19th June 2003, 12:03 PM
I was about to say the same thing, but you do have to realize that when Nintendo showed Mario 64 for the first time just about everyone copied it, and one developer even made a copycat so fast that it came out before Mario 64 did. That game was Bubsy 3D. So they were probably just extra paranoid with Mario Sunshine, even though there was nothing really innovative about it.
However, before Sunshine came out Miyamoto was telling everyone how Sunshine is evolutionary rather than revolutionary, which basically meant that it was just a continuation of the Mario 64 formula. But he did say that the next Mario game would bring the series in a whole new direction, and there have been rumors stating that Mario 128 was the game that was originally meant for the N64, the Mario game that would revolutionize the genre once again. Here's what he said about Mario 128 last December: "I believe that with this game you'll be able to feel the "newness" that was missing from Mario Sunshine."
However, before Sunshine came out Miyamoto was telling everyone how Sunshine is evolutionary rather than revolutionary, which basically meant that it was just a continuation of the Mario 64 formula. But he did say that the next Mario game would bring the series in a whole new direction, and there have been rumors stating that Mario 128 was the game that was originally meant for the N64, the Mario game that would revolutionize the genre once again. Here's what he said about Mario 128 last December: "I believe that with this game you'll be able to feel the "newness" that was missing from Mario Sunshine."