Shigeru Miyamoto og hans utviklere diskuterte om Splatoon, det kommende spillet til Wii U, skulle bli en Mario-tittel. Dette ble avdekket i dag under et intervju med Edge hvor han forklarte at det var vanskelige diskusjoner om hvem som skulle få hovedrollen:
"When we talked about the possibility of it being Mario, of course we could think of the advantages: anybody would be willing to touch it as soon as we announced that we had a new Mario game. But at the same time, we had some worries. If it were Mario, we wouldn't be able to create a new IP."