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Toki Remake coming to XBLA and PC
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intheinbetween
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wow, i can't believe it, i never expected it to make a come back :lol
i think those screens look pretty nice
i think those screens look pretty nice
Night_Trekker
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I played a Genesis port of this... it wasn't very good.
Someone please tell me the original was better.
Someone please tell me the original was better.
Shadowman16
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Never thought I would see a remake of Toki, I still love playing the Amiga port from time to time. Not 100% sold on the graphics yet, I'd love to see it in motion. I wonder if they will include an option to play it with the original graphics as well?
GrotesqueBeauty
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The original screens have superior color palettes imo, and everything looks more stylistically consistent. It's one of those instances where they look to be focusing so intently on the details that they've overlooked some underlying fundamentals. Just hyper rendering doesn't necessarily make something more visually expressive.
I dunno, maybe I'm just a curmudgeon.
I dunno, maybe I'm just a curmudgeon.
intheinbetween
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Night_Trekker said:
i never played the Genesis port, but i had great times when i was a kid playing the arcade
McBradders
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GrotesqueBeauty said:
No, not just you.
I loved playing the original arcade and the Amiga port, and - even if I'm usually really picky towards these HD "remakes", especially with disasters like SSFIIX and Monkey Island - I'm liking the art direction so far.
They made the sprites more cartoony, and I like how they turned the blackface-ish boss (see the second shot in the OP) into a more politically correct Toriyama-ish drawn demon.
They made the sprites more cartoony, and I like how they turned the blackface-ish boss (see the second shot in the OP) into a more politically correct Toriyama-ish drawn demon.
Jamie xxoo
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I used to play this on my Lynx. It was one of the best games on the system.
Wonder if they're going to replicate the last level to be the same as the arcade. The arcade machine would not accept anymore credits, and was so insanely hard. I beat it in MAME with savestates, but I was literally saving every second.
Were the other versions like that? Wonder if there is a arcade speed run video..
Were the other versions like that? Wonder if there is a arcade speed run video..
That took me by surprise. I didn't realize it was even particularly popular. I'm getting a bit tired of the three-colored cartoon sprites of the characters though. I prefer textured sprites instead, the old games used dithering with great results (I think that's how they do it). Today, they just see the old game and think "oh yeah, Toki is brown, should we use light or dark brown for the remake then", and never bothers to add any actual texture to it.
abstract alien
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That looks a lot like Wario Land: Shake it visually. I have no objections here.
Son of Godzilla
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GrotesqueBeauty said:
abstract alien said:
Agreed on both parts! Shake It was a friggin mess, visually.
I'm pretty certain these are just proof of concepts though, the screens look ridiculously unplayable as is.
Still looking forward to it no matter what though, this was like the arcade game of the forever for me.
GrotesqueBeauty
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Curmudgeons unite.McBradders said:No, not just you.
That's why I like Vanillaware's visuals so much. They're the only developer that has really nailed down a style of shading evocative of old school sprites yet completely progressive at the same time. Their backgrounds and characters also blend seamlessly, which for reasons unknown seems to present an insurmountable hurdle for the vast majority of contemporary hand drawn games. Braid did a pretty good job too actually.StarEye said:
Stylistically, yeah. It looks to have the technical bells and whistles you'd expect of an HD remake, but good direction is another thing entirely.xbhaskarx said:
permutated
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HOLY SHIT WANT!
kobashi100
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I had the Amiga version..
I will be buying this..
I will be buying this..
abstract alien
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You didn't like Shake It from a visual standpoint? I thought it was gorgeous...Son of Godzilla said:
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This looks bad,the original have a grittier style,this looks like a anime style with a lot of wacky faces and etc
Slightly Live
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Was I the only one thinking Tokimeki Memorial? =(
abstract alien
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No kidding, I love it artistically and well as visually.batbeg said:Blown away by the lack of love for it; I think the screens look gorgeous. Though I'm kind of confused by them having apparently overlaid a HUD onto it to fit within the cropped size...