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by joshuapants 4086 days ago
If you gave the people developing these games the ability to have amazing 3D graphics they might not have bothered with pixel art in the first place. The limitations are part of the medium, and since they used those limitations to their advantage when making the game, you need to simulate them to make the game look right.

And then you have modern games like the one posted here that aim to mimic those effects because they are now a style unto themselves. No need to denigrate it.