Back in the mid-90's, Nintendo and Squaresoft formed a dream team that created Super Mario RPG, arguably one of the best Super Mario games ever. The director for that game, Yoshihiko Maekawa, is now on a new team called AlphaDream and works on the Mario & Luigi line of RPG games, most recently releasing Mario & Luigi: Dream Team. Jason Schreier from Kotaku chatted with Mr. Maekawa and amongst questions about the new game, had a chance to sneak in one question about the potential of a sequel or remake of Super Mario RPG:

"Actually, I don't feel like I want to return to that world and use those characters in another game," Maekawa said through a translator. "I feel like I was able to accomplish what I wanted to with that world and those characters and the gameplay ideas that came out of those, and now I mostly feel like I want to make something different."

While it's a shame we'll never get to return to the world introduced by Super Mario RPG, I am still holding out hope for Geno to make an appearance in Super Smash Bros. 4!

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