Miyamoto Confirms Super Mario Odyssey Follow-Up for Current Console Generation After 9-Year Gap
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Updated · ComicBook.com · May 25
Miyamoto Confirms Super Mario Odyssey Follow-Up for Current Console Generation After 9-Year Gap
5 articles · Updated · ComicBook.com · May 25
Shigeru Miyamoto said in a Mario 40th Anniversary interview that a Super Mario Odyssey follow-up will arrive during the current Nintendo console generation, ending years of silence around the series.
His comment pointed to Nintendo’s pattern of launching new 3D Mario entries with each hardware cycle, while saying Odyssey had already achieved what the original Switch system needed.
The confirmation lands after Nintendo skipped a new 3D Mario at the Switch 2 launch and instead prioritized Donkey Kong Bonanza, surprising fans who expected Mario to headline the new hardware.
No release window was given, and the report said the game is unlikely in 2026 or 2027, making a late-2020s launch the most plausible target within the generation.
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