Super Mario Bros. was purely two-dimensional, and whereas Super Mario Galaxy was set entirely in the third dimension (2D mini-environments excluded), Mario 3D Land is a genuinely brilliant blend of both gameplay styles.

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Its out-of-place Italianate architecture, which dates back to the 1920s, is a mixture of decorative styles and eccentric designs, creating a fantasy land that was later used as the backdrop to the 1960s British sci-fi drama, The Prisoner.

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The art, selected by an associative link with Roussel's motifs (memories of childhood, optical enlargement, resurrection, mechanical, or the luxurious "land yacht" camper car Roussel used to travel the world) combines a diversity of styles.

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