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

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Leynos said:

curl-6 said:

Would love to hear more from those who voted that HD was better.
I can see an argument for BOTW/Mario Kart 8/Pikmin 3/Tropical Freeze/Splatoon, Xenoblade X/etc being better than Mario 64/Ocarina/Starfox 64/Majora/F-Zero X/etc I suppose, even if I personally don't agree.

I voted 3D but I prefer Wii U's output overall minus Mario 64. However, Wii U's output was slow going. As mentioned HD gaming wasn't exactly new or working out kinks from other devs anymore by the time Wii U came out so it didn't set any new standards. 3D gaming was still early going in 1996 and Mario 64 set the standard. Sp hard to argue against N64 to me when most devs were struggling to transition from 2D to 3D. SEGA did pretty well inventing the 3D fighter. Racing games translated well. Panzer Dragoon was amazing. Sonic....we got Sonic R lol

I would argue that BOTW set new standards for open world games, even if their Wii U output overall wasn't as groundbreaking as their N64 output.