Gillian Seed
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Galaxy and its not even close!
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Which do you prefer: Super Mario Galaxy series or Super Mario 3D series?
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mullet2000
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Same here.
punkmaggit
Member
Truth.
MisterGrey3000
Member
I love them both, and I'm glad they've replaced the 64/Sunshine-style games.
The only substantial difference between the "3D" series and the Galaxy series is their presentation; it's hard for me to prefer one over the other because I don't value presentation over gameplay.
The only substantial difference between the "3D" series and the Galaxy series is their presentation; it's hard for me to prefer one over the other because I don't value presentation over gameplay.
Galaxy by a country mile. I enjoyed 3d World, but it really didn't bring anything new to the table other than couch coop (which was AWESOME). Galaxy, on the other hand, was the closest that I've felt to the sense of awe that I got with Mario 64. The worlds and level design were brilliant, and it felt like a brand new experience. 3d World felt like an incredibly refined platformer, but it was a step backwards from Galaxy 1 and 2.
I'd say the Galaxies highs were higher and lows were lower than the 3Ds.
Their Soundtrack was just so good and the setting so imaginitive and charming. But I hated the camera, the shaking and all the sections were you had to point and grab those blue stars. Those weren't fun at all.
I'm still playing though 3D World with a friend and it's amazing. I have no issues with it at all. Just one great idea after another.
So, if I had to choose, I'd prefer the 3D series, because it's mechanics work so well with each other. EAD Tokyo only need to polish the presentation a little next time around.
Just look at MK8 and you see that people are really after that.
Their Soundtrack was just so good and the setting so imaginitive and charming. But I hated the camera, the shaking and all the sections were you had to point and grab those blue stars. Those weren't fun at all.
I'm still playing though 3D World with a friend and it's amazing. I have no issues with it at all. Just one great idea after another.
So, if I had to choose, I'd prefer the 3D series, because it's mechanics work so well with each other. EAD Tokyo only need to polish the presentation a little next time around.
Just look at MK8 and you see that people are really after that.
Sir Alemeth
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Galaxy > 3D World > Galaxy 2 >>> 3D Land >>> 64 >>>>>>>>> Sunshine
Definitely Mario Galaxy. I still think that Mario Galaxy 2 is the best 3D Mario they've ever made, and one of the greatest games of all time. It's all around brilliant. Not to say that 3D Land/3D World are bad; they're not bad by any stretch of the imagination. 3D Land is pretty fun, and 3D World is straight up great! I just like Galaxy more overall.
Zen_Arcade
Banned
Galaxy. 3D World was a solid game, but I'd be fine if they never made a sequel to it. In fact, I don't want another Galaxy game either. I just want that play style and mission structure in a different setting.
cant compare them, if iam trying to be honest.
nintendo created three different mario platformers over the year.
just realized that and iam pretty shocked.
the galaxy series
the new super mario bros. series
the 3d mario series
i have to say the last one is the easiest from all the listed one. but it the graphics, the music everything feels so awesome.
the galaxy series is just the pinnacle of mario 3d platformers. nintendo showed the big two how you can still kick ass with old hardware. galaxy blew galaxies away.
loved it so much...
Solid Samus
Banned
I love em both and I can't pick one because they're very different types of games to scratch a different itch
The Hermit
Member
Super Mario Galaxy might be the best game ever made.
3D World is a fantastic Mario game.
3D World is a fantastic Mario game.
Gillian Seed
Banned
Super Mario 64 is my personal favorite 3D Mario due to nostalgic feelings. It blew me away like nothing else when I was 16! But Super Mario Galaxy is almost perfection!
Astral Dog
Member
Galaxy has better presentation, music and feels more fresh, while 3D world is more familiar, i would say that Galaxy has better controls too, 3D world is a great game too, i prefer it at times to Gallaxy 1
So: Galaxy 2 > Galaxy > 3D World >>>>>>>>3D Land
So: Galaxy 2 > Galaxy > 3D World >>>>>>>>3D Land
Never played 3D World fully, but err probably Galaxy for me so far.
The 2 player in Galaxy 2 is so much fun, way better than 1.
Also the levels/mission structure is so good and the atmosphere...
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and saving the best for last
that said 3D land is like the perfect portable mario. they nailed what 2D mario would be like on a 3d plane with that game.
The 2 player in Galaxy 2 is so much fun, way better than 1.
Also the levels/mission structure is so good and the atmosphere...
This thread needs more screenshots
and saving the best for last
that said 3D land is like the perfect portable mario. they nailed what 2D mario would be like on a 3d plane with that game.
Pancakes R Us
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I've played Galaxy 1 + 2 and 3D Land, but not 3D World. Based on this, prefer the Galaxy games hands down. They were just too awesome. I like 3D Land too, but think it got a bit too much praise because 3DS was starved for games.
Just_myles
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If I had to choose, 3d World. Game is pretty much perfect. Well, both games are perfect which is funny because having to choose between perfection is ridiculous.
Gotdatmoney
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Like em both for different reasons. 3D World if like what I imagine 3D mario to play like when I was a kid. Gotta play more to be sure which I prefer but the only thing about 3D World I really don't like is how slow the characters top run speed is. That's literally it.
I'm surprised people don't see the obvious Mario 64 influences in Galaxy, particularly the first SMG. It's basically Mario 64 with a different level design.
Anytime you're running away from bullet bills, guiding chain chomps, butt stomping puzzle pieces into place, collecting five star pieces, hitting a switch here to make something happen there, you're doing Mario 64 type things. Anytime you run and jump around on a small planet that you can't fall off from just for fun, or slingshotting yourself around one for the same reason, you're mimicking some of the best parts of Mario 64. Is it pointless? Yes. Is it fun? Yes!
The new emphasis on bosses as part of the regular stages introduced in Mario 64 continued into Mario Galaxy and culminated in some truly awesome designs in SMG2. Even the suits in the Galaxy games work the same way they do in 64. In 3D Land, most suits help you survive a level. In 64 and Galaxy, they are the level. Particular stars require certain suits to advance, and the level design is built around their use.
Mario 64, even in it's regular stages, has much more platforming than Sunshine, and especially Banjo Kazooie. The rapid switches from exploring a level to passing designed obstacles and back to exploring is something that was introduced in Mario 64 and continued brilliantly in Galaxy. They just fine tuned it and tilted the balance towards more platforming, less exploration. I think Galaxy has more in common with 64 than Sunshine does.
Anytime you're running away from bullet bills, guiding chain chomps, butt stomping puzzle pieces into place, collecting five star pieces, hitting a switch here to make something happen there, you're doing Mario 64 type things. Anytime you run and jump around on a small planet that you can't fall off from just for fun, or slingshotting yourself around one for the same reason, you're mimicking some of the best parts of Mario 64. Is it pointless? Yes. Is it fun? Yes!
The new emphasis on bosses as part of the regular stages introduced in Mario 64 continued into Mario Galaxy and culminated in some truly awesome designs in SMG2. Even the suits in the Galaxy games work the same way they do in 64. In 3D Land, most suits help you survive a level. In 64 and Galaxy, they are the level. Particular stars require certain suits to advance, and the level design is built around their use.
Mario 64, even in it's regular stages, has much more platforming than Sunshine, and especially Banjo Kazooie. The rapid switches from exploring a level to passing designed obstacles and back to exploring is something that was introduced in Mario 64 and continued brilliantly in Galaxy. They just fine tuned it and tilted the balance towards more platforming, less exploration. I think Galaxy has more in common with 64 than Sunshine does.
Godzilla's Left Toe
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Galaxy
TitusGroan
Banned
They do very different things, and succeed on very different fronts.
3D World focuses less on the presentation, and more on the mathematical design of the levels. Some of the later levels actually boggled my mind with the sheer genius of the layout of the obstacles. You'll have multiple challenges, pitfalls and traps laid out in ways that are incredibly intricate and that follow really clever mechanical ideas. Swinging pendulums, moving platforms, rolling spikes and enemy patterns that all work together to create a cohesive sense of challenge that comes from multiple fronts. It's like watching an incredibly clever bit of clockwork, where the different gears all move together to create a singular mechanism.
Galaxy, I feel, is less mathematical and precise in its layout, but more leftfield in its ideas and overt in its production values. I don't think there's any level with the sheer perfection of obstacle design that Champion's Road has, but the game perhaps has a better sense of identity.
I do think if there's any one area 3D World is underrated, it's the inclusion of local same-screen multiplayer in a 3D platformer. This is something that developers have been struggling with for years, and EAD Tokyo made it look effortless. While the multiplayer is chaotic, it's also an absolute ton of fun, and me and my flatmate love blasting through a bunch of levels together at a time.
3D World focuses less on the presentation, and more on the mathematical design of the levels. Some of the later levels actually boggled my mind with the sheer genius of the layout of the obstacles. You'll have multiple challenges, pitfalls and traps laid out in ways that are incredibly intricate and that follow really clever mechanical ideas. Swinging pendulums, moving platforms, rolling spikes and enemy patterns that all work together to create a cohesive sense of challenge that comes from multiple fronts. It's like watching an incredibly clever bit of clockwork, where the different gears all move together to create a singular mechanism.
Galaxy, I feel, is less mathematical and precise in its layout, but more leftfield in its ideas and overt in its production values. I don't think there's any level with the sheer perfection of obstacle design that Champion's Road has, but the game perhaps has a better sense of identity.
I do think if there's any one area 3D World is underrated, it's the inclusion of local same-screen multiplayer in a 3D platformer. This is something that developers have been struggling with for years, and EAD Tokyo made it look effortless. While the multiplayer is chaotic, it's also an absolute ton of fun, and me and my flatmate love blasting through a bunch of levels together at a time.
Jack Videogames
Gold Member
I'd say both games embody different aspects of the Marioverse. The Galaxy games are whimsical, imaginative - the stages feel like dreamscapes. The orchestrated music is just perfect for the setting, since everything is huge in scale. It feels epic (well, as epic as Mario can be at least) and while you're playing you know you're playing something special.
Super Mario 3D World, on the other hand, is the best 3D incarnation I've played of a classic 2D platformer. It's a bit too easy sometimes, but it's never trivial - and at its hardest, it's never unfair. It's fun, in my opinion way funnier than SMG. And it's beautiful, even though it's less ambitious. It does feel a bit like a home version of Super Mario 3D Land, but it's not really a bad thing.
I hope we can get a Mario Galaxy 3 some day, but I do hope a Super Mario 3D World 2 too. And a Super Mario 3D Land 2 while we're at it. All three are excellent games.
Super Mario 3D World, on the other hand, is the best 3D incarnation I've played of a classic 2D platformer. It's a bit too easy sometimes, but it's never trivial - and at its hardest, it's never unfair. It's fun, in my opinion way funnier than SMG. And it's beautiful, even though it's less ambitious. It does feel a bit like a home version of Super Mario 3D Land, but it's not really a bad thing.
I hope we can get a Mario Galaxy 3 some day, but I do hope a Super Mario 3D World 2 too. And a Super Mario 3D Land 2 while we're at it. All three are excellent games.
ScreamingTrees
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3D World is an excellent game that I really like. Mario Galaxy is better though and probably one of my favourite games of all time. It and its sequel are just so good.
Red Liquorice
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Couldn't say more than that, so I'll quote it.
Touch fuzZy. get BizZay
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Galaxy, especially 2. The level of both variety and quality to its gameplay is astonishing...I'm dying to play a Galaxy game in HD.
I also enjoyed SM3DL and SM3DW alot, but we need another Galaxy game urgently!
I also enjoyed SM3DL and SM3DW alot, but we need another Galaxy game urgently!