Number one is the size and cost of games. There are a few things that come to mind so I'll ramble on for a bit cause I'm bored and I got a few minutes to kill. By which I mean, a straight-forward campaign, and a Kaizo-style post-game, for the people who last that long. I think that 3D platformers are going to get more "Mario-Like" as time goes by. Platformers, like Kirby & the Forgotten Land, are more popular when they support progress at any level of play. We have bullethell games and SoulsBourne titles. I don't think developers are pandering to hardcore gamers in mainstream games, anymore. I think that most 3D collect-a-thons were built around the idea that players SHOULDN'T see the credit roll, unless they've beaten the ultimate challenge the game has to offer. The "Cuphead" design strategy, of giving you enough game to play as a novice, but withholding the endgame content by telling you to go back and play it, "The right way," and do the hard stuff. I think that developers were still in the mode of pushing everyone to eventually become pro gamers.
This is a bit later, but I remember BK: Nuts 'n Bolts just having ridiculous requirements to unlock the whole map.
I much prefer the Odyssey/BotW approach to giving way more opportunities at progress than you need. I think that other games were much simpler, but remember Super Monkey Ball? Platformers had a huge range of difficulty, and I think that this was the generation of hard as shit collect-a-thons. I remember Super Mario Sunshine, which was the big platformer during the era, being simultaneously harder, and less forgiving than every other 3D Mario.
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