A selection of the 8 best 2D games that flopped in 3D, including iconic series that still exist today, and famous mishaps.

Games like Inside prove 2D platformers can have gripping ... Inside is a beautiful example of how any genre can be a good fit ...

But my fondest memories of a Terminator game is the 2D adaptation of the original movie for the Sega Mega Drive (Genesis in America), which went all-out trying to recreate the grimy and gory ...

Just a few minutes into playing the Super Mario Bros. Wonder demo at Nintendo Live 2023 in Seattle, I knew I was playing something special. For the first time in a long time, a 2D Mario game — 2 ...

The last 2D Mario game on the Switch was New Super Mario Bros ... characters might change their looks, for example – transforming the gameplay in unpredictable ways. Excitement and different ...

One of this year's best entries to the genre, for example, is Thronefall ... Like Kingdom, Monarchy is a 2D strategy game where players manage their realm by riding its king back and forth ...

Because of this, they’re some of the most over-the-top examples of a fighting game. These games haven’t aged as well as their 2D counterparts. The controls can be a little fiddly, and the ...

What's especially unique about this game is that it's played in both 2D and 3D. A video posted to X/Twitter by @ JakeSucky showcases firsthand how the game runs. Players control a person playing a ...

perfectly pitched movie-to-game adaptation I’ve ever seen. Terminator 2D: No Fate is a 2D side-scrolling action game that looks like it was conceived in 1991 for the arcade tech of the time ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook A recent report has claimed that Nintendo is currently working on a new 2D Mario video game ...