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Faxanadu on 09 September 2009

What do all the Austrians think?

I personally am not interested in console Mario games since SM64. Does that answer the question?



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Cheebee on 09 September 2009

Kind of different. I mean, the whole experience changes from 2D to 3D, but at the same time, both still feel like Mario games. The essence of what makes them great and appealing remains constant, whether it's the 2D or 3D games.

I think, when comparing, games like Super Mario World and Mario & Luigi are far more different from each other than games like SMW and SM64 are from each other, for example.



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gustave154 on 09 September 2009

Yeah they are different in a way.



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Hephaestos on 09 September 2009

Yes.

I think 3D ruined console gaming... mode 7 was sufficient!



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nordlead on 09 September 2009

no, they are both kiddy.




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Kynes on 09 September 2009
Senlis said:
That is easy to answer.

2D platformers have longer levels where the objective tends to be more "get to the end" so you can progress to the next stage. There can be more longer levels because developing 2D stages are cheaper.

3D platformers tend to have shorter levels where they have multiple objectives per stage. The objectives tend not to be "reach the end of the stage" oriented. Look at Mario 64/Sunshine/Galaxy as an example. 3D stages tend to be more expensive to develop, so they tend to re-use levels using differing objectives.

This is why Sonic games really didn't do as well as Mario did in 3D. Mario games adapted to the rising costs of 3D development. Sonic games tried to maintain the "reach the end of the stage" model in 3D and it didn't work as well.

This.



amp316 on 09 September 2009

Yes.

2D has two dimensions.

3D has three dimenions.

This makes them different.



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amp316 on 09 September 2009
RolStoppable said:
amp316 said:
Yes.

2D has two dimensions.

3D has three dimenions.

This makes them different.

Ah, so that's what the "D" means.


Correct. 

What did you think that it meant? 



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amp316 on 09 September 2009
RolStoppable said:
amp316 said:
RolStoppable said:
amp316 said:
Yes.

2D has two dimensions.

3D has three dimenions.

This makes them different.

Ah, so that's what the "D" means.


Correct. 

What did you think that it meant? 

Dungeons & Dragons.


That's D and D.

That would be 2D I guess.



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blunty51 on 09 September 2009

Yes.