The Nintendo Switch library, through a series of strange coincidences and historical dates, has become this love letter console to the entire history of video games. This is the console generation that gave us the first great Sonic game since 1993 in Sonic Mania. Ultra Street Fighter II and Street Fighter: 30th anniversary are both the best versions of those games. The Crash Bandicoot Trilogy is very good. And this is the console generation where Square Enix figured out how to make classic-looking and classic-playing RPGs feel fresh and beautiful.

They’re on a roll, too. They’re releasing the first 6 Final Fantasies with updated pixel art and music (and bad fonts) on PC and phones. But I think it all started with Octopath Traveler and its “HD-2D” look, which mixes hi-res pixel art with cool lighting effects. The battle system is addictive enough to make random battles fine, and most stories in this anthology are compelling.