Quote Originally Posted by parallaxscroll View Post
Nintendo hasn't had a main 3D Mario game for a new console launch since 1996 with Super Mario 64 on Nintendo 64.
The main Mario game prior to that, for a new console launch, was Super Mario World on the Super Famicom in December 1990 and SNES in 1991.

So that has to change, along with other things.
IMO anyone who is complaining about New Super Mario Bros. U not being a sufficient launch Mario game is not a true Mario fan. Real Mario fans want all the Mario they can get. Both 2D & 3D. I like 2D better than 3D.