Highlights
- Super Mario fans may have a brand-new 3D game to look forward to, with potential leaks from notable industry leaker Midori.
- Midori's track record includes accurate leaks for Sega games, hinting at a new Mario project codenamed "SPRed" in development at Nintendo.
- Fans speculate that SPRed could be a successor to Super Mario Odyssey, incorporating elements from past games, but it's wise to wait for official confirmation.
A notable gaming industry leaker, Midori, has revealed the codename for a new project in the works at Nintendo, with it potentially being a brand-new 3D Super Mario game. Fans of the Super Mario franchise have had a lot to play throughout 2023 and 2024, between the release of spin-offs like Princess Peach: Showtime, remakes of beloved games like Super Mario RPG and Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, and the launch of Super Mario Bros. Wonder, which has been lauded as one of the best 2D Super Mario games. Now fans may have a new 3D Mario game to look forward to, according to recent leaks from Midori.
Midori has provided fans with plenty of accurate and reliable leaks for games from Sega, including franchises like Persona, Sonic the Hedgehog, and more. Midori has also weighed in on some of Nintendo's potential projects, such as claiming Zelda: Breath of the Wild would be revisited on the Switch successor, leaking its potential codename. Now Midori has leaked the codename of a new Mario project.
Sega Leaker Teases New Nintendo Game in Development
New rumors are surfacing about an upcoming Nintendo game from a source with a good track record for leaking Persona and other Sega information.
In a recent Twitter thread on Midori's account, she claims a new project at Nintendo codenamed "SPRed" is in development at Nintendo, noting that past Mario games had used Red in its codename. This is supported by how various Super Mario games, both 3D and 2D, used a variation on the "red" codename. For example, Super Mario Odyssey was called RedStar and Super Mario Bros. Wonder was called SecRed. Midori notes that a project called SilverStar was in development at Nintendo, but it is unknown what has happened to it, other than its connection to RedStar and Odyssey.
The Connection Between SilverStar and SPRed
Some fans began trying to piece together Midori's info, speculating that the unknown SilverStar project was likely a Super Mario Odyssey DLC or expansion, before its scope broadened out to become a sequel (similar to how Super Mario Galaxy 2's levels were meant for its predecessor). Bowser's Fury was then used as a test bed for a new direction modeled after Super Mario Odyssey, and from there, SilverStar was eventually back in development for the next Nintendo console, with it warranting a brand-new codename. Fans have also speculated the "SP" in the game's codename of SPRed could stand for "special."
With this information, it's not out of the realm of possibility that SPRed is the codename for a brand-new 3D Mario game, with it incorporating various aspects of past games to be a successor to Odyssey. That said, despite Midori's reliable track record and accurate leaks, this information should still be taken with a grain of salt for now, and fans should wait until Nintendo officially reveals this potential Mario project.
Super Mario
Super Mario is one of the biggest names in gaming. The first game in the franchise was 1985's Super Mario Bros., a game that is credited with helping the gaming industry recover from its two-year crash that began in 1983.
The Super Mario series still has an important place in gaming today, largely thanks to Nintendo's ability to continuously innovate the platform games.
