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

[hsrob]

Vetteman94 said:

hsrob said:
I couldn't agree more, a nice balance between the two would be great.

There is however an element in the gaming community that still seems to see less value in 2D games than 3D.

The position that every game would be better in 3D is indefensible. If you are talking in the theoretical speculative sense, then maybe, otherwise reality disagrees with you.

If its that persons opinion thats all that matters, its not like there are facts to back up that 2D gaming is superior to 3D gaming in anyway and vice versa,  its all a matter of opinion.  So reality disagrees with you

So if it's as narrow as YOU think all games are/would be better in 3D I have to ask, do you prefer every single 3D iteration of every series more than it's 2D predecessor?  Which ones have you played?

People use Mario as an example to say that platformers work in 3D but Mario's gameplay mechanics changed fundamentally in the transition to 3D. And to clarify something that was mentioned earlier, games like NSMBWii, while having 3D graphics have 2D play mechanics.  I do not believe a fast paced, point to point platformer would gain anything from moving into the third dimension other than making the game significantly harder and less playable.