I was hella excited when I saw this trailer pop up, but the graphics definitely have me concerned.
As much as I’ve always preferred hand drawn special move effects in 2D games to the CG ones from Naomi games, this could definitely benefit from switching to that more early 2000’s aesthetic. Those super move effects look like they’re gonna be a tween animation nightmare in motion.
I was really hoping, especially considering how many excellent pixel artists there are these days, that they would have just stuck with pixel art.
Edit: Oh, they did the wonder boy port for switch? That makes me feel a little better. Maybe you’ll even be able to switch over to the original pixel art like you could in that game.