People should stop treating this line of questioning as an attack on 3dworld or that this somehow discredits the game and it's reputation needs to be defended.
3dworld is a great game, but it's distinctly different from previous entries. Mario has 3 distinct platforming series now.
New Super Mario Bros
3dland/3dworld
SM64/Sunshine/Galaxy
Perhaps the question should be rephrased as it is a 3d mario game, it's just part of a different series, like the paper mario and mario rpg series are different.







