These comparisons only make sense if you believe that Wario Land Shake It! would have suddenly sold 30 million units if it wasn't hand drawn but had any kind of 3D graphics and that New Super Mario Bros Wii would have sould substantially less if it did in turn use hand drawn graphics. Obviously Sega should keep making the same looking, same playing game for weirdo losers forever. No, they shall be brushed off the table like discarded toys and instead we need some new theoretical hyper-competent fans to show up Sega again. Why isn't it like Mania? What would Mania do? It doesn't matter that Evening Star seemingly agreed with Iizuka's assessment that Classic Sonic needed to evolve in visuals and gameplay, it doesn't matter that Evening Star wanted to move to 3D no regardless of what they were making. Mania fanaticism has mutated to the point that the game itself is some abstract paragon of Good. It used to be that the Mania team was some holy saviour that did everything right and showed Sonic Team up with their care and skill. Now that they have finally taken the time to do so, it's not enough for some people. That was the biggest and most important takeaway that people had harped on about for years and years. They have shown considerable care towards those fans by bringing forward from Mania what actually mattered: The physics. He isn't doing it to burn long-time fans, he probably doesn't think it's a deal breaker for the core audience. Which he is supposed to consider, as the one leading the brand. Iizuka isn't even making a objective artistic judgement on pixel art as a whole, just that he thinks 3D art would put Superstars in a more favourable position in the market.

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