Don’t Expect A Main Mario Entry This Year

<p>Nintendo of America&&num;8217&semi;s director of product marketing has confirmed that there will be no main-entry Mario games released in 2015&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In an interview with the Reno Gazette-Journal&comma; Bill Trinen indicated that any of Mario&&num;8217&semi;s more traditional entries would be taking a bit of a breather this year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;We don&&num;8217&semi;t always put out a new version of an existing series on an annual basis&comma; there&&num;8217&semi;s always a big gap&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Trinen said&period; &&num;8220&semi;You see that with Super Smash Bros&period;&comma; which has been seven years since it last came out&period; With Pikmin 3&comma; you saw a big gap as well&period; Mario games release more frequently but we don&&num;8217&semi;t have a new Mario game this year so it&&num;8217&semi;s not an annual event&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The news comes after Nintendo producer Yoshiaki Koizumi revealed back in April that Nintendo EAD&comma; the minds behind <em>Super Mario 3D World<&sol;em>&comma; is working on a entry in the main series of Mario games&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Fans of the company&&num;8217&semi;s Italian plumber won&&num;8217&semi;t be kept wanting entirely&comma; though&comma; as the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;create-levels-mario-maker&sol;">level-designing <em>Mario Maker<&sol;em><&sol;a> is set for a release early this year&period; The game will allow players to create their own levels in the style of the classic NES 2D platforming series&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Tell us&colon; Do you want to see more Mario or are you fine with giving the guy a break&quest; Share your thoughts with us in the comments below&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong> Via<&sol;strong> <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;rgj&period;com&sol;story&sol;life&sol;2015&sol;01&sol;02&sol;nintendo-making-perfect-game-retro-gaming-technobubble&sol;20642751&sol;">The Reno-Gazette Journal<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;