2D VS 3D, which will come out on top?

[Cobalt Blue]

I don't understand what 2D or 3D has to do with the creativity of games.

They only way I can see this is that, 3D games have become so common it's nearly impossible to find something different other then shooters. 2D games on the other hand there is at least some extra variety in how creative they are.

that has nothing to do at all with the amount of dimensions a gameplay has.

2D can and has been overpopulated with platformers of all sizes and dimensions for the last 20 years and it doesnt mean they have any kind of originality or uniqueness, most of them are either lame attemps or clones of already sucessful franchises.

trends have existed in the market since day one, so its not like is something new that one genre dominates the spectrum of games relased in a certain time period. we had one thousand clones of space invaders in the past, thenit was platformers, then it was all about rts, then it was all about 3D adventure, then, now its one thousand clones of counterstrike/halo/whatever.

2D or 3D are just a dev's choice on how they feel their concept would work the best. we had both 2D sidescrolling and 3D adventure goemon games on the n64 and they were both great and creative because they were developed with a good team of people who know what they did, not because they picked a particulary amount of directions your character could take.