New Super Mario Bros. U Director On Why 2D Mario Sells Better Than 3D Mario

<p>When you look back on sales data for titles in the Super Mario series&comma; one thing is for certain&comma; it is going to be a very high number &lpar;with the exception of &&num;8220&semi;Where&&num;8217&semi;s Mario&&num;8221&semi; of course&excl;&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Although Super Mario Galaxy and its sequel were both praised indefinitely by both gamers and press both of the titles combined didn&&num;8217&semi;t sell as many as New Super Mario Bros&period; Wii&period; Why is this&quest; Is it due to people liking 2D more than 3D&quest; Was the story better in New Super Mario Bros&period; Wii than in Galaxy&quest; Well when speaking to GamesTM&comma; Masataka Takemoto &lpar;Director of New Super Mario Bros&period; U&rpar; explained his views on the debate&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p><strong><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I don’t think it’s because one game is better than the other&period; It’s just that compared to 2D&comma; there seems to be more people who are not as comfortable with 3D controls&period; And maybe a wider range of people were more accepting of the New Super Mario Bros&period; series&comma; which may have seemed simpler to them&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;strong><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Do you agree with Masatake Takemoto&quest; What&&num;8217&semi;s your theory&quest; Let us know in the comments below&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;Source&colon; GamesTM via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;nintendoeverything&period;com&sol;109266&sol;new-super-mario-bros-u-director-on-the-popularity-of-2d-mario-compared-to-the-3d-mario-games&sol;">Nintendo Everything<&sol;a>&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"zemanta-pixie" style&equals;"margin-top&colon; 10px&semi; height&colon; 15px&semi;"><img class&equals;"zemanta-pixie-img" style&equals;"border&colon; none&semi; float&colon; right&semi;" alt&equals;"" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;img&period;zemanta&period;com&sol;pixy&period;gif&quest;x-id&equals;afa84364-862c-4bf7-93b8-528bae6b8db3" &sol;><&sol;div>&NewLine;