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[chaobreaker]

With that new Xbox One backwards compatibility thingy happening, I remembered that Perfect Dark Zero exists and with it its weird redesign of Joanna Dark.

I get that it's a prequel to the first Perfect Dark but she's looks like a completely different person between both games. Probably helped that she was redesigned by an artist that had a distinct anime-influenced artstyle. Seems really night and day when you put these 2 official renders side-by-side.

Can you think if other examples of video game characters getting redesigned in a weird way?

 

[Regiruler]

Are we counting reboots?

Dante to Donte

 

[Sinfamy]

I like the old faith in Mirrors Edge more.

 

[FloatOn]

Bomberman act zero

 

[Sponge]

Not a fan of Blocky Banjo.

 

[TheSinkingKnight]

Assassin's Creed Desmond.

 

[valkillmore]

Not really a fan of how Sonic's progressed in terms of design. I like Sonic 2 sonic the best.

 

[pizzacat]

Not a fan of Blocky Banjo.

But that's the best one

 

[SargerusBR]

The worst.

 

[Whompa02]

Castlevania: Judgement the thread

 

[Rymuth]

The worst.

Was looking for this, thank you for beating me to the punch.

 

[SporeCrawler]

WHY?

 

[Sephzilla]

Real Dante to Reboot Dante

 

[Goney]

 

[rhandino]

Desmond (Assassins Creed) got ugly and ugly with time...

His best looks are the ones on II and Brotherhood

 

[Robert at Zeboyd Games]

Tia in Lufia 2.

Original:

Remake:

 

[SporeCrawler]

Castlevania: Judgement the thread

some of the redesigns were pretty okay. I liked sypha and shanoa for example.. simon and alucard were horrid

 

[Gunstar Ikari]

Blue Mary from The King of Fighters, if you don't know.

Also, as much as I love Battle Network, there are more misses than hits in terms of re-imaginings.

 

[kadotsu]

From:

to:

 

[Goteki_45]

This really pissed me off

 

[Gormless Noodle]

To

They Activision treatment I guess we can call it.

 

[Regiruler]

to:

Ditch the chain (unless there's a reason for the self restraint) and I feel like this could have been used as a villain design in something else.

 

[Village]

This really pissed me off

I really like this

apparently its from breath of fire.

i'm digging it

 

[Ganondorfo]

Final Fantasy IV Porom

to

 

[Heavy's Sandvich]

Came in to say Joanna dark. Didn't they make her American in zero?

 

[chaobreaker]

Final Fantasy IV Porom

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1st image is the American localized SNES manual art for Porom and Palom. Not canon.

 

[Goteki_45]

I really like this

apparently its from breath of fire.

i'm digging it

compared to the other Ryu's in the past BoF games (which IV to me looked the best) I really hated this design.

 

[woopWOOP]

Even tho it was never actually used:

Plans were to reintroduce him in the West with the right design in the Wii remake of the first Klonoa game.

 

[Prime crotch]

Final Fantasy IV Porom

Pretty sure they never looked like this originally

 

[Werewolf Jones]

They never went through with it, but...

 

[SporeCrawler]

To

They Activision treatment I guess we can call it.

I dont know the activision version seems a bit more "sassy" but other than that the design stayed largely the same. also the old version looks early 3D model era-ish...

 

[Dick Justice]

With that new Xbox One backwards compatibility thingy happening, I remembered that Perfect Dark Zero exists and with it its weird redesign of Joanna Dark.

I get that it's a prequel to the first Perfect Dark but she's looks like a completely different person between both games. Probably helped that she was redesigned by an artist that had a distinct anime-influenced artstyle. Seems really night and day when you put these 2 official renders side-by-side.



Can you think if other examples of video game characters getting redesigned in a weird way?

I think that new outfit looks better because it has a more distinct, immediately noticeable colour scheme. The old one looks messy and overdone.

 

[Dick Justice]

Desmond (Assassins Creed) got ugly and ugly with time...

His best looks are the ones on II and Revelations.

Why was AC2 so heavily downgraded with regards to character models?

 

[harSon]

With that new Xbox One backwards compatibility thingy happening, I remembered that Perfect Dark Zero exists and with it its weird redesign of Joanna Dark.

I get that it's a prequel to the first Perfect Dark but she's looks like a completely different person between both games. Probably helped that she was redesigned by an artist that had a distinct anime-influenced artstyle. Seems really night and day when you put these 2 official renders side-by-side.



Can you think if other examples of video game characters getting redesigned in a weird way?

It also probably helps that they're separated by 5 years and two generations of console power.

 

[william_557]

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(tiny tiger from crash bandicoot...also didn't like the redesign of crash himself)

 

[CaviarMeths]

Speaking objectively, I don't think it gets any more ridiculous than Bomberman Zero. I mean, that took the whole "grimdark" joke DEAD seriously. Konami thought that was the shit western gamers wanted to see.

Final Fantasy IV Porom

Ah yes, I remember this. This was the day that Amano broke both his hands and had his eyes gouged, so he had to hold the pen with his feet and just sort of guess.

 

[SimonM7]

I think that new outfit looks better because it has a more distinct, immediately noticeable colour scheme. The old one looks messy and overdone.

I actually.. quite.. fancy that redesign in general.

Surely has to be this - the thread, though?

 

[rhophiehalul78]

Gotta be Bomberman

 

[Aswell]

Knuckles in Sonic Boom.

 

[Perun]

Diego from Gothic 1:

Diego from Gothic 3:

 

[Scrooge McDuck]

This really pissed me off

Ee, that's a different person altogether instead of a redesign.

 

[Glitchesarecool]

From:

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Oh man this is one everyone just wants to forget.

 

[Sami+]

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redesign looks like a BDSM daddy wtf lol

 

[Lt.Chips]

Nicole from Dead Space 1 vs 2!! They changed her to be uglier in 2.

 

[pizzacat]

I actually.. quite.. fancy that redesign in general.

Surely has to be this - the thread, though?

Not even sure what the problem was with this one

 

[Dryk]

Speaking objectively, I don't think it gets any more ridiculous than Bomberman Zero. I mean, that took the whole "grimdark" joke DEAD seriously. Konami thought that was the shit western gamers wanted to see.

Thank god this game never really existed

 

[dancingphlower]

The worst.

Came here to say this.

 

[Triggerhappytel]

I like the old faith in Mirrors Edge more.

Yeah, me too. I mean, the changes are pretty subtle, but I feel like the old Faith seems a little more naturalistic.

 

[PSYGN]

 

[SimonM7]

Not even sure what the problem was with this one

It's a direct sequel, but the guy is *a totally different guy* that you're supposed to approach like it's the same guy.

edit:

That's the one! It's a direct sequel but the main character looked inexplicably different for no reason! Many of the others are reboots etc. but this one made no sense.

Exactly!