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[AdanVC]

Kirby and the Rainbow Curse is coming this thursday in Japan and Nintendo released a mini-website of how the boxart and all the artwork of the game was made! All hand-made wich is awesome!

Looks like they had so much fun working on it!

Cookie Kirbe'

There's also a video-tutorial there on how to make your own Kirby with clay! Don't know about you guys but I'm gonna make it one of this days, looks fun as hell.

I uploaded the video to YouTube as well if you find it easier to see there.

More making-of pics of this game (and source)right here

Lock if oldie.

 

[enigmatic_alex44]

Amazing! :3

I LOVE Kirby. He's my main in Smash.

 

[OrbitalBeard]

Awesome! This game looks so great. Good on Nintendo for making a sequel to Canvas Curse.

 

[Nanashrew]

I love this! Kirby just looks so adorable in clay omg.

 

[wanders]

Ill admit that I thought the clay was digitally created then turned into an image to be used as an asset ala Donkey Kong

Very cool that they are using real clay

 

[Gonzo The Great]

Incredible.

 

[Niraj]

That's really fantastic. I can't wait to play this.

 

[Orniletter]

Reminds me a bit of

The game looks fantastic. Can't wait til whenever Europe gets it.

 

[ciD_Vain]

I want Pikmin like this

 

[Corgi]

know the game is gonna be great, shame you will pretty much be playing it on the shitty gamepad screen 100% of the time

 

[javadoze]

This is amazing. Reminds me when the people at Good-Feel talked about doing the same for Kirby's Epic Yarn in an Iwata Asks interview.

Spoiler

Iwata Asks needs to come back for this.

 

[random25]

Damn if only I'm as talented as them lol. Looks really good!

 

[Hazu]

Working at Nintendo looks so fun. ;_;

 

[marc^o^]

know the game is gonna be great, shame you will pretty much be playing it on the shitty gamepad screen 100% of the time

It's 100% better than the DS screen, which was already more than enough to enjoy Canvas Curse.

 

[bon]

clay kirby is awesome

 

[_Isaac]

The box art is beautiful.

 

[Clefargle]

I'm going to get some sculpey

 

[xzeldax3]

I can't wait to use the in-game model viewer. The detail is insane!!!

 

[Cuburt]

Them working with real clay is awesome.

 

[sn00zer]

Reminds me of the papercraft Media Molecule used to make Tearaway.

Im a bit confused though, did they only use the clay for promotional art or did they scan the models for ingame?

 

[Corgi]

It's 100% better than the DS screen, which was already more than enough to enjoy Canvas Curse.

Sprites work fine on a low resolution screen. Not hd things. Even if it's artsy.

If only I could use my iPad somehow lol.

 

[jariw]

know the game is gonna be great, shame you will pretty much be playing it on the shitty gamepad screen 100% of the time

Personally, I'm going to practice so I get the stylus coordination right, while looking on the TV. It's no problem in Wonderful 101 or Art Academy.

 

[Scoops]

But games aren't art...

 

[Roo]

Could be wrong but weren't the Pikmin from the first two games made with clay too?

This is awesome btw. I love clay!

 

[marc^o^]

Sprites work fine on a low resolution screen. Not hd things. Even if it's artsy.

If only I could use my iPad somehow lol.

Donkey Kong looks quite tasty on the GamePad, it will be the same. Sure it would look more vibrant on an iPad, but you couldn't play Kirby as precisely on it. No "shitty" experience anyway, that was my point.

 

[Dragonflame323]

You can tell they have genuine love for their work. It's so charming.

 

[Storm Kyleis]

This is so Nintendo.

I thought the artworks were just CG.

 

[MrSaturn99]

<3 <3 <3 <3 <3333333

This is why I miss Iwata Asks; I'd love to hear the development process behind this.

 

[Magnet_Man]

WHAT!?

Holy crap! I was planning on skipping this because I didn't like Canvas Curse but considering how much work was put into the design I want to get it just to appreciate the visuals.

 

[gerg]

Reminds me of the papercraft Media Molecule used to make Tearaway.

Im a bit confused though, did they only use the clay for promotional art or did they scan the models for ingame?

I got the impression real clay was only used for promotional art (and developmental research).

 

[MrSaturn99]

Could be wrong but weren't the Pikmin from the first two games made with clay too?

This is awesome btw. I love clay!

The second game's artwork was made from clay.

 

[Aostia]

amazing...and considering how much I loved Canvas course on DS I can't wait for this sequel

 

[so1337]

Working on this game must've been a lot of fun.

 

[MisterGrey3000]

Goodness! They're putting a lot of care, love, and effort into the art design!
Those clay models look fantastic; I can't wait to get my hands on this game!

Working at Nintendo looks so fun. ;_;

They need to open up an EAD California already so I kind apply as an artist/animator/character designer or somethin'


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<3 <3 <3 <3 <3333333

This is why I miss Iwata Asks; I'd love to hear the development process behind this.

Yep...
:<

 

[zoukka]

Wait it's not done in 3D? They actually filmed real claymation???

 

[Infernal Monkey]

Wait it's not done in 3D? They actually filmed real claymation???

Just for the box art and other such promo material. Still super cool though.

 

[Hero of Legend]

Kirby and the Rainbow Curse OT - Thanks for claying!

Throwing this out there.

 

[Armigr]

So wait, this game was made using actual clay? I thought the people at HAL developed some cool shader engine that made all their 3D rendered stuff look like it was made out of clay!

Cool to see they really went the whole nine yards with the clay thing.

 

[Shiggy]

Wow, didn't know the game is based on real clay "worlds".

 

[maxcriden]

know the game is gonna be great, shame you will pretty much be playing it on the shitty gamepad screen 100% of the time

From what I've read of hands-on impressions, that may not be the case as you may be able to get used to looking at the TV to play pretty quickly.

 

[Aostia]

From what I've read of hands-on impressions, that may not be the case as you may be able to get used to looking at the TV to play pretty quickly.

It must also be said that it has a multiplayer mode that of course will allow players 2, 3 and 4 to look directly and only at the screen.
Honestly, for the single player mode I'd be more happy with an approach similar to the one seen in Nintendoland's Baloon fight minigame: on the TV screen they showed a larger portion of the world in order to help you in understanding better and better setting the trajectories of your avatar.