Life in 3-D
One of my family's favourite games is the Super Mario franchise from Nintendo. We've played everything from classic Mario to 3-D, the-entire-universe-is-spinning-around-you Super Mario Galaxy. But one of my personal favourites is the brilliantly sideways thinking Paper Mario. Have you ever wanted to yell at Mario, when watching that heroically mustachioed plumber mistiming his jump and crashing to his demise against an advancing mushroom - JUST STEP TO THE SIDE! Like, I mean, you never see a matador attempt to actually *leap* over a charging bull do you? He just casually sidesteps. Much easier. Paper Mario gives life to this very idea. I've pasted a picture here to explain it better. It starts off with Mario in 2-D, but whenever you want to, you can *switch* perspectives, and Mario can just shuffle around his enemies or realise that from the other perspective, there is a bridge or a staircase you can easily walk across, instead of leaping across an impossible