Super Mario 64 Vs Crash Bandicoot

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Zekkyou said:

Goodnightmoon said:
Mario 64 was way more revolutionary in every sense, Crash was trying to be Mario on the first place. Gameplay wise Mario 64 is way superior to Crash 1, but if we compare it with Crash 3 things are more equal in terms of fun.

I'd personally pick Mario 64 too since i didn't like the first Crash game much (i thought the 2nd and 3rd were far better), but i don't think Crash was 'trying to be Mario'. It released only 2 - 3 months later, and there was plenty that separated the two of them.

Not saying he's right but release date is not an indicator of whether a game is inspired by something else, Mario 64 for example was known about and shown as early as 94, it was all over magazines and game specific TV shows like Gamesmaster after being unveiled, the was nothing like it at the time of unveiling and a tonne of developers would have seen it at event long before release.

In regards to Crash I think he meant Crash was trying to be a 3D Mario or ND's interpretation of what one would be rather then actually copying Mario 64, well that's how his post comes across to me.