Is it just me or is this a reference to SMRPG?

Ultraluigi

doing whatever since 2011
In Super Mario 3D Land, in the cloud portion of 4-1, the perspective changes to isometric and it looks suspiciously like Nimbus Land in Super Mario RPG. Is this a reference?
 
Mario4Ever said:
Evil Magikrazy said:
If so, that would be pretty subtle. Are there any cloud people there?

None.
Cloud people were created by Square Enix, and Square Enix probably didn't want them in the game. I still think it's a reference.
 
I doubt it. If your talking about the cloud area after the Rainbow Note Block, I think it's just a nice 3D treat. I tried it without 3D and it's hard to judge the distance. So I just thought it was to make use of the depth of the 3D. which works well.
 
God I hate Square for Robbing the Marioverse of those wonderful characters for 15 years WHATS THE FUCKING POINT IT'S NOT LIKE THERE DOING ANYTHING W/ THEM! GIVE 'EM BACK TO NINTENDO FOR GOD'S SAKE!
 
Devil Jin said:
Nintendo probably doesn't care about them and does not want to pay the money to get their rights back.
True, but legions of fans want them back. And Nintendo DOES care about money, don't it?