Nintendo's 2008 Japanese conference

[GoblinWhirlwind]

This isn't my art, but this perfectly shows what my friend and I were talking about. Imagine a SMB remake where the landscape looks super-realistic (well, as realistic as it can with round mountains), but Mario, Goombas, Bowser, etc all look like they always have.

 

[Soapy]

Sort of reminds me of Braid.