New Nintendo Patent Is All About 2D Visuals, But Don't Jump To Any Remake Conclusions

As much as we want to see it...

There's nothing like a bit of patent discussion to get us Nintendo fans all excited, eh? While the latest legal bagsy from the Big N isn't quite as juicy as the potential hardware features we've seen in recent weeks, it does speak to a visual style that combines the worlds of 3D and 2D — and no, that doesn't necessarily mean HD-2D remakes are in the pipeline (thanks, Nintendo Wire).

Patent US 2025/0090952 was approved in the US on 20th March 2025 under the catchy little title 'Non-Transitory Computer-Readable Storage Medium Having Game Program Stored Therein, Game System, Game Processing Method, and Game Apparatus'. That makes no sense, we know, but the central thrust of it describes a program that can render a 3D virtual space in a way that feels two-dimensional.

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