The Playstation 3 is billed as the most powerful gaming system ever created. Sure game developers could harness the power of the Cell to craft graphics that look marginally better than the competition, but if the Wii has taught us anything it's that people don't want amazingly slick 3D visuals anymore. That dream died in 2000 when Sega pulled the plug on the Dreamcast. The future of gaming is not about polygons, normal-mapping, and procedural animations. No. We're going back to basics.

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you, the future of video games.



A localized version of 3D Dot Game Heroes for the Playstation 3 has yet to be announced but I'm sure that Atlus and Ignition are currently slogging it out in a bidding war to bring this title stateside.

It was only a matter of time before someone made a game that looked like this...

From Software brings "dot art" to the Third Dimension in 3D Dot Game Heroes (PS3) and the results are quite stunning.



























































I sense a developing trend here...This is what happens when Nintendo rests on their laurels. Other game developers are capitalizing on Nintendo's unwillingness to make retro-remakes of their most beloved titles. Just recently Epic games released Shadow Complex for the XBOX 360 that is a spiritual tribute to the classic 2D Metroid series. Judging from the art direction and rousing soundtrack, I'm guessing 3D Dot Game Heroes is going to be the retro Zelda game that Nintendo freaks have been begging for.

Will this title make its way to the States, or is it too quirky for our red-blooded, Dew swillin' sensibilities?