''Art Style'' is a

video game Video games, also known as computer games, are electronic games that involves interaction with a user interface or input device such as a joystick, game controller, controller, computer keyboard, keyboard, or motion sensing device to gener ...

series created by skip Ltd. for

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and

DSiWare This is a list of games and applications, collectively known as DSiWare, for the Nintendo DSi handheld game console, available for download via the DSi Shop and unplayable on earlier DS models. An update released for the Nintendo 3DS in June 201 ...

. The first game in the ''Art Style'' series, ''Orbient'', was released for WiiWare in September 2008. Another two ''Art Style'' games, ''Cubello'' and ''Rotohex'', were released during October 2008 while two more were added in 2010. Seven DSiWare ''Art Style'' games were released on that service after its launch in Japan in December 2008, with the first two being ''Aquario'' and ''Decode''. According to Nintendo, games in the ''Art Style'' series emphasize "elegant design, polished graphics, and pick-up-and-play controls" that create "an experience focused purely on fun and engaging game play." WiiWare titles released in the series cost 600 Nintendo Points, while DSiWare titles cost 500 points. ''Art Style'' was preceded by a series of seven similar games for the

Game Boy Advance The (GBA) is a 32-bit handheld game console developed, manufactured and marketed by Nintendo as the successor to the Game Boy Color. It was released in Japan on March 21, 2001, in North America on June 11, 2001, in the PAL region on June 22, 2 ...

called ''

bit Generations ''bit Generations'' is a video game franchise for the Game Boy Advance, published by Nintendo. It was first announced under the name ''Digitylish'' at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in 2005. Each of the games in the series feature simp ...

''. The ''bit Generations'' series came late in the life of the system and have not been released in Western territories, however some of those games have since been remade as ''Art Style'' games (with the exception of ''dotstream'', which was given a sequel titled ''light trax'').

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