The best 2.5D games from Nintendo: Metroid Dread and Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze

In recent years, Nintendo developed a number of games under the 2.5D concept. These are titles that are completely modeled in 3D, but the gameplay functions primarily in two dimensions. That’s not the only definition of the term, though let’s stick to that.

The 2.5D style is a great way to bring back a lot of classic games from Nintendo’s huge catalog of hits. Personally speaking, there are two games in specific that I consider the best 2.5D creations from Nintendo: Metroid Dread and Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze. Both are amazing in a lot of aspects, and in today’s video, I discuss how well they explore the many possibilities provided by 2.5D. You can check out the video down below.

For those that missed it last week, you can watch our video here in which we talk about the 2022 Switch games from Nintendo and whether we already know about all of the big guns. In another recent video available here, we explored the differences in world-building between the original Paper Mario and Paper Mario: The Origami King for Switch. And lastly, you can watch our video here in which we looked back on the year of 2021 for Nintendo.