Efterhånden som de fleste spil fuldstændigt har droppet gårsdagens pixel-grafik til fordel for nutidens millioner af polygoner, er snakken om hvorvidt 2d-grafik i spil overhovedet er nødvendig mere, også intensiveret.
Nintendos levende spillegende Shigeru Miyamoto har i en artikel med Nintendo Power givet sit besyv med på sagen, og han mener bestemt ikke 3d-grafik er den eneste mulighed for spil. Således siger han i artiklen:
"I don't think everything needs to be 3D, or that just because we're seeing more 2D games now, that everything's going to shift back to 2D. Instead, I think that what's going on is that people are realizing the benefits of a 3D game, and at the same time, remembering what the benefits of 2D games were," Han sagde yderligere "When going 2D, you need the courage to not be so attached to visual appearance of the games and to really pursue the gameplay experience."