HD 8-bit Remakes in HiSMS and HDNes

[Kosheh]

I think the ideal art style for a Mario remake is the "instruction manual" style - as seen up through Super Mario World. Lot of good stuff there.

I think you're referring to Yoichi Kotabe's work (seen all the way up through Super Mario 3D Land in Peach's letters to Mario) and yeah that's a Really Fricken Good art style for like, anything Mario

Also fun fact

This boxart

was actually drawn by Miyamoto himself lol
(of course it was cleaned up by the editors before release though)

but I just found that out looking into Yoichi Kotabe lol

[Tygerbug]

Miyamoto himself, eh? That's one of the most classic images of Mario, too, one they recycled and reworked many times. The other characters shown, not so much ...

If you look at the Doki Doki panic manual and cover art, Birdo looked very different then too. Though that's actually the definitive version of Wart et al.