There are so many other fantastic styles of pixel art. You may have looked at that list earlier and asked, “Where's Star Ocean: The Second Story R?” Well, it's not HD-2D. It's similar, but not at all the same – the lighting is different, the camera angles are different, and it's pixel art only different ...
Admittedly, Octopath Traveler II came out after a year full of HD-2D — Triangle Strategy and Live A Live remakes were dropped in 2022, both of which used those stunning pixel visuals. Granted, Triangle Strategy is a much more niche turn-based RPG and managed to sell a million copies by the end of 2022, while ...
Image: Nintendo Life Back in the days when consoles had fewer bits than people had fingers, games could mostly get away with providing solid gameplay first and foremost. The game is still the main thing, of course, but today’s games often have to show other qualities, such as striking visuals, an interesting story and strong ...
Image: Nintendo Life / Square Enix Soapbox features allow our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random things they’ve been chewing on. Today, Alana talks about her favorite RPG from 2023, which everyone seems to have completely forgotten about… Eight passengers. Eight stories. The paths of these eight adventurers ...
2023 wasn’t just a successful year for quality video game releases — it was also a good year for video game music. At Nintendo Life, we usually give video game soundtracks a bit of praise in our overall lists, but this year we want to do things a little differently, because frankly, there’s too much ...
Over the course of the year, we’ve seen thousands of games launch on the Nintendo Switch, from the lowliest of scams and shovelware to some of the highest quality video games ever conceived. Despite approaching its eighth year on store shelves and some Switch ports providing a not-so-smooth experience, many developers continue to work wonders ...
Before the release of the game, we had the opportunity to ask some of the members of the same team about the revival of the sequel. We spoke with producer Masashi Takahashi, character designer Naoki Ikushima, and writer Kakunoshin Futsuzawa about topics such as drawing inspiration from the game’s predecessors, the evolution of the HD-2D ...
