A new trademark filed by Nintendo is suggesting the company has plans for more entries in the Mario & Luigi series, even though its previous developer, AlphaDream, went bankrupt in 2019. In 2003, AlphaDream created Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga for the Game Boy Advance, which was an RPG that allowed the player to perform additional interactions during the battle scenes, such as jumping at the correct time to avoid an enemy attack or pressing a button properly in order to deliver a more devastating blow.
AlphaDream would go on to develop numerous games for Nintendo's handheld systems, which included seven games in the Mario & Luigi series on the Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, and Nintendo 3DS. AlphaDream only had a chance to develop one game for the Nintendo Switch, as the company worked on Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 before its closure. In 2019, AlphaDream filed for bankruptcy, as the company had accrued over three and a half million dollars worth of debt. The demise of AlphaDream left the future of the Mario & Luigi series in doubt.
It now appears that the Mario & Luigi series might not be as dead as people thought. According to LetsGoDigital, Nintendo filed a new trademark for the Mario & Luigi name in South America on January 9, 2020. The trademark is intended for products related to video games, cartridges, memory cards, and phone covers, which suggests that there could be new Mario & Luigi games for mobile phones and the Nintendo Switch.
The idea of Nintendo reviving the Mario & Luigi series seemingly kills the speculation that a remake of Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars is on the cards as part of promoting a possible DLC fighter for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. There has been a lot of speculation that Geno is coming to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate due to high fan demand, and his inclusion would make a lot more sense if a remake of Super Mario RPG was in development. However. a new incarnation of the Mario & Luigi series makes this seem unlikely.
A shift to mobile phones might be a wise move, as Fire Emblem Heroes made $300 million in its first year alone, proving turn-based RPGs can be a hit on phones for Nintendo. The timing element of the Mario & Luigi games would also work well on a touchscreen, and the fact that battles are turn-based means that the games are easy to pick up and put down. It's more likely that players will see Mario & Luigi games on the Nintendo Switch, possibly with a new developer. Nintendo said at the end of 2019 that more 3DS ports were coming to the Switch, so it's possible that fans might also see the 3DS Mario & Luigi games coming to the Nintendo's latest console at some point.
Source: LetsGoDigital
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