2015 is the 30th anniversary of Mario, the world’s most famous plumber, and Nintendo opened a website to commemorate his decades-long history. The website features a slew of celebrations for the pizza-pied plumber, including a welcome message, the celebratory video we saw in a recent Nintendo Direct, and a ton of colorful Mario-themed decorations. But most interesting of all is its new “History” section.

The History section in this website is a new addition which chronicles the main entries in the Super Mario series, from the original Super Mario Bros. in 1985, all the way through 2013’s Super Mario 3D World. But the interesting thing about this scrolling page is that it doesn’t stop at 3D World, which is the most recent entry in the series. In fact, it stops just the right distance after 3D World, a space where two more Mario games would fit perfectly.

And lest you think we’re eyeballing, you can measure it for yourself. Each of the columns in this list is 836 pixels wide—exactly the width of the sprite-decorated space left after what would appear to be the final column, which features New Super Mario Bros. U and Super Mario 3D World.

Whether Nintendo’s planning to fill this space up is another question entirely, but it’s certainly a powerful coincidence. We do know that Nintendo has more plans for Mario‘s 30th that they’re revealing later this year, and many of us here at Gamnesia have a hunch that they’re announcing something big to cap off the Nintendo World Championships this June. Perhaps Mario Maker isn’t the only title in the series launching in 2015? Myself and Senior Editor Alex Plant personally believe that Super Mario Galaxy 3 is on its way, but Nintendo is known to surprise. I guess we’ll have to wait until E3 to see if this discovery means anything.

Do be aware, we’ve resized the image above to fit our image uploader’s size limitations. If you’d like to measure the 836-pixel width for yourself, you’ll have to check the website right here.

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