killeryoshis said:
Those "fads" are what cause Nintendo to make 3D Mario more like 2D mario. Those "fads" had 2D mario outselling 3D Mario always. If Nintendo can make an ambitious 3D Mario that is a huge system seller then Nintendo can make an ambitious 2D Mario to become an even bigger system seller. The easy reason being is that Peak 2D Mario will always obliterate Peak 3D Mario. However we will have to wait and see what Nintendo does with 2D Mario first. |
No they weren't. Nintendo make 3D Mario more like 2D Mario because they had to showcase a 3D Mario game that worked and played well on a handheld. They mostly made 3D World for the pun and lack of creativity. Super Mario Land ---> Super Mario World , Super Mario 3D Land ---> Super Mario 3D World
https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/finance/software/3ds.html
All the recent 2D Mario's sold pretty "meh". New Super Mario Bros. U sold 5.7 Million. Super Mario 3D World sold 5.65 mil. No matter how much you want to say "it's cause it's like 2D Mario!" that was pretty unprecedented for a 2D Mario game compared to a 3D one. The only reason New Bros U even outsold World is because it was out since the system launched. These are official Nintendo numbers, by the way. Super Mario 3D Land sold 11.33 mil. New Super Mario Bros. 2 sold 11.44 mil. The gap is not only getting smaller, but will probably start skewing to 3D Mario. Mario Maker sold 3.9 mil.
Keep in mind pretty much none of those except *maaaaaaaaybe* New Super Mario Bros 2, were even system sellers, and even that is debatable. It required big 3D titles to push hardware. 2D Mario just sells software, it's more like a game series you release because it's easy money. Not because it sells units.
