Shigeru Miyamoto inevitably gets asked when the next Mario game is during promotions for The Mario Super Bros. Movie, and he always has coy answers ready.
During a Variety interview, after the interviewer asks when we can expect the next Mario game, Miyamoto replies, “Please stay tuned for future Nintendo Directs.”
Does that mean a Nintendo Direct in the near future, or a Nintendo Direct next year? Or perhaps the year after? No one knows. It’s a perfect deflection. Miyamoto was asked a similar question during an IGN interview, and he replied, “Nintendo is always working on Mario.”