Rumor: 3D Mario Is Nintendo’s Big 2026 Title, To Be Revealed February Or March

EDIT: This article has been edited to clarify that the rumor comes from Nash Weedle’s sources, and is not corroborated by Attack The Backlog. Nash revealed these rumors in Attack The Backlog’s podcast.

Nintendo may have some big announcements coming in the next few weeks.

As shared by healingtwo_ on the GamingLeaksAndRumours subreddit, Nash Weedle heard that Nintendo’s big game of the year is a new 3D Mario game.

He heard conflicting reports on when it will be announced. There is apparently a Nintendo Direct after the rumored partner showcase.

This Nintendo Direct is coming either the 3^rd week of February or sometime in March. It’s also possibly on or close to Mario Day. Both say that they’ll continue to verify this rumor.

If this rumor is true, it would fit in nicely with The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, releasing this April. Nintendo may have even rescheduled its launch so that the new 3D Mario will launch close to the movie so Nintendo can capitalize.

Nintendo would have had to have planned all of this well in advance, which is absolutely possible too. But we would wonder if this 3D Mario was made for the Switch, or if it will be a true next generation Mario game only on the Switch 2.