Everything We Know About the Upcoming Rumored Super Mario Bros. Video Game Set to Release for 2023 on Nintendo Switch

Published 12/25/2022, 11:00 AM EST

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Nintendo Switch gets a new exclusive almost every quarter. And 2023 is going to be full of such exclusives, the biggest amongst them being the anticipated The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. The gaming industry cannot wait for it to launch given the fact that every time a new Zelda game launches, it is sure to break records.

Other than that, though, there are several rumors of a new Super Mario Bros. 2d Mario game going around.

Some are pretty excited about it, while others are just refusing to believe it as anything legit.

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Super Mario Bros. 2D game might launch in 2023 on Nintendo Switch

It has been a very long time since fans saw a new mainline Super Mario Bros. game. Even though Super Mario Bros. can be seen everywhere, from Mario Tennis, Smash bros. Ultimate to other such spin-offs.

So, it was not very weird or surprising when fans got news of an upcoming Super Mario Bros. Game being in development for Nintendo Switch. A 2D Super Mario Bros. game to be precise. Previous week a leaker by the name of Zippo who has expertise in leaking Nintendo news revealed this news.

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He says the game has been in development for over 3 years and is almost done. And the game would star Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Toad as playable characters. He also said that this is the first-time Peach would be playable in a 2d Mario game since Super Mario Bros. 2.

This has really made some fans excited. But a number of others are very skeptical about this piece of information. They claim that Zippo is not a very reliable source of information and we have to wait to see what Nintendo has in store.

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Nintendo has a huge number of games already in development

We do not know if the Super Mario Bros. 2d game is in development or not. But we know for a fact that in 2023 we would see various new games from Nintendo.

The year would start with Fire Emblem Engage and then we would see the above-mentioned behemoth Tears of the Kingdom. And then there are chances that the already announced Metroid 4 might also release next year. And biggest of all, a new console, maybe a switch successor or an upgraded switch, whatever it might be, there would be new hardware released next year.

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So let us wait and see how 2023 turns out to be.

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Originating from Delhi, Rohit Sejwal is an Esports writer at EssentiallySports who has done MSc in filmmaking. Academics aside, he is an Avid Gamer and has been writing about them every now and then. While RPG games are his forte, Soulsborne games are the ones that he cherishes the most.
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