Like a lot of things, it started with Street Fighter II. I was a kid, not nearly as good at the game as my extremely competitive uncles who would gather around arcades when arcades were still common.

If the final game is as fun as what I’ve played here, there’s a good chance it could steal Ninja Gaiden 4’s spotlight. Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound launches later this year for PS4, PS5, Xbox One ...

Finally, a mainline game where you get to play as Zelda. This phenomenal twist on the classic 2D Zelda formula brought Breath of the Wild's "see everything, do anything" design philosophy to the ...

On the surface, Square Enix has not released many HD-2D games.Then again, this is the video game industry. If there's one thing publishers are good at, it's oversaturating a market with a popular ...

Related reads:Dragon Quest 1 & 2 HD-2D Remake Gets A Release Date, Pre-Order Bonuses, And a Collector's Edition — Here's What You Need to Know Anecdotally, it’s been said that in its native ...

Not that there haven’t been good Sonic games in recent years, but the retro-inspired fan-developed Sonic Mania and Sonic Origins, a compilation of his 16-bit hits (with DLC later bundling in his 8-bit ...

May 27 is Dragon Quest Day, which is a good indicator of how massive this series has become worldwide. With over 40 games spanning five decades, Yuji Horii’s seminal RPG series has outsold ...

John Linneman from Digital Foundry reviews Super Mario Bros. Wonder - is this the best 2D Mario game in a generation? Graphics, performance and sound tested.

The Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake is ... he noted one time when the team showed him the game and thought they had mastered the “background blur” for the game’s HD-2D ... in a good way, by ...

HD-2D games are quite simple when you actually break them down: all you do is place pixel-based characters onto 3D backgrounds and apply effects that make them look good.

During the June Nintendo Direct, Mario was back in the spotlight with a new 2D adventure game.Super Mario Wonder looks similar in style to the New Super Mario Bros. series, but upgraded with tons ...