A nice follow-up to my original thread.
KOTAKU: "Nintendo Switch Owners Really, Really Care About Game Icons."
Really happy to see more devs taking this aspect of game presentation into account. Other recent and upcoming examples of devs fixing their icons in response to feedback include Kingdom New Lands, Lego Worlds and SteamWorld Dig 2. The new SteamWorld Dig 2 icon looks especially gorgeous:
KOTAKU: "Nintendo Switch Owners Really, Really Care About Game Icons."
But the Switch isn't lacking in game icon space. Of the current major game consoles, The Switch's game icons are the largest, taking up a substantial amount of screen real estate. Is a giant head the best use of that space, or is it, as NeoGAF user Neitieo puts it in an oft-referenced thread regarding Snake Pass' icon change, ”cheap and tacky, like a popup ad for those cheap shovelware games I have to x out whenever I use abload.de."
With each new ”bad" game icon showing up on the Switch dashboard, the voices of dissent get louder, and developers seem surprised by the powerful reactions.
”The reaction to the icon change has been interesting, and as this is our first self-published title, it's definitely a valid part of our learning experience," said a representative of Snake Pass developer Sumo Digital in a statement to Kotaku. ”It's also testament to the passion that players have for Nintendo and Switch that a detail like icons are part of the overall gaming experience and connection they have with the handheld."
As for Snake Pass, the game that made rallying against ugly Switch icons a thing? Sumo Digital has good news.
”We've definitely taken the feedback on board and will be changing the icon back with the next update which is due early next year. It'll mean the branding isn't unified but our focus is on our players and community so we're OK with that.​"
Really happy to see more devs taking this aspect of game presentation into account. Other recent and upcoming examples of devs fixing their icons in response to feedback include Kingdom New Lands, Lego Worlds and SteamWorld Dig 2. The new SteamWorld Dig 2 icon looks especially gorgeous: