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Originally Posted by Unknown Rabbit
Okay, no. These are literally contradicted facts. In JJ1, Jazz is described as a soldier of fortune, and the first thing we see him doing is planning to bring a cat to a planet of rat creatures, essentially planned genocide in recompense for them stiffing him on the bill. He hangs out in a bar and gets drunk. Later on, in the animated cutscenes, he takes on a more classical cartoon feeling, playing fast and loose with real world physics, but at no point does he act like a furry. Furthermore Eva is in no way his lover because the two of them have never met.
In Jazz3D, Jazz's gun is objectively smaller than him. It's true that he can shoot anything he wants to, perhaps more than ever before considering he can attack other rabbits, but there is a specific plot involving rescuing his children and a third dimension. Mayhem is never unprovoked.
In terms of stylistic evolution, Jazz 2 was a significant break from JJ1. If there had been a community at the time in the sense that there was in 2000, people would have been upset. Jazz3D took significantly fewer chances with character and design, and suffered comparatively little complaint on that ground, while JJA went all out and as such incurred great wrath.
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That "classic" cartoon feeling as you described, imo they were going for that with the Jazz 2 intro a bit. The part where he runs into the Tuf Turtle and uses the rope to escape is alot like it. But I agree it's not quite the same as in Jazz 1. Then again, is it really comparable? Jazz 2 had significantly less cutscenes then Jazz 1.
So in that regard, you're right. I think I finally get that point. If they had more time with Jazz 2 it might have been different.
But for Jazz3D though, you can't expect it to stay cartoony. Jazz was moving to 3D, and things change when you move to 3D. Mario had those changes, Sonic had those changes, Zelda had those changes. And only Sonic turned out pretty bad. The same might have happened to Jazz3D, but then again, it might not have. Let's say if Jazz3D would have found a publisher, then undoubtedly CliffyB would have joined the design process, and more of his "adult" style would be implemented.
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