Mario & Luigi: Dream Team spent three years in development because studio AlphaDream chose to render the characters in 2D pixel art and shade them to look 3D, while all backgrounds were initially ...

However, he recognises that there’s an audience for 2D games and explains how Sonic Superstars is an evolution of that style of gameplay. ‘We look at the pixel art – it’s great – but ...

Studio PICO, a two-man developer based in Japan, is currently in the early stages of development on Grand Exile, a pixel art 2D action and shooting game hybrid planned for release on Switch and PC.