Nintendo Hasn't Ruled Out Making Another Super Mario Galaxy, Says Miyamoto

[Michael Epstein]

Nintendo Hasn't Ruled Out Making Another Super Mario Galaxy, Says Miyamoto

The team chose to build on Super Mario 3D Land this time, but there may be room to make a new Super Mario Galaxy somewhere down the line.

The Super Mario Galaxy series may be gone, but it has not been forgotten, according to Shigeru Miyamoto. Super Mario 3D Land and the Super Mario Galaxy series are developed by the team, potentially indicating that the shift away from Mario's space-bound adventures may shut the book on a sequel. In a recent "Iwata Asks" [http://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/#/wiiu/super-mario-3d-world/0/6] interview, Miyamoto clarifies that the absence of a new Galaxy should not suggest that Nintendo won't ever return to the concept.

"Just so there is no misunderstanding, I should point out that this doesn't mean we'll never make another Super Mario Galaxy game," says Miyamoto. "The same team can't make both at the same time. And we can't bring in a second party and slap the name Super Mario Galaxy on it. I suppose we could idealistically make both in Tokyo, but we want to do something new too, so there was that dilemma."

In the same interview, producer Yoshiaki Koizumi reveals the team made a conscious decision to make a game building the ideas established in Super Mario 3D Land, but they had also considered making the game more like Galaxy. "When we first started making Super Mario 3D World," said Koizumi, "Miyamoto-san asked me if this was going to be more like Super Mario Galaxy or more like Super Mario 3D Land. When we made Super Mario 3D Land, we had our eyes on the form of this game, so we made it this way without any hesitation."

While there isn't a new Galaxy in the works, the legacy of the series has made its mark on the series in general: Nintendo announced yesterday that Rosalina, the Galaxy princess, will return as a playable character in Super Mario 3D World [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/7.833948-Super-Mario-3D-World-Reveals-Secret-Unlockable-Character-and-Game].

Source: Iwata Asks [http://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/#/wiiu/super-mario-3d-world/0/6]

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[sid]

Of course not, it's Nintendo. I'd be offended if they stopped at the 58th Mario Galaxy

 

[Charli]

To which my response is; Why not? I'd rule it out. I'd rule it out HARD.

Make Super Mario invades other game franchises on a Dimensional Tour of mindfuckery or something.

 

[Something Amyss]

To which my response is; Why not?

They haven't finished milking it, yet.

....Err, I mean, innovation! Yeah. Innovation.

 

[Covarr]

On the one hand, Super Mario Galaxy was an excellent game, and Galaxy 2 was even better in virtually every way. On the other hand, I'd love to see new and fully fleshed-out settings for Mario games. 3D Land felt too sterile, and the odd floating worlds with no real connectedness or background didn't work as well when they took it out of space; 3D World looks like it'll improve on that, but still needs a stylistic overhaul.

What I'd really like to see is for EAD Tokyo to take a break from Mario and do something totally new, like a Metal Gear-esque stealth game or a God of War-esque action game. EAD Tokyo is the only internal team at Nintendo I'd trust not to fuck it up. Then, while those guys are on a break from Mario, they can put Retro Studios on the next "main" Mario game, to give the series the revitalization it really needs.

P.S. Thanks

 

[OldNewNewOld]

To which my response is; Why not?

They haven't finished milking it, yet.

....Err, I mean, innovation! Yeah. Innovation.

Because Galaxy 2 was somehow bad and not one of the best games ever made according to the huge majority of player and reviewer?

There is absolutely no reason why they would drop the Galaxy idea if they still have new stuff to add and if they can make sure that that quality of the game is still as high as Galaxy 1 and 2.

 

[Something Amyss]

Because Galaxy 2 was somehow bad and not one of the best games ever made according to the huge majority of player and reviewer?

Well, that was an interesting non-sequiter. I'm not sure how that ties to a joke about Nintendo's fetish for faux innovation. Unless maybe you believe that mocking the lack of innovation from a company that prudes itself on such and whose fans worship them for it automatically means the game is bad. But honestly, that doesn't make sense to me.

 

[Mr. Omega]

So they're going to call it Super Mario Universe, right? Because they kinda have to, considering the system it'd be on. Otherwise EVERYONE is going to make that joke over and over and over again.

 

[Mahorfeus]

Frankly, Galaxy is by its very nature one of the more exploitable Mario concepts that Nintendo has had in a while. While I'd love to see them take a chance like they did with Super Mario Sunshine, it could be perfectly feasible to just ship Mario off to some new planets.

 

[Dragonbums]

Of course not, it's Nintendo. I'd be offended if they stopped at the 58th Mario Galaxy

Considering how there have only been two Mario Galaxy games in the last 4 years, and in that time frame there has been more milked franchises that came out- it's silly to assume that they have milked this particular Mario franchise.

I can honestly say that for their other franchises. People say Pokemon is milked to death, yet they only make a new game once every 3-4 years. You have other, much younger franchises actually start to beat Pokemon in their installments.

Same with Zelda. One game per home console. Yet that's considered a milked franchise.

Such a funny world.

 

[sid]

Of course not, it's Nintendo. I'd be offended if they stopped at the 58th Mario Galaxy

lol. This is what I was saying in the other topic. Low content post is not ok, posting bullshit is ok.
There are 2 Mario Galaxy, 2! In the least 6 years! Less than Uncharted, there's 4 of those, one with zombies.

Super Mairo 3D World is looking really interesting, a mix between 3D Land and Galaxy, it looks like it's the most inovative Mario since Galaxy.
Between a new Galaxy or a new Mario game I really don't care, it will be excelent anyway. As long as they manage to keep the awesome level design it's fine by me.

Just hope the games are a bit harder than its predecessors, the end levels are a good challenge, but the beggining is usually easy, make the whole game (except first few levels) like it's the end.

To be fair, my argument was directed more towards the fate of Mario franchises as a whole than Mario Galaxy specifically. It's not about how fast Nintendo beats the dead horse, it's about for how long.

 

[Hero of Lime]

Sounds good, though hopefully they will wait till the next console. As much as I love the two Galaxy games, 3D Mario games are meant to try new things. Even though I was initially disappointed with 3D World, it's grown on me and I'm really looking forward to it, despite being based on 3D Land.

 

[OldNewNewOld]

Of course not, it's Nintendo. I'd be offended if they stopped at the 58th Mario Galaxy

lol. This is what I was saying in the other topic. Low content post is not ok, posting bullshit is ok.
There are 2 Mario Galaxy, 2! In the least 6 years! Less than Uncharted, there's 4 of those, one with zombies.

Super Mairo 3D World is looking really interesting, a mix between 3D Land and Galaxy, it looks like it's the most inovative Mario since Galaxy.
Between a new Galaxy or a new Mario game I really don't care, it will be excelent anyway. As long as they manage to keep the awesome level design it's fine by me.

Just hope the games are a bit harder than its predecessors, the end levels are a good challenge, but the beggining is usually easy, make the whole game (except first few levels) like it's the end.

To be fair, my argument was directed more towards the fate of Mario franchises as a whole than Mario Galaxy specifically. It's not about how fast Nintendo beats the dead horse, it's about for how long.

How is it "beating a dead horse" when Mario is still one of the most loved and one of the most profitable franchises in the industry?

 

[WhiteTigerShiro]

To which my response is; Why not?

They haven't finished milking it, yet.

....Err, I mean, innovation! Yeah. Innovation.

Here's a quick riddle: What's the difference between a new Mario Galaxy and a new 3D Mario game with a different title?

Spoiler: Click here for the answer.

Nothing.

No seriously, there will be no different. At best, there will be trivial plot-points to link the game and it's name which no one will care about or pay much attention to, because to say that the story takes a back seat in Mario platformers is giving it too much credit. As for anything that matters, the name of the next Mario game has little difference.

And given that you clearly have no interest in Mario either way, what do you care what they name the next Mario title?

 

[Nazulu]

Because we haven't had enough Mario games.

Have they ruled out making another Starfox 64? You know, a genre we actually lack these days.

 

[FPLOON]

Frankly, Galaxy is by its very nature one of the more exploitable Mario concepts that Nintendo has had in a while. While I'd love to see them take a chance like they did with Super Mario Sunshine, it could be perfectly feasible to just ship Mario off to some new planets.

Ship him off... with F.L.U.D.D by his side!!!! It's... SUPER MARIO GALAXY SUNSHINE U!!!!!!!

OT: It's this "new" Galaxy game doesn't exploit the notion that it's on the Wii U, then you have failed me, Nintendo... which, when I say that, I mean you succeeded at something I did not see coming again... As in, my sarcasm cannot be recreated until another hatching of a Yoshi egg and/or another Luigi-centered game comes out that's not just a platformer with Luigi in it...

(If it is going to be called Super Mario Universe, then that's being more predictable than usual...)

 

[BehattedWanderer]

I am perfectly happy with this option. Galaxy was brilliant, and even if it wasn't filled to the brim with shiny new stuff, Galaxy 2 was easily the tightest gameplay in any 3D platformer. Polished to a 1200 grain mirror finish, and then some. And if all they do is polish up the gameplay like crazy, I'm in.

I'm not here for the Lands, or the Worlds, or any of the other million 2.5D Mario titles. But a new Galaxy? With microplanets and fun gravity and all kinds of wacky free floating and themed places? Yeah. I'm in.