Miyamoto: Not EVERYTHING needs to be 3D! (Do you AGREE?!)

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Vetteman94 said:

LordTheNightKnight said:
vetteman, you're confusing polygonal graphics with 3D. Little Big Planet is what's known as 2.5D, same as Super Mario Bros Wii.

As for improving, not always. Sprites use less resources, for one thing, so they improve performance (unless the game has loads of complex sprites).

No I believe you are the one who is confused.  Every model in LBP is rendered in full 3D, the perspective is what gives it the 2D feel, and the limitation of movement to only side to side and up and down. 

That is what defines a game as 2D.  You can only move in two directions.  The gameplay in LBP is much closer to Super Mario Bros. than Super Mario Galaxy, because a third dimension of movement greatly changes both the gameplay possibilities (by creating new ones and limiting others), and by the way you interact with the game (controlling a character in 3D is much different than controlling one in 2D).  LBP is a 2D game whether you want to admit it or not.  2D vs. 3D is determined by gameplay, not by whether the characters are created with lines or polygons.