Iwata: people want 3DS, but are waiting

[theRepublic]

Erik Aston said:

theRepublic said:

Smashchu2 said:

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The market HATES 3D Mario and has since the N64.

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You and I both know that's not true.  The market loves 3D Mario.  Just not nearly as much as 2D Mario.

A growing number of people hate it, and the reason is that Nintendo treats 3D Mario like the main game, and 2D Mario like the spin-off. It's like they would rather give it to Monster Games or something.

3D Mario gets the cool, orchestrated music, more attention to the graphics and the visuals in general, new content like different boss guys, and each console gets a 3D Mario before a 2D Mario, and possibly more than one 3D Mario. Plus the 3DS costs $250 so it can be 3D, and the only games Nintendo talks about as really benefitting from this from a gameplay standpoint are flying games and, you guessed it: 3D Mario. 2D Mario is just made $100 more expensive by being on 3DS instead of releasing another 2D Mario for DS sometime in the last half decade.

I would guess that at this point, more people are pissed off at 3D Mario than people who love it. Mario 64 is a top 15 game for me, and I'm pretty pissed at 3D Mario at this point.

There are a few whiners in video game forums, especially around here, but by and large 3D Mario is loved.  I think you have a very odd perception to think that there are more people who are "pissed" at 3D Mario than love it.