| Art Style | |
|---|---|
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| Developer(s) | skip Ltd. |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
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| First release | Orbient September 2008 |
Art Style is avideo game series created byskip Ltd. forWiiWare andDSiWare. The first game in theArt Style series,Orbient, was released for WiiWare in September 2008. Another twoArt Style games,Cubello andRotohex, were released during October 2008[1] while two more were added in 2010. Seven DSiWareArt Style games were released on that service after its launch in Japan in December 2008,[2] with the first two beingAquario andDecode.[3]
According to Nintendo, games in theArt Style series emphasize "elegant design, polished graphics, and pick-up-and-play controls" that create "an experience focused purely on fun and engaging game play."[4] WiiWare titles released in the series cost 600Nintendo Points, while DSiWare titles cost 500 points.[2]
Art Style was preceded by a series of seven similar games for theGame Boy Advance calledbit Generations. Thebit Generations series came late in the life of the system and have not been released in Western territories, however some of those games have since been remade asArt Style games (with the exception ofdotstream, which was given a sequel titledlight trax).
| Name | Platform | bit Generations counterpart | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North America | Japan | Europe/PAL | ||
| Aquia | Aquario | Aquite | DSiWare | — |
| Base 10 | Decode | Code | DSiWare | — |
| Boxlife | Hacolife | Boxlife | DSiWare | — |
| Cubello | Cubeleo | Cubello | WiiWare | — |
| Digidrive | Digidrive | Intersect | DSiWare | Digidrive |
| light trax | lightstream | light trax | WiiWare | dotstream |
| Orbient | Orbital | Orbient | WiiWare | Orbital |
| Pictobits | Picopict | Picopict | DSiWare | — |
| precipice | nalaku | Kubos | DSiWare | — |
| Rotohex | Dialhex | Rotohex | WiiWare | Dialhex |
| Rotozoa | Penta Tentacles | Penta Tentacles | WiiWare | — |
| Zengage | Somnium | Nemrem | DSiWare | — |
