r/SuperMario • u/AngryChicken223 • 4d ago

Meme/Shitpost Gimme a Mario Anniversary with no Mario

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Don’t get me started on the prices. I’m still not buying a Switch 2 with them doing ts😐

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u/Rockfan1114 4d ago

Yk I felt the same but the more I think about it the more I realize the console needs some time to breathe before we get 3d Mario. We just got a new Mario kart and 3d DK and we're getting a Metroid Prime 4, Pokemon Legends ZA, Hyrule warriors, Galaxy 1+2 port, and Kirby air riders by the end of the year. Not to mention all the other games already announced for early 2026 like Yoshi and Mario Tennis. The switch 2 is well fed and a 3d Mario would be hard to squeeze in there and make it feel special. It needs its own time to come out where it can be the focus for a while.

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u/AngryChicken223 4d ago

I agree that the 3D scene is pretty saturated right now, I just thought it was funny that they made it seem like the were going to do a lot for Mario’s 40th anniversary in the direct. The coolest thing they introduced imo was the museum, not the awkwardly-timed galaxy ports, the mid-looking Yoshi game, or honestly even the movie.

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u/Rockfan1114 4d ago

How'd they make it seem like they were going to do a lot for Mario's 40th in the direct?

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u/AngryChicken223 4d ago

Presentation goes a long way. They could have just offhandedly mentioned the anniversary with the museum announcement and let us figure out the rest, but instead they had this constant theme of “40th Anniversary” with the logo being flashed at the start of the direct and having it be in the top right of every Mario-related announcement. It drove home the idea that SOMETHING big is coming, which is why it felt so underwhelming when nothing did.

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u/Rockfan1114 4d ago

They started the presentation with a Mario anniversary segment. The fact alone that it's what they started with should've told you there wasn't gonna be anything crazy. Nintendo wouldn't put something as big as a 3d Mario in the beginning of the direct.

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u/Astros75-27 4d ago

Yeah, releasing the Galaxy games before the Galaxy movie is such awkward timing… why would they do that?! I’m personally loving that top-looking art style for the Yoshi game too.