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[Monobrobe]

Terraria should be getting this kind of attention too :C.  It's already on consoles and stuff like Minecraft, but it's like the counterpart and foil of Minecraft.

Minecraft (sans mods):  3D Builder with minimal adventure, treasures, abilities and combat and customization options.
Terraria (sans mods):  2D Adventure with large amounts of adventure, treasures, abilities, and combat and customization options, providing moderate building.

While I definitely enjoy Terraria, I don't think it has as much potential as Minecraft. Minecraft has so many notable unique monsters, like Creepers, Endermen, that kind of stuff. Terraria, on the other hand... I can't really think of many monsters (or NPCs, for that matter) that stand out, aside from the bosses. Well, there ARE the jungle monsters, but they're not memorable in a very good way. Not to mention there's a lot more you can do in a 3D world than a 2D world.
Terraria does have an advantage in that there's a hard mode where you get to do a lot more things, but the transition from normal to hard is very unforgiving, as the monsters are considerably stronger and you have to break altars (which also spawn enemies that can go through walls once broken) in order to get access to the better ore. And that's only if the monsters don't kill you before you can reach them. It's very frustrating if you don't have the patience to just keep trying until you get to that ore.
So, yeah, I don't think Terraria would be able to gather as much attention as Minecaft has.