thelifatree on 19 May 2010
Um, I disagree with this topic on 2 maybe 3 aspects
I like Mario 64 better than (by a lot) galaxy (or any other mario for that matter SHAWK). And yes my very first mario was Super Mario Bros on NES when I was 3... so I did not start with 3D mario.
I'd assume Nintendo thought Mario 64, Sunshine and galaxy weren't spinoffs. Also, I will agree with you that the mechanics are different. By a .lot. But, I don't think nintendo itself would consider it a spinoff.
3. Would you call metroid prime a spinoff too? Zelda's mechanics are similar in 2D and 3d... so I won't argue either way on that
