People still say 3dworld is a true 3d mario game? Wow
There is no denying that Mario now has 3 distinct platforming series.
Super Mario Bros - 2d linear levels, little to no story, no hub world. Levels 2-1, 4-3 etc etc.
3d Land/World - 3d linear levels, little story, no hub world, levels 2-1, 4-3 etc.
64/sunshine/Galaxy - Named courses each with multiple stars/shines to collect by doing different activities, each star has a name with a clue to the level, all have hub worlds, has more story and dialog, levels require more exploration and are very often not linear.
3dland/world is much closer to Mario Bros in both game design, feel and aesthetic really the only difference is another dimension but I'm not going to say that 3dworld is part of the nsmb series as some people say 3dworld is of the same vein as sunshine or Galaxy.
They are different series with a distinctly different set of features and rules.







