the_dengle on 27 February 2014
EAD Tokyo always makes 3D Mario platformers. Therefore, 3D World is what was expected of them.
2D games are perceived as being easier to make and more casual in appeal (and consequently lesser in value) than 3D games, especially 3D games categorized as genres like "action/adventure" and "shooter." Retro has proven themselves adept at making such 3D games in the past, so some reviewers see Tropical Freeze and say the most dreaded phrase known to grade school students: "[They] can do better than this."
