I don't think exactly is the word to use here.
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New Yoshi's Island announced for 3DS!
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DICKS AHOY
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I think LTTP2 looks fantastic and the sprites/models in this look shit. Don't paint everybody with negative impressions of this game with broad strokes.
Ollie Pooch
In a perfect world, we'd all be homersexual
Shame they went for that disgusting "James Pond" style sprite work. Eugh.
Zero charm retained from the original.
Zero charm retained from the original.
DICKS AHOY
Banned
- 2013 effort from a multi-billion dollar company somehow looks worse than what a handful of British dudes in the early 90's were able to accomplish with pre-rendered graphics
They really haven't outdone themselves.
Umihara Kawase said:
Cave Story said:
I call it "Lost in Translation".
I'm not too concerned about the visuals right now, from the sounds of it the game is at least a year out since Iwata did not announce a date. Nintendo generally does a number of visual passes throughout development and a lot the issues with the foreground and character models can be cleaned up pretty easily with some shading and better filtering.
Definitely some questionable art design choices here though, which is weird because ALttP looks great. I wonder who is developing this.
Definitely some questionable art design choices here though, which is weird because ALttP looks great. I wonder who is developing this.
StreetsAhead
Member
My money is on Arzest, the spiritual successor to Artoon, who made Yoshi's Island DS.
Arzest did some work on Mii Plaza for 3DS.
Allan Holdsworth
Member
I have the same opinion as the new Zelda. Doesn't look good (not horrible either), but I wanted a new one so I don't care.
I loved YIDS. All the complaints I've read of it were in the lines of "it doesn't have heart" or crap like that. Gameplay-wise it was ace, so I'm not worried if the succesor of Artoon is developing it.
I loved YIDS. All the complaints I've read of it were in the lines of "it doesn't have heart" or crap like that. Gameplay-wise it was ace, so I'm not worried if the succesor of Artoon is developing it.
i think it looks pretty good, actually. not amazing, but it's very charming in a yoshi's story sort of way.
i've been down on the 3ds, but i really like how the system has become this alternate reality where 3d graphics just meant 3d enhancing 2d gameplay instead of replacing it wholesale.
i've been down on the 3ds, but i really like how the system has become this alternate reality where 3d graphics just meant 3d enhancing 2d gameplay instead of replacing it wholesale.
Shikamaru Ninja
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Yoshis Island was much more a Tezuka game and the younger EAD directors than Miyamoto. You also forgot Yoshis Story in 1997 with lush pre-rendered CG.
I love that this game is being criticized using Photoshop terms. As someone who uses this program for a living, I find it highly amusing that all the "faults" being found are apparently attributed to 5 second default filter jobs on PS.
C'mon orioto. They can animate, draw, paint and compose entire worlds, characters and levels and you are arguing that the serrated edges on those coins is the result of a badly erased backdrop?
C'mon orioto. They can animate, draw, paint and compose entire worlds, characters and levels and you are arguing that the serrated edges on those coins is the result of a badly erased backdrop?
DICKS AHOY
Banned
I'll still defend how the original DKC trilogy looked, but there are some games that blatantly work better with 2D sprite work or being hand-drawn than the awkward shift to 2.5D some developers associate with 'enhancing' an old game.
I recorded a little bit of gameplay to try and get a comparison as close as I could
Both look great, will you look at that! lol
They both look good.I recorded a little bit of gameplay to try and get a comparison as close as I could
StreetsAhead
Member
I recorded a little bit of gameplay to try and get a comparison as close as I could
Both look good to me. I think I prefer the new one overall, but I can see flaws. Hopefully it'll be improved. Even Paper Mario and Luigi's Mansion looked better than their initial reveals in the end, so we'll see.
Is it sad that I just realised these are supposed to be the exact same levels though? Whoops.
shouamabane
Member
I'm concerned about the lack of new gameplay in the trailer. The new "Mega Egg" looks too NSMB for me.
Chaotic-Strike
Banned
If they get to work on those awful sprites and add some outlines I believe the art style would be greatly improved.
How was the DS game?
It was good, not great. I'd give it a 7.5/10. If it wasn't a Nintendo 1st party game, people wouldn't have held it such a high degree.
The comparison between the SNES and 3DS Gifs make it look like the exact same level. I'm wondering just how early they showed this off. I doubt we'll get Yoshi's Island 3DS and Yoshi's Yarn in the same quarter. I've said it before, but I think they simply showed this one off a bit early, and I wouldn't expect it to launch until atleast March. 2014. I can see it as a summer 2014 title.
Femmeworth
Banned
Looks rather rough visually.
I recorded a little bit of gameplay to try and get a comparison as close as I could
I wish they would stop doing that "let's make the first bit of the first level EXACTLY like the old game for NOSTALGIA" thing.
I realize that with the 3DS they wanted to use 3D models, but at this point I expected a Yoshi's game with Boy and His Blob type art - all handrawn and beautiful like Orioto's art. And it's possible too! And the backgrounds are almost spot on! It's just Yoshi and the foreground characters themselves that bug me.
Still, I guess it could be worse.
Still, I guess it could be worse.
Is it bad that I think the game looks great?
The original is still the best but I do like the look they're going for here, like if Yoshi's Island had Yoshi Story graphics. It does look a tad messy in some areas, though, and I hope they get ironed out before launch (is this planned for 2013?)
The original is still the best but I do like the look they're going for here, like if Yoshi's Island had Yoshi Story graphics. It does look a tad messy in some areas, though, and I hope they get ironed out before launch (is this planned for 2013?)
Allan Holdsworth
Member
I disagree. I think the DS game was a cheap facsimile of the original that lacked the charm and quality level design of the original. And the music was absolutely terrible.
Anonymous Tipster
Member
I find it charming. What is there to hate?
I recorded a little bit of gameplay to try and get a comparison as close as I could
Love it.
Thanks for the comparison, definitely makes me feel more comfortable in saying "I like the new one".
I don't have much nostalgia for the original as I only rented it in the 90s and never played through the entire thing until a few years ago. Maybe that's the difference.
Both look fantastic, except for the rock in the end of the new one. Looks like an amorphous blur.
TheCongressman1
Member
I wish Nintendo would stop mixing 2D and 3D elements. It looks awful.
If they want this style to look coherent they need to do hand painted sprites, or go completely 3D. That's all there is to it.
If they want this style to look coherent they need to do hand painted sprites, or go completely 3D. That's all there is to it.
MvmntInGrn
Member
SNES game looks better but it's not bad overall. Not loving the softer look.
Hope it plays well. Yoshi's Island is absolute platforming bliss. Been meaning to play the DS game for a long time.
The 3D elements look uneven. Baby Mario and that flower enemy look right but Yoshi and the Piranha Plant don't.
Hope it plays well. Yoshi's Island is absolute platforming bliss. Been meaning to play the DS game for a long time.
The 3D elements look uneven. Baby Mario and that flower enemy look right but Yoshi and the Piranha Plant don't.
lordchompy
Member
It's just like Nintendo to make portable games like it's the turn of the millennium.
3DS is officially now a Game Boy Advance 2, graphics and all. I mean, seriously, how many 2.5D "remakes" is Nintendo going to make? And don't say this is a totally new game, as with the new Zelda, it's just a new adventure with old assets. What happened to the console being stronger than the PSP?
Is it me or are most new 3DS games made by Nintendo starting to look like New Super Mario Brothers? I mean, it's a winning formula when you think about it. Simple 2D games cost Nintendo pennies to make and sell more than their immerse titles for core gamers.
Ah well, this conference just re-iterated that Nintendo is no longer a company for me; I've already got Donkey Kong, A link to the Past, and Yoshi's Island, and I thoroughly enjoyed them 12-15 years ago.
3DS is officially now a Game Boy Advance 2, graphics and all. I mean, seriously, how many 2.5D "remakes" is Nintendo going to make? And don't say this is a totally new game, as with the new Zelda, it's just a new adventure with old assets. What happened to the console being stronger than the PSP?
Is it me or are most new 3DS games made by Nintendo starting to look like New Super Mario Brothers? I mean, it's a winning formula when you think about it. Simple 2D games cost Nintendo pennies to make and sell more than their immerse titles for core gamers.
Ah well, this conference just re-iterated that Nintendo is no longer a company for me; I've already got Donkey Kong, A link to the Past, and Yoshi's Island, and I thoroughly enjoyed them 12-15 years ago.
Old assets? Do you realize people wouldn't be bitching so much if these games were indeed using old assets?
lordchompy
Member
I really should have been clearer, but by assets I meant level design, art design, and enemy design.
The old assets actually looked nice, i think you've got it backwards.
Edit: Ahhhh ok
I'm interested in what company is for you lordchompy
TheFLYINGManga_Ka
Member
I like the art style. The original was pastel this one looks almost like oil or watercolor paintings painted in the original style.
Uh, so you think they're pretty much going to be "re-skins" of the SNES games?
your rant really epitomizes the cliche "you can't please everyone"
you're complaining about LTTP2 while thousands of others were clamouring for it