Go retro with Guild Wars 2's Super Adventure Box

At first glance, you could assume that these screenshots were merely an April Fool's Day ruse, playing off the comedy of Guild Wars 2's lush character styles in a retro-themed, blocky virtual world. Yet no--those are actual in-game screens taken from inside the Super Adventure Box, the most recent addition to the realm of Tyria along with a brilliant homage to the Guild Wars 2 gold games of yesteryear.

The story goes that this whimsical new zone is often a virtual reality construct, created by the Asuran inventor Moto to educate his progeny in a whole new way. By plunging into the Super Adventure Box, players will be warped into an example filled with pixelated enemies & old-college platforming sections. For individuals that aren't so keen on jumping puzzles, fear not--friendly 8-bit rainbows will let you bypass any chasms that prove too tricky for your spacebar capabilities.

It is all a delightful tribute to games like Zelda, Minecraft, & Pitfall, and offers quite the departure from GW2's time-honored fantasy universe.Guild Wars 2 item players will get the chance to traverse by means of the Super Adventure Box all throughout the month of April; you'll find Moto and his Holography playground in Rata Sum near the Lion's Arch portal. Now, if you will excuse us--we are compelled to go conquer a number of sweet platforming problems to solve.