JackHandy said:
No, that's not my argument. My argument is that the things modern 2D games do better are mostly in the polish-and-presentation department; that if you put TF on the NES where that polish and presentation would have to be stripped away due to hardware limitations, what you'd have, on a basic, skeletal level, would be far less than you'd have with SMB 3. The last time I played a 2D game and felt a true sense of wow and awe on a basic, mechanical level was SMB 3 back in the day, which is why I consider it to be the peak of the genre. DKC would go on to wow me too, but looking back, it wasn't because it did anything mechanically better than Mario (it was a great game, though). It's because it looked and sounded amazing, and that's how I feel about all modern 2D games. They're prettier, more gimmicky, have better sound and save points etc. But at a basic, core design? No. Not even close. SMB 3 still (unfortunately) hasn't been topped, and I don't see how it ever will. It's peak. The GOAT. |
SMB 3 is a pretty gimmicky game. I'd argue that tropical freeze is the less gimmicky game of the two. Honestly by your logic we could ask what does SMB 3 do better than SMB 1. On a basic mechanical level the game doesn't add much more than polish and gimmicks to the SMB formula going by your own logic.
