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Am I the only one who actually liked the 25th anniversary Super Mario All Stars?

Super Mario Maker was a way better anniversary game though
 
I just read this, and found out the reason for too little 3D Mario games overall and the death of collectathon. The reason is, the percentage of scrub, or novice (to be less offensive) players to "decent" and professional players. This makes the sales of these games quite low compared to 2D games because they are "confusing" (yea, right.) I know, Nintendo is not at fault, first, they do what the majority of gamers want (and those majority are what I called scrubs, also the people who can't play any game ever without having a walkthrough right near their controller) And second, if 3D games are a lot harder, and more expensive to make and they sell worse than 2D games (compare 29.32 Million NSMBW - just another 2D sequal - , to the 12.5 Million SMG - with it's creative gravity ideas). It becomes clear that 2D games are the way to go. sigh.
 
But Super Mario Galaxy had huge critical acclaim. I believe it started a new direction of 3D Mario games, which is 3D linear planetoid hopping. This also transitioned into Super Mario 3D Land/World, who are made by the same developers. It's too bad we're not getting more coherent worlds like in 64 or Sunshine though.
 
I honestly think that one of the reasons NSMBW sold a lot better was the multiplayer aspect, which made it similar to a party game, which is considered casual friendly.
 
Baby Luigi said:
I honestly think that one of the reasons NSMBW sold a lot better was the multiplayer aspect, which made it similar to a party game, which is considered casual friendly.
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True to some degree. I would want to compare 3D World and NSMBU, but they are still kinda fresh games, and 3D World is not what I really consider a 3D game, it's super great nonetheless.
 
3D World even has "3D" in its name...unless the company are just being corporate sell-outs

Mega is obviously referring to how 3D Land/World are not in the traditional vein of "explorable" Mario collect-a-thons. Really, I feel 3D World/Land stays truer to what a 3D Mario should be like than 64-based stuff ever did.
 
Female Medic said:
I revealed my real age. Don't shoot.
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The only reason I'll shoot is that you clearly didn't read the OP