I was kind of confused to see the IRC log so confused about my entry, because I believe textmode is a style of pixel art. (I mean, each tile is comprised of pixels, shouldn't that count?) In the end however, I'm probably wrong about the whole textmode is pixel art.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I will make traditional pixel art for pixel art battles in the future.

- Apologies from yours truly, Bravoman

no apology needed! I intentionally left it ambiguously as "pixel art" in the bitpack, and up for interpretation.