Octopath Traveler's "HD2D" is now a Square Enix trademark

Square Enix has trademarked the name of Octopath Traveler's "HD2D" visual style.

The Nintendo Switch role-playing game stood out from the crowd upon launch last year with its stylish graphical design that mixed classic 16-bit sprites into a 3D landscape.

I haven't heard anyone else trying to coin the phrase "HD2D" for their own game - but now they can't. Siliconera spotted the European trademarks for both "HD2D" and variant "HD-2D" last night, which were filed earlier in the month.

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