Hello, Mr. Malstrom!
In the first Wii U trailer, did you notice that it isn’t just any game that has to make room for the other person who wants to watch baseball, but Super Mario Bros. Mii (at this point nothing more than a concept title)? After the success of Super Mario Bros. 5 one would naturally expect that another person entering the room would say “hey, let me join your game”, but that apparently isn’t Nintendo’s vision of the future of gaming.
2D Mario is second rate entertainment. At best. Nice one, Nintendo.
They love 2d Mario’s sales though. Did you know that every Nintendo platform owes much of its life to 2d Mario? Every single one. N64 and Gamecube went their way in part because of a lack of 2d Mario.
It appears Nintendo intends to make 2d Mario a launch title for the Wii U. This is actually a good idea as 2d Mario should always be a launch for every Nintendo platform. But 2d Mario cannot save the platform from the abyss (which is where Wii U will go). Even with the Super Nintendo, Super Mario World (freaking Super Mario World, the essential classic!) couldn’t save the SNES from the Genesis. The market response to 2d Mario is not really about 2d Mario but about the Old School direction. If 2d Mario came out on the Virtual Boy, nothing would change for that platform.
I think Super Mario 3DS is a better way to illustrate how Nintendo hates 2d Mario. Despite failing with Galaxy 1 and Galaxy 2, Miyamoto is trying his hardest to corral those stupid, worthless, 2d Mario fans into blessed 3d Mario. Does 2d Mario get the Tanooki Suit? No. But it gets… Miis. Ugh. Why not put Miis in 3d Mario and give 2d Mario the orchestra and the other good content? It is because Miyamoto has contempt for 2d Mario games and its players. There is no other way to explain his behavior.
It is now just Super Mario. No ‘3DS’ on the title. Apparently, Miyamoto wants to do a giant reboot of the series and will try to pretend those 2d Mario games never existed!