The creativity x techniques achievement discussion.

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Believe it or not, some aspects of quality discernment can be subjective. How much stake is put into subjective measures is dependent on the individual, and it's healthy for the market and society in general for some people to value creative achievement over technical prowess, and vice versa.

Personally, Nintendo's commitment to 60fps and top-notch animation (something that gets overlooked far too often in graphics discussion) leads me to believe that they have their priorities in order when it comes to the presentation of the Mario series.