User blog comment:Salnax/Ohga Shrugs: On Console Launch Prices/@comment-5883269-20130412030859/@comment-665531-20130412215752

I was considering having Square significantly upgrade FFX for the 3DS, hence requiring the 8 GB game card, but looking over it again, I guess there's no reason they wouldn't just squeeze onto the 4 GB card and sell FFX-2 separately eventually, like on the Vita IRL. Smash Bros 3D is an interesting thought, but I'm waiting till the fourth game is formally unveiled IRL before taking that on.

Insomniac as a bit more likely to work on Mario 3DS than Naughty Dog IMO, if only because they never stopped making 3D platformers like Naughty Dog did. But I find either company, or even the small High Impact Games, more likely than a project involving Square or Enix, if only because platforming is something they've actually done before. Perhaps Miyamoto would produce the game like he did with Luigi's Mansion 2 IRL, Nintendo EAD would provide a lot of the assets, and High Impact and Insomniac/Naughty Dog would work together to program and design the game.

The result of such a project would be weird by Mario standards. It's look like a Mario game at first, but would likely feature a greater emphasis on power-ups and occasional gameplay shifts than traditional platforming. Maybe it'd be more of an open world like Jak and Daxter was, with an emphasis on collecting stars and various trinkets. Still, I can imagine Nintendo approving such a project, especially if they wanted to start collaborating more with third parties like in real life.

You've probably convinced me to have Sammy acquire/merge with Namco. I'll think about it a bit more, but expect me to have an article on "Namco-Sammy" or something like that soon.

Thanks for your advice once again. I'd never have been able to get this far without your advice, hard work, and encouragement.