these games are often compared as they feature the series' transition to 3D and helped prove the point of the new hardware they were on. what I don't get is why Mario 64 is compared to Sonic Adventure which came out 2 years later rather than 3D Blast, which came out just a few months apart- and was Sonic's first 3D game
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