According to gaming legend Shigeru Miyamoto, perhaps the best known and greatest developer of all time, 2D games can still offer as much fun and experience as 3D titles.
I don’t think everything needs to be 3D, or that just because we’re seeing more 2D games now, that everything’s going to shift back to 2D. I think that what’s going on is that people are realizing the benefits of a 3D game, and at the same time, remembering what the benefits of 2D games were. When going to 2D, you need the courage to not be so attached to visual appearance of the games and to really pursue the gameplay experience.
“Mr. Mario” is correct on this one. I believe that people care too much about graphics these days, and tend to stray away from having an engrossing storyline or revolutionary gameplay, leaning towards making the game as visually appealing as possible. The Wii is going the same way as the NES and SNES, focusing on gameplay and experience over everything else. Nintendo tried to be more like it’s competitors with the GameCube, and they came third for the first time in their history!
Miyamoto-sama, you keep pumping out those truths that gamers need to hear!
