What a vision it was. Shigeru Miyamoto’s desire to make a 3D Mario game reportedly began around the time that Star Fox was released. His eventual decision not to do so was reportedly based on ...

There was a time not too long ago when 3D platformer fans were starved for new games. That's no longer the case in 2020, with Spyro, Crash, and the genre at large now having made a glorious return.

There were many reasons it took so long for Kirby to get his first proper 3D world, not the least of which was because some people at HAL Laboratory "felt that only 2D games should count as 'real ...