axt113 said:
Cheebee said:
Wow, I thought my thread was dead, haha now look at it. 
The 3DS announcement does open some new doors of possibility, imo. And like ShadowSnake mentioned, while 2D Mario sells extremely well, the whole point of this new handheld is the 3D. That's the main thing, so I think a 3D Mario would be infinitely better suited to show off the system's strengths and novelty than a 2D Mario. A sidescrolling Mario on 3D screens would be pretty pointless, I'd say.
Just imagine the water splashing out of the screen whenever Mario jumps into a body of water, of the globs of goo and fire that enemies spit out, coming straight at your face. Those octopus-jetskiing parts... man, the rollercoaster-Mecha-Bowser-bossfight would be a sight to behold in 3D. So many awesome things that would be totally awesome! 
Also, consider the rumours that 3DS will feature one or more analog sticks. 3D Mario is the reason Nintendo introduced their analog stick on the N64.
Seriously, imo a game like this would be a much better fit than a sidescrolling 2D Mario could ever dream to be. And besides, while it's true 2D Mario sells like crazy, 3D Mario games only seem to sell 'bad' when you compare them to their 2D counterparts. All 3D Mario games (including the 64DS one), have sold close to, or over 10 million. 10 Million! That's far more than 99% of every other IP out there could ever hope to sell. |
No, it would be like playing a hologram, the images would be 3d, but you'd move side to side, sort of like a popup book
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Yes, you're totally right about that, and I agree. And while something like that would look nice, my point is, and remains, a 3D Mario game like Sunshine would be much, much better suited to show off the system's strengths and the novelty of the 3D. 360 Degrees of freedom of movement in 3D would ultimately impress infinitely more than a 'pop-up' sidescroller ever could.
Also, as for your comment about 3D Mario never having been a system seller, Mario 64 says hello and strongly disagrees. That game was fun, new, and novel back when it came out. There was nothing like it when it released. Later games (like Sunshine and Galaxy), weren't so fresh, new and novel, because 3D platformers had been around for ages by the time they came out, hence them not becoming system sellers. A 3D Mario launch title for 3DS however, would be something new, fresh and excitingly novel. There's nothing like it so far. In essence, I believe such a game would be in an extremely similar position as Mario 64 was in back in 1996.
