Well this is an indication of the future of 2D games.
A quote from Marvellous Interactive's Yoshifumi Hashimoto:
"It's harder now to make 2D-graphics games. Before, everything was 2D, so you had enough people who were actually specialized in making 2D characters. But now, everything is 3D. So now, to find a good team that can make 2D games, even if you have better technology and more RAM or whatever, it's really hard now."








