In terms of software quality, which transition did Nintendo handle better, 3D or HD?

[Leynos]

SvennoJ said:

The_Liquid_Laser said:

Why do you want to argue with me on this?  Are you old enough to remember when Super Mario World was a brand new game or at least Donkey Kong Country?  You have to have at least played the SNES when it was a current console to get how bad the N64 really was.

Aside from the huge step back in visual quality and animation, MGS came out the same year as Mario 64. Much better transition to 3D. Ofcourse that's already 2 years after the first Tombraider game. 3rd person 3D was already well established.

I could not get along with Mario 64, OOT was better but compared to top down Zelda, oof.

Yeah the console generations of early 3D games were painful. You could either play beautifully crafted 2D or 2.5D games running flawlessly, or a flickering mess of unstable 3D game with muddy textures and ugly lighting.

And Nintendo still often refuses to let you steer the camera in 3rd person, very annoying. (Plus their 2D games still look better than 3D on the Switch)

MGS came out 2 years after Mario 64.