As many gamers know, sales of 2D Mario titles tend outsell 3D Mario titles by a large margin. Sales of New Super Mario Bros. Wii were higher than the combined sales of both Super Mario Galaxy games, and New Super Mario Bros. 2 is quickly catching up to Super Mario 3DLand even though the latter was released more than a year ago.
New Super Mario Bros. U director Masataka Takemoto was asked about his thoughts on the subject, and he suggested that players are simply more comfortable with controlling a character in two dimensions rather than three.
“I don’t think it’s because one game is better than the other. It’s just that compared to 2D, there seems to be more people who are not as comfortable with 3D controls. And maybe a wider range of people were more accepting of the New Super Mario Bros. series, which may have seemed simpler to them.” -Masataka Takemoto
Source: GamesTM via Nintendo Everything
That's great! I wanna play 3d mario games all the day long!
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