| happydolphin said: But that's not a fair and consistent PoV. Rol has said time and time again that 3D Mario and 2D Mario are separate series. So how is that apples to apples, and not MK to 2D Mario? This just seems like you're putting the argument on your side to win and it's not about that, it's about being intellectually honest and making progress in the debate. I hope it won't end up like this for other topics. That would suck alot, because you and Rol are very smart guys. I'd hate to not be able to pick your brains just because you want to keep the argument on your end. I can concede points, I am able to do that, ask Rol. |
There's a reason I deliberately said "apples to pears" rather than apples to apples! 
Seriously though, there's no disingenuity going on here. 2D Mario platofrmers and 3D Mario platformers are both in the same genre, i.e. platformers. They're extremely different from one another, to the point where they basically are different series entirely, but they're both in the same genre, and in point of fact Nintendo has publicly stated that it wants fans of the 2D games to migrate to the 3D ones.
Neither 2D Mario platformers nor 3D Mario platformers are in the racing genre. Everyone treats them as being completely separate from the Kart series.* Why stop that now?
*Except for folks who like to argue that Mario gets milked, and then treat all the games with him in it as being one and the same.
