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friendlyfamine on 10 March 2018
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RolStoppable said:
friendlyfamine said:

Recent 2D Mario games don't sell much better than 3D Mario.

NSMBU - 5.75 mil

3D World - 5.75 mil

 

NSMB2 - 12.43 mil

3D Land - 11.77

NSMB2 > 3D Land, maybe because of 2DS bundling, NSMBU was released at launch and was bundled earlier than 3D World.

If a 2D Mario releases for the Switch, I doubt it will carry any sort of significant buzz that causes it to double Odyssey sales. Hell NSMBWii sold so much better than Galaxy cause of bundles. Put both games on the same weight and Odyssey will sell more.

You are ignoring how phoned in NSMB2 and NSMBU were. Nintendo deliberately saved all new ideas for the 3D Mario games while the NSMB games didn't even introduce any new world themes. Despite Nintendo stacking all the odds against 2D Mario, it still beat 3D Mario.

If you consider it fair to say that Odyssey is the 3D Mario that the market has been waiting for, then the 2D Mario equivalent would be the 2D Mario game that the market has been waiting for. Put both IPs on equal footing and 2D Mario will wipe the floor with 3D Mario.

That's just an assumption though. Maybe Nintendo didn't have any ideas for 2D Mario, that's why it's been stale. NSMB2 at least got the gold coin priority which changed the game mechanically. NSMBU was an original game too, contrary to popular belief. It introduced better level design and the acorn suit did provide a new way to play the game. Albeit not a huge one, but innovating a 2D Mario is not nearly as easy as it is with 3D Mario, because there are many more limitations.