A Mario game without the other 5 main characters and Koopa Troop?

The big problem I feel is that they would invent a bunch of new characters for this game where old characters could fit their roles just as well.
 
And then those new characters would proceed to be forgotten forever, just like the other ones.
 
those rabbits could have been easily replaced by the koopalings really
 
Ah, I think I misread the topic then... My mistake...^^; Well, in that case, sure. I'd be up for it! Then again, I'm always up for a new Mario game no matter what.
 
I honestly think the Broodals shouldn't exist. It would have been fine to see the Koopalings fill that role. I don't see why they couldn't have. The Broodals add almost nothing to the game.
 
I just thought of this: there is already a series of games where it's basically Mario, and that's Dr. Mario. In fact, the series for the longest time only contained Mario himself, and doesn't have the usual cast. In fact, Dr. Mario Miracle Cure is the first game to have a character other than Mario himself (in that case, Luigi). Peach didn't count because her presence was confined to outside material and she never appear in-game.

However for the purpose of this thread, we are talking about a new type of game, like an adventure or an RPG.

Thank you for reading.
 
An RPG would honestly be amazing, but I would feel that it didn't feel Mario-y enough, kind of like the SPM problem.
 
Revenant Archagent said:
An RPG would honestly be amazing, but I would feel that it didn't feel Mario-y enough, kind of like the SPM problem.
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SMRPG was kinda this, and it worked out okay. Just take out the Mushroom Kingdom area and replace Bowser and Peach with different people and you've basically got what this thread calls for.
 
Revenant Archagent said:
I honestly think the Broodals shouldn't exist. It would have been fine to see the Koopalings fill that role. I don't see why they couldn't have. The Broodals add almost nothing to the game.
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Functionally that can be an opinion, just like Nabbit's role pretty much could had been for Waluigi.

But I wouldn't reject new characters since a franchise needs to open room for more possibility, and new characters are part of that.
 
New characters aren't going to be substitutes for creativity. If you have existing characters that already fulfill roles you make for new characters, then either change those roles or use the old characters. New characters are prone to being "Mary Sue" and being probably even more uncreative than it was.