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Maybe the 3DS wasn’t the best place for Mario 3D Land, however, you certainly can’t say it wasn’t well optimized. Just five years later, you could probably run 3D Land on an Apple Watch (yes, playing it would be a fool’s errand) but the nature of Nintendo dictates it must stay permanently locked to a platform where it will remain forever ugly, in all it’s 200p resolution glory! All the while, sales data would seem indicate the general public doesn’t give a shit about anything other than classic Mario anyway.
#Super mario 3d land special world 8 full
Squeezing a full fledged 3D Mario game onto a Nintendo portable was definitely a technical feat in 2011, but decidedly less so seven iterations into iPhones and Galaxys. While I’m sure we all have our favorites, I feel the most overlooked 3D Mario game in the lamentably small six game series (over the last two decades!) is Super Mario 3D Land and my reasoning walks hand-in-hand with its greatest flaw: It’s a massive 3D Mario experience on the Nintendo 3DS.ĭo not attempt.
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Yes, we know Nintendo can make an excellent 2D Mario game in its sleep, but I’ve come to prefer the 3D Mario games, the stuff patterned after Super Mario 64, and those games are few and far between. Super Mario 3D Land just celebrated its anniversary this week, and if you didn’t hear me on that livestream, I absolutely think it’s one of the most underrated Mario games ever made. When it comes to difficult 3D Mario levels officially made by Nintendo, the words “Special 8-Crown” strikes fear in the hearts of even the most hardened player…