i dk if SMG, in its 3d context, is better than traditional 2d. Problem is, so much of SMG uses 2d platforming to create a beautiful contrast between the 2. That, along with gravity play, was the reason i think the game is so great.
Better than SMW, i dk, depends on your age i guess. I always put SMW above most other games of the 8/16 bit gen. It's tough but certainly MM 9 has influenced certain views on older games and their ability to recapture that original spark, just like SMG and to a lesser extent Paper Mario, and get people interested again.
“When we make some new announcement and if there is no positive initial reaction from the market, I try to think of it as a good sign because that can be interpreted as people reacting to something groundbreaking. ...if the employees were always minding themselves to do whatever the market is requiring at any moment, and if they were always focusing on something we can sell right now for the short term, it would be very limiting. We are trying to think outside the box.” - Satoru Iwata - This is why corporate multinationals will never truly understand, or risk doing, what Nintendo does.
