E3: New Super Mario Bros.

[Smoke]

The only issue I can think of that would lead them to this is the advantage of polygon models. Namely, they can make the model do all sorts of things just by manipulating it. On the other hand, with sprites they would have to draw many frames for every single action they want the sprite to do.

So they're taking the easy way out? I just want a new 2D Mario game with beautiful high-res sprites. Super Mario World 3 please.