Olympics, which isn't really surprising. Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games is generally a pretty fun mini game pack, but not everyone is super super stoked about that. Now, here's the thing. The future of Mario I find to be fascinating because Nintendo's been leaning really hard on a few things. One, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, right? We know we have two more waves of DLC. And Mario Kart 8 for those unaware is a Wii U game. You want to talk about a decade since the last game or almost a decade since the last Mario Kart game. Let that sink in for a moment. It's been almost a decade. Now, you could argue, of course, Mario Kart 2-er on your phones or Mario Kart Home Circuit. Those are certainly Mario Kart games and I'm not going to deny that they're part of the franchise. But clearly, that's not like the next, you know, the follow-up to Mario Kart 8 because if those were the follow-ups to Mario Kart 8, they would be doing big numbers. Now, Mario Kart 2-er actually does pretty good on phones, but Mario Kart Home Circuit in particular, they would be the ones sending tens of millions of copies. Not Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. So I do think that there is some sort of new Mario Kart in the works. I don't know when it's going to come. It's clearly at this point going to be for the next platform. And look, you talk about that, then you look at the 3D Mario side. Yeah, we got Bowser's Fury. Bowser's Fury added in with Super Mario 3D World was a really, really great side dish. You know, it is a game unto itself. You don't need to play Super Mario 3D World to play it. And it plays differently than Super Mario 3D World does. So it is a weird side dish in that it doesn't necessarily fit in with, it fits more in with Odyssey really, if we're honest, they could have released this as Odyssey DLC and no one would actually, no one would have had an eye. They probably would have loved it. So what I find fascinating here is that we technically haven't had a full-on new 3D Mario since the end of 2017 either. And we're entering a pretty damn long gap. Now I will note, we don't have a ton of 3D Mario games. You remember Super Mario 3D All-Stars, what are that feature, right? You know, you had the N64 Mario games, Super Mario 64. You had Sunshine in there, and you had Galaxy. You know how many other 3D Mario games there are? Galaxy 2 and Super Mario Odyssey. That's it. That's less 3D Mario games than we have 3D Zelda games. Just letting that sink in that having big gaps between 3D Mario games isn't exactly odd. We had a massive gap from, you know, Galaxy 2 to Odyssey. So I think we just need to, I don't know, someone's gonna try to argue Super Mario 3D World. I don't want to get into Super Mario 3D World. By the way, Super Mario 3D World is an absolutely fantastic game. I don't want you guys to think I'm forgetting about it or sliding it. It's a follow-up to Super Mario 3D Land. I get it. And maybe even Nintendo counts those as 3D Mario games. They put 3D in the name, right? But I just, come on, they're not the same type of game. They're like the 2.5D. They're like the Link's Awakening remake, right? They are the 2.5D in-between Mario game that crosses both boundaries because it provides gameplay aspects reminiscent of both styles, right? From a, not quite isometric, but, you know, that little side perspective view. Again, I love the games, by the way. I don't think there's anything wrong with the games, unlike some people who actually aren't a big fan of Super Mario 3D World for some reason. I actually think these games are fantastic, but let's just, let's be fair. Let's be honest. Those aren't quite like Galaxy or Odyssey, right? They don't really fit in those categories, don't necessarily fit in the 2D side scrolling categories either. I feel like those almost started their own category of Mario games, and I'm sort of sad to see that category hasn't had a new entry in a while, so maybe, maybe we get a new one of those. I don't know. All I know is that we are due for Mario goodness. This much is true. This much is known. The Mario movie's over a bill. It's climbing quickly up that top 10 animated grossing box office films of all time. Not a capitalized Nintendo, so hopefully these rumors are true. I wouldn't mind of all four of these games dropped this year, although I think Sonic and Mario at the Olympic Games would be saved for 2024, so it can release the same year as the Olympics, the summer Olympics anyways. Anyways guys, thank you so much for tuning in, and I'll catch you in the next video.