Well aparently what was stopping it from using so many colors was that the processor could only put a number of colors up on the screen at once. 25 for the NES to be specific. I can't really find any other information about the different 8-bit consoles.

I'm probably repeating something that has already been posted here but I'm not quite sure as to what exactly is defined as 8bit. I know Super Mario Bros. 3 and etc are 8bit, but why are they? I know those games are more than 1 byte of code. Does it have something to do with colors?

Alright yeah, the background would just be clouds, or whatever the environment is for that level. There wouldn't be a lot of enemies at once, at least 1-3, I was just thinking of the puzzle aspect so I would have like "How do I get over this gap?" then you would write something in, then it would come out of your box head and you would guide it to the place you would like it to be. I don't want there to be like, one part of the puzzle visible at a time, maybe 2 or so. I'll determine the size of gaps, puzzle mechanics and then figure out how I want the screen to be.

The player will have some jumping to be done with jump puzzles and etc, I haven't written the physics down yet, Basically I want the player to move on a 2D plane that will include puzzles and enemies and etc. It's a lot like Scribblenauts in a sense.

XLR8ED, what kind of aesthetics do you want in your game?.. what should be important visually?

The plain that the character is on.