Super Mario Odyssey made franchise history, and Nintendo has yet to recreate a key aspect of its success and legacy.

On March 27, 2025, Square Enix made an appearance at the March 2025 Nintendo Direct to show off the first gameplay trailer for the upcoming Xbox JRPG, Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake. As the name ...

Using the new procedure of 2D multifractal analyses ... "Multifractal surface analysis has the potential to become established in art analysis as a supporting tool to help determine the ...

Intricately detailed HD-2D pixel-art graphics. Difficulty options that are inviting to newcomers and challenging for veterans. Level-grinding can get brutally tedious and taxing during the late ...

"But in addition to that, we're also hoping that we can continue with these 2D top-down Zeldas." Aonuma came to this point after Echoes of Wisdom led him to "realize that there's still a lot of ...

HD-2D is the natural culmination of looking back to the NES and SNES eras of gaming for inspiration. In the 1980s and early 1990s, games sported pixelated art styles out of necessity. In 2024 ...

Although the series has since moved on to high-definition graphics and 3D worlds, many fans still prefer the classic side-scrollers. Here is our favorite 2D Mario games.

Now, for the first time since 1995, at least in my opinion, the magic of 2D Mario lives again ... I love how much jumping Mario in Wonder resembles his box art depiction in Super Mario Bros.

Super Mario Bros. Wonder has won over the critics. According to the reviews already published, the new two-dimensional installment manages to reinvent the formula of the franchise. At least ...

Super Mario Bros. Wonder is up there with the titular plumber's best 2D outings, but I only wish it lasted a little longer. Super Mario Bros. Wonder is full of surprises that throw the Super Mario ...