I just realized that Nintendo will stay in first place for a long time

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RolStoppable said:

Haywired said:

But I don't think they abandoned 2D Mario. They just started making 3D Mario games because that was the big new thing at the time (that they were a huge part of). I don't think they see 2D and 3D Mario platformers as two separate franchises. They're all Mario platformers. Plus there were still 2D Mario games being released at the time on the handhelds (albeit remakes).

They abandoned 2D Mario. No new game for more than 15 years.

Nintendo indeed thought that 2D and 3D Mario are the same series. Now they don't anymore because they've seen the sales.

Best move they made this Gen IMO What just adds icing on the cake is 2D Donkey Kong Country and Kirby this year. It is a good time to be a fan of 2Dplatformers