It's pretty common to register a trademark for a brand or a franchise, and video games among other intellectual properties make no exception to that rule. It doesn't necessarily mean that the company has indeed a project ready to be published, but it's often a good clue to predict the arrival of a brand new title.
In this case, Nintendo registered the "Mario Sports" trademark in Europe and Australia.
Sports games in the universe of Mario are nothing new — at all. Actually, NES Open Tournament Golf, the first title of the franchise dedicated to sports, was released in 1987.
Over the years, Nintendo released a dozen of sports-related games for their iconic character, eventually publishing Mario Sports Mix in 2010 and Mario Sports Superstars in 2017.
Instead of focusing on one sport, Nintendo gradually decided over the year to create games including several ones — just like the two titles above. I
Although nothing leaked or has been confirmed yet by the company, it wouldn't be surprising to see a Mario Sports game being published on Switch in the upcoming months...
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Original content by ZeroAk.
