Chapter 2 Graphics

Whether it is ripping them or wanting to edit them the field of graphics hacking is, and has long been, a huge part of ROM hacking. Generally there is a line that can be drawn between 2d and 3d imagery as they tend to have different hardware underneath it all, however both can be used in conjunction to influence and augment the other; isometric imagery and sprites used to generate a first person “3d” view is nothing new but many are surprised to hear that New Super Mario Brothers on the DS used 3d models instead of sprites to make a fairly traditional 2D platformer. The 3d hardware of the DS gets used in various ways that might not be immediately in line with the general perception of 3d as well.