Why I prefer Mario in 2D

The first Mario games outclassed the competition because they felt amazing to run and jump. 3D Marios are inventive and I respect their evolution, but the movable camera and 3D movement has never been able to provide the same thrills of precise 2D platforming.

[PhoenixUp]

"Perhaps due to the unremarkable sales of Galaxy 1 (11.36m compared to 29 million for New SMB)"

You call selling 11.36 million unremarkable?

[RosweeSon]

Haha yeah many great games have sold a Lot worse than that. I actually loved Mario Galaxy 1, 2 also fantastic but 1 was Epic. I think it's pretty much a modern day (at the time) Mario 64 it's been a while since I played but remember you've got the world to run round and then you find all the different levels dotted around not too disimilar to Mario64 with the paintings then get transported to a new Planet i.e. World from Mario64 but yeah Galaxy was amazing people moan about Wii remote it's exactly the same buttons as Mario 64 I don't understand the complaints you've got you nunchuck analogue and Wii remote has A and B buttons all the same moves fantastic game.
I do really love the classic 2d games Mario 1 originator, 3 innovator, super Mario World renovator (jazzed up Mario Bros 3) a really good one but yeah Mario Bros 3 and Super Mario World are so bloody great I still go back to them now every now and again and have a blast it's been a few years might have to nail em on my 3ds soon. Been saving them for a rainy day but the dark backlog 😩😉✌🏻 Great games tho 🕹

[madforaday]

Also, the best Mario game in my opinion was Mario 64. That game had everything you would want in a Mario game and a 2D Mario game wouldn't be able capture all of the essence like Mario 64 did. I will say Mario 3 is up there as well but I am VERY excited for the new Mario on the Switch.

[Selectgamer]

Yes. Mario 64 sold 11 million out of 32 million N64 owners. They sold less copies of Galaxy despite having 100 MILLION Wii owners. Selling just a third compared to New Super Mario Wii. Unremarkable.

2D Marios have trounced 3D every generation.

[PhoenixUp]

@ Select

For starters most exclusives do not sell pass 10 million. So it's unreasonable to say the ones that do have unremarkable sales.

Second, Nintendo's own website says that Super Mario Galaxy sold 12.72 million units, which makes it the highest selling 3D Mario game outpacing SM64.

https://www.nintendo.co.jp/...

Not to mention that you're attachment rate argument is heavily flawed. For example Mario Kart Wii sold 36.83 million units on a userbase of 101 million units while Mario Kart DS sold 23.60 million with a user-base of 154 million. It'd be ridiculous to say MKDS's whopping 20+ million total is unremarkable just because it didn't outperform MKWii.

Finally you're missing the point. 3D Mario games are still always one of the best selling games on any Nintendo platform they release on. To say their sales are unremarkable is to say most of Nintendo's software sales on every platform is unremarkable.

P.S. Super Mario 3D Land sold more than New Super Mario Bros 2

https://www.nintendo.co.jp/...

[Selectgamer]

I only brought up the sales to theorize why Nintendo included a tutorial DVD.

My main point is that New Mario U and 3D World are better than Galaxy because they have more precise control and speed.

I should have called it 'Galaxy is overrated'

[PhoenixUp]

Overrated how? People tend to give it the amount of praise it warrants.

It does more to change up the structure than most NSMB games

[franwex]

I think I might prefer 2D Mario more too, but the 3D Mario games are up there with being the best 3D adventure games too. Mario is actually one of the few properties that has been able to be successful in 2D and 3D. Not too many survived the transition. So kudos to the Mario series for doing that and still being relevant.

[chris235]

easy: stop blogging and start up your snes then. seriously.

[Selectgamer]

I love starting up my SNES. It loads immediately and never requires system updates. But like the picture states, I loved New Mario U, thought it outclasses Galaxy in terms of pure fun. 3D World was great as well, but because it borrowed 2D Mario mechanics

[ninsigma]

Nah I'm way bored of 2D mario. Mario 3D world was awesome on the wii u and much prefer that.

[RosweeSon]

I'm nailing that very soon, before new one arrives 😩Bloody backlogs haha

[ninsigma]

It's great fun. I don't want to go back to 2D Mario after playing 3D world lol

[Selectgamer]

I loved Mario 3D World because of it's 2D tendencies. It emphasized speed, a fixed camera, and precise platforming