What's the first thing that comes to your mind when you see old Nintendo concept arts and new Nintendo concept arts, /v/?
To me, the new ones feel plastic and... lifeless, for lack of a better word. The old one oozes with personality and soul, you know?
>>283864375
neither one of those are concept art you dumb faggot
They look the same. One looks shittier though.
>>283864375
MARIO'S ARMS ARE NOT BLUE!!!
MARIO'S OVERALLS ARE NOT RED!!!
uhh, all i see is evolution, really.
>>283864375
They are both equally the same for the appropriate time period. There's a thing called "tastes". I lived through both of Mario's stylizations. He hasn't changed at all. He's still a happy jump man. Maybe you find the color pencil version of him creepy or old. It's just an illustration of him. The image on the right in a 3d rendering of Mario with good lighting and professionally selected colors.
>>283864375
Plastic and lifeless really describes it well.
i know what you mean OP. There's a lot of human touch in the old designs. The new ones look like they were designed by a robot.
Modern is better because it actually shows what you're going to get
>>283864375
The world according to a dumb zilch
>>283864593
Bright red and bright blue, thank you for the heightened sense of masterful colour choice nintendo
>>283864375
>new one is plastic and lifeless
>old one has personality and soul
Literal buzzword that don't convey ANYTHING and pretty much just mean "I like the old one better because it's older". People use these kind of shitty subjective words all the time to describe stuff when they can't think of a reason why they like it more.
The new ones make him look so weird and unlikable. Like some big gay faggot baby. I think it's because his shit and pants extend all the way into his gloves and shoes, which doesn't translate well to 3D, making him look like a fat plastic try-hard explicit "look at me I'm a mascot".
>>283864684
>>283864862
These. He's 'too perfect' in the new one.
>>283864862
*shirt and pants
>>283864375
I notice old mario is slightly angry looking. Everything else is of little to no importance.
>>283864747
>it actually shows what you're going to get
This has to be bait or you've never seen a Nintendo game
Here's Mario that would probably be more to your liking.
easier to capture action in a drawing than with a stationary 3d model
also left mario has a leg dick
>>283864375
The new ones have thought put into the proportions and way they're displayed, the old ones look like eggs, literally
>>283864481
/thread
OP is fucking retarded
Old Nintendo art is charming as Hell. Not a fan of CG Mario.
So you guys hate the new Mario designs because they're too on-model.
>>283864375
New Mario is basically modern Mickey Mouse
Nothing that made him likeable in the first place.
the first thing that comes to my mind? rage. that nintendo games went from being for all ages to exclusively for 3 year olds in terms of design
>>283865086
You can blame the 3D age.
>>283865109
Didn't you know?
/v/ has a boner for bad art.
>>283864375
Mario and Luigi has a lovely art style and several artist have drawn beautiful renditions I'd love to see.
It's just nintendo's habit of making Mario this sterile safe 3D model.
>>283865109
Being too on model can be a bad thing.
Of course, it's a lot more obvious when you religiously stay on model while animating, but it can also make still frames and promotional art look a lot more stiff and lifeless.
>>283865148
>went from all ages to...
>all ages
What's the problem?
>>283864375
>penis leg vs fat italian booty
>>283865305
Just look at modern Spongebob.
The art for 3D Land and 3D World is absolutely gorgeous. I'm talking the 2D art that you seldom see. It has a perfect classic style for Mario.
Not a fan of the 3D Renders, but that's in general for every game.
>>283865148
>this entire image
>new Gyorg is worse
Oh fuck off.
>>283865305
someone should update this with the pixel art episode opening.
>>283865145
I never thought about it, but yeah. I guess this is what happens when the creators die or sell out and corporate marketers take over multi-million businesses.
>>283865305
ahahaha
The Marge in the second image looks like she's being run on batteries. So bad.
>>283865148
Brawl is pretty ugly compared to Smash 4 though
>>283865148
Gyorg now looks like his character design rather than the horrible pile of shit he was rendered as.
>>283865608
There's also like two frames for the fist shake.
I don't go full autismo about this shit but I liked the Mario 64 renders of him the best, he seemed really expressive in all of them
>>283865148
Wow, what the FUCK happened to Gyorg on the 3DS version of MM? They KILLED the atmosphere.
>>283865507
They both look fine to me
>>283865485
The 3D renders are tolerable at most, but the one I absolutely fucking hate is Galaxy.
I've never liked the look of Mario's ugly mug and the rendering/posing/composition etc. really kills it.
It just looks so ugly.
>>283864375
Your copy pasta is lifeless and old too
>>283864684
>>283864624
>>283864375
>>283864945
>>283865086
You guys are gigantic faggots who probably weren't even alive during the 80s, fucking faux nostalgiafags
Mario 'art' hasn't even changed that much. Pic related.
If you're talking about the game graphics then sure I can say that NSMB series looks really bland a lot of time. Not 'plasticky' though. That shit was only in the GCN era really when all the character models and shit were really shiny. The new Mario games all have very warm, soft looks, shit is hardly plastic.
If only Nintendo werent so lifeless and sterile now
I have a boner for the old 2D Mario art.
I'm so glad they brought it back for 3D Land and WorldToo bad they'll never make a game in its style, though
>>283865148
>if its a cartoon its for kids
triggered
>>283865850
Spoiler that shit, dude. The colors were awfully picked and the eyes are just terrible, my god.
>>283865885
>That old Diddy
It's like staring into the face of death.
>>283864375
Mario's actually aged very well and his character design hasn't changed much at all.
He's well off compared to most mascot characters.
>>283864375
Old Mario looks like shit.
>>283865148
I love this image because it implies Kirby was ever not colorful
I don't care that much about Mario evolution, it wasn't bad. Actually Mario 64 was the best Mario.
Now Sonic, shit, that was an awful and dumb evolution, not only him but also Robotnik and Tails.
http://www.mariowiki.com/Gallery:Mario_Party_10
>>283866018
>link is a step down
>>283866018
>Using alternate universe versions of characters
Wow Dante sure has changed over the years
>>283866008
Why does true artistic values terrify young children like you?
Best Mario game, best Mario.
>>283865850
this looks even worse than the cg shit
kill yourself, faggot
>>283864375
>why is Mario so white?
>>283864375
Well at least he doesn't have crotch leg anymore.
Is that even the japanese art on the left?
>>283865148
>LM Dark Moon -> LM Dark Moon
>>283865148
You had me until that shit shopped luigi mansion cover
>>283865148
Almost all of the after images here are a vast improvement.
>>283866018
>Mario
dead after the 3rd pic
>Link
dead after the 3rd pic
>Pikachu
dead after the first one
>Metroid
dead after the 2nd pic
>Donkey Kong
dead after the 3rd pic
>Crash
dead after the 2nd pic
>Sonic
dead after the first pic
>Megaman
dead after the 2nd pic
>Pac-man
dead after the 2nd pic
>Bomberman
dead after the 4th one
>Belmont
dead after the 2nd one
>Spyro
dead after first one
>>283865485
Post asian milfs
>>283866083
Isn't it funny how everyone threw a shitfit over Sonic having green eyes, when no one batted an eye at Mario's entire color scheme being inverted
>>283865850
This shit has too much color.
Not enough shading.
>>283866018
RIP Crash, Spyro, Mario
Never played Megaman games but Megaman looks stupid as hell.
>>283866018
I miss fatchu
![1307635613002[1].png](https://i.imgur.com/QyABBMN.png "1307635613002[1].png")
>>283866018
>actually finding and using the official art from the original Japanese box art of Bomberman on the Famicom
>>283866018
>no kirby
>>283865850
>who probably weren't even alive during the 80s
Born in 1979, actually. Speak only for yourself, please.
>>283864375
>What's the first thing that comes to your mind
"Why people always got to be complaining about stupid shit?"
Most of the old artwork was really fucking creepy.
>>283866083
Tails is exactly the same, you autist
>>283866572
Every single Megaman in that pic is a different character if I'm not mistaken, not sure about the final one.
It's pretty much a troll image.
>>283864375
obligitory
Everything is done by fucking machines now anon
so yeah its literally lifeless
>>283866253
White-washing.
>>283866158
>>283865885
Not done by Nintendo.
>>283866206
>angry Mario
>good
>>283866515
I agree with literally all of these except for DK and Pacman who each died one earlier.
>>283865495
If you're implying that was done by the Simpsons staff, you'd be wrong
It was a fan project by Paul Robertson and it was never even made to be used officially
That both are shit compared to captain lou
>>283864375
They still have style.
>charming
>soulless
>lifeless
>sterile
>original
>unoriginal
>creative
Have ya ever noticed that these words come up at least 95% of time someone is comparing the old and new art styles of a video game franchise and its characters?
>>283864375
go away dobson, nobody likes you
>>283866602
I dunno why, but Pikachu is slowly but surely starting to look rather phallic.
>>283866018
>Using non-Sugimori art for the Pikachu comparison
Pikachu in non-main series games and in promotional art is always drawn in a different style.
>>283866561
one fanbase is full of people who are medically incapable of easily adjusting to change and one isn't
>>283866709
>Actually replying to DK trolls
>>283865148
If you want to argue that today's Nintendo has less confidence in kid's gaming abilities and have casualized many of their series too much (ex. Zelda) then I could agree.
But as for the artstyle stuff this is bait image is beyond stupid.
Like it holds up Twilight Princess as an example of "good" classic grimdark Nintendo design while ignoring fucking Wind Waker which came out before it. Not even to mention The Minish Cap, ALLTP, OoA/OoS, all of which were very bright and colourful.
The 3DS remakes I can understand. I wasn't a fan of much of their lighting decisions. WWHD was a positive change though. Everyone over-exaggerates about the bloom.
I'm not sure how anyone can like the graphics of Sunshine over 3D World. Those weird realistic textures in the middle of a cartoony game didn't mesh very well.
Also who the FUCK likes the graphics of Brawl? Literally everyone I talked to agrees that both Melee and smash4 look miles better than it. There are tons of mods for Brawl with brighter colour palettes. there's no fucking point of putting detailed jean textures on a fucking cartoon
>>283866908
Yep.
It's what they call the nostalgia factor, more commonly known as shitposter's disease.
>>283866908
Have you ever stopped to notice how many times a day you use the words "a", "the" and "you"? The English language is fascinating.
>>283866837
>Captain Lou, Danny Wells, Lou Carlson, and Levi Stubbs are all dead
At least I don't have to worry about Cynthia Preston. She's not even 47 yet.
>>283866908
Because they're devoid of intrinsic meaning and are flexible to the taste of of the user?
>>283865148
>>283867085
>mentioning THREE Zelda titles made by Capcom
Guys, let's laugh at him. I didn't even bother to read the rest of the post after that.
>>283866018
>showing different Megaman characters as a way to show artstyle aging
That's dumb
>>283867085
I think the lighting in at least this scene was a good thing, I'm not sure why people prefer the original. It's set in the morning, not evening.
>>283865885
Diddy Kong still look the same since DKC2.
>>283867351
They're in the middle of the woods, it shouldn't be that bright.
>>283865850
>Not 'plasticky' though. That shit was only in the GCN era really when all the character models and shit were really shiny. The new Mario games all have very warm, soft looks, shit is hardly plastic.
You clearly haven't played 3D World.
>>283866158
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eagej-RdqbM
>>283867449
neither that dark
>>283865750
Gotta agree here.
>>283867351
It's all about the atmosphere. Ocarina of Time is a pretty dark game. People keep saying "b-b-b-b-b-but Majora's Mask is the dark Zelda", but the mood in OoT was very dark. The ominous music that plays when talking to the Deku Tree right before it dies and you have to leave the dark secluded Kokiri Forest...
The remastered 3DS version killed the atmosphere of OoT.
>>283864375
I would be very disappointed in Nintendo if the art design of their franchises had stayed exactly the same and didn't evolve at all in 30 years.
>>283865885
Gotta agree here, Donkey Kong was better when it was a dark and mysterious series with horror elements and inspirations taken from HP Lovecraft, not the sterile kiddy shit that it is now.
>>283866018
put a black dot over the good designs
100% unbiased, nostalgia babbies do not respond
Nintendo's been pretty bad art-wise as of this last decade.
>>283867436
UGGH....Look at those plastic plants. LITERALLY WORSE THAN HITLER!
>>283867612
Just finished Majora's Mask for the first time. Neither games are half as dark as you guys make them out to be
Best Mario art style coming through.
>>283867449
It shouldn't be that dark either though. Leaves don't completely block light. Somewhere in between the two would have been ideal.
>>283867682
The actual developers who made DKC2 would probably laugh at that comment.
>>283864375
New mario has a donk
>>283866018
I really hate when people use boom/ghostly adventures versions.
It's just silly spin-off bullshit. It's not the real look.
Meanwhile peach just improves more and more
Although I'm not a fan of CG at all, just being hand drawn isn't enough to make something look good. Just look at the godawful official Sonic art. It looks just as shit as the CG renders.
>>283866561
Mario is still fat, Sonic has anorexia now
>>283864375
>you know?
No, and I'd appreciate it if people who had no idea what they're even saying didn't end their already nonsense statements with this like I should fill in the blank space mentally.
>>283867935
every time
>>283867935
Peach is like the definitive example of starting off looking average/mediocre and become more and more horrifying and ugly as the games go on.
>>283867828
>never been to a rain forest
>>283865148
>Kirby 2005
>Cancelled for not looking child friendly enough
>>283867329
My only rule when making that comparison was to include roughly one version of the character for every generation.
I was the most iffy with Mega Man since they're all technically different incarnations of the character, rather than a single consistent guy, but since Link does the exact same thing I figured it as worth including. I did make sure not to throw in Zero or the characters from ZX though, since they're not actually the blue bomber.
>>283867723
>Sonic Lanky Legs 06
>better than Modern Sonic
>Thinks GC Era Mario is different than Wii U Mario
>Thinks Mind Over Mutant Crash is better than Twinsanity Crash
>Likes robo-DK
Jesus Christ, how awful
>>283867857
Do i Look like I give a shit? Nintendo is the George Lucas of gaming, all of their developers are George Lucas and have only ruined the great games they used to make by cutting out all the darker and more mature elements from them. Compare the eerie atmosphere of Smash 64 with every sterile piece of kiddy plastic shit that came afterwards and you'll see what I mean.
>>283867436
This is what DKC should look like, rare era renders are awesome.
>>283865905
Not exactly Mario, but they have done it.I really wish they would do it again.
>>283867990
This is the most autistic comment in an already autistic thread.
>>283866847
They have no grace
>>283867773
Sunshine was actually criticized for being bland and colorful coming off of Super Mario 64. People said on various forums "What the fuck is this kiddy shit? Why is he cleaning up an island? This will never match up to Super Mario 64's dark concept art.
>>283865885
This is sarcasm right?
>>283865905
The Mario & Luigi and Paper Mario series have lots of stylized art. Strikers Charged had some good shit too.
I think a lot of people in here are just mindlessly nostalgia fagging
>>283866018
Mario's basically the same, which is good
Sonic turned to irredeemable shit
Link has gotten better, though I'm not sure about the Zelda U design
Megaman has gotten better
Pikachu is essentially the same
Samus is now an ultra sleek generic moeblob animu girl, awful
Surely that shit Bomberman reboot doesn't count, don't think we're seeing any more of that
Donkey Kong now has the best design he ever had
Simon Belmont is basically the same, the third one is an aberration that looks like shit
New Crash isn't even that different from old one, no idea what people are crying about. Not like it was ever used, was it?
Spyro is shit, yeah
>>283867990
In other words, it just feels this way. There's not logical explanation for it.
But I'll proffer an explanation.
2D art is inherently more stylised and 'cartoony' looking than 3D models. This gives it the appearance of having more character.
Done.
>>283866018
Ha ha. Crash always looked like complete shit.
>>283867782
This style is still around and is mostly present in the WarioWare series. The only things that have changed are DK's design and Yoshi's
>>283868182
They were literally fucking dolls in Smash 64. Do you not remember? That's kiddy shit.
>>283867351
But you see the dark lighting that was used to hide the ugly, muddy textures and terrible polycount was actually part of the developers intention to make my fantasty game starring Peter Pan into a grimdark atmospheric masterpiece so I don't actually have to admit that the game is for children
>>283868129
Kokiri Forest isn't a rain forest, is it?
>>283867939
I never had a problem with the adventure art
>>283868268
People really described 64 as 'dark'?
What a bunch of retards.
>>283867532
They're my least favorite. They have that 90's CG trademark touch of Uncanny Valley.
>>283866561
Well to be fair changing clothes is a lot more believable than changing eye colour.
>>283867935
Why is there no sfm porn of her? I need this shit.
>>283864375
I don't really like the old or the new ones. The old ones just looked kinda shitty and amateur, the new ones look so perfect that they've lost all sense of personality. 1998-2006 was about the right middleground, where they nailed the art directiom but still played around with it a bit.
>>283868268
bowser's a cutie in the original and they went and made him ugly as fuck in the remake
>>283864375
My problem is how they seem to reuse the same damn renders for everything.
>>283867723
>Comparing Megaman with X
>Comparing different Links
>Comparing different guys in Castlevania
Everytime
>>283868182
>Compare the eerie atmosphere of Smash 64
This was never a thing. You play as Jigglypuff beating up Donkey Kong on Yoshi's Island with pinball bumpers.
You're mistaking the shittiness of early 3D with a "creepy" art direction.
>>283868153
There are more than enough Classic MM designs though
American Boxarts, cartoon, Japanese Box Art, 1-6 official art, 7 official art, 8 & MM&B too. Smash as well
>>283867935
Reminds me of Arin's ugly GF.
>>283864375
So when are we gonna get a Mario Shallow Husk of Naught.
>>283868609
>Comparing different guys in Castlevania
Every one of those is Simon Belmont, and only the last one comes from a reboot.
>>283868268
This isn't dark. It's just ugly 90's promo art
>>283868212
Every game Good Feel has made is gorgeous. I'm honestly a bit surprised they didn't assist with Rainbow Curse.
>>283868125
>>283868609
all those are simon belmont except maybe the last one idk
>>283868549
>1998-2006 was about the right middleground
In other words, the time when you were a kid.
>>283864375
Mario in the left has a leg-like penis and no actual legs.
>>283864375
To this day I still can't unsee the foot-dick on Mario 2.
>>283868212
That game is what I was thinking of when I said making a game in the 2D art style
>>283868738
That's the shit they used to say. I'm not disagreeing with you.
>>283868325
Man, they fucking butchered Yoshi. He's fucking ugly now.
>>283868212
Shake it was great, never seen anyone talk about it on here. It was a bit on the easy side but the puzzles for the treasures sorta made up for it.
>>283867464
I have and it looks great.
>>283866158
Diddy Kong in Smash pisses me off but he's better now otherwise. Don't tell me you liked that robotic looking nonsense.
>>283866847
This concept Art is great but the actual game doesn't look very good. We'll see.
>>283868898
I like Mario Galaxy 2 Yoshi the most. He always looked pretty fucking gay though
>>283868945
Had some fantastic music too, which is no surprise, since it came from the guy who composed the Mystical Ninja games.
You don't know what I'd do for Good Feel to make a Mystical Ninja game in the style of wooden puppets.
>>283868749
It's a shame Konami fucked over the Mystical Ninja franchise.
>>283868945
It's not that great. The visuals and music are amazing, but the game is kind of slow and dull. The only parts I actually enjoyed were the races back to the exit at the end of each stage.
>>283866908
When I hear these words, I know it almost always means "I like/hate x game, but I have no idea why." Doesn't mean they're wrong, but I usually dismiss these type of claims. And this is by no means specific to nostalgia.
Original can be ok though, not as bad as the others. Atmosphere is also one that triggers me slightly.
>>283869091
Mystical Ninja should be absorbed into the Marioverse.
I hate that they use that image of Mario jumping up with his fist in the air for everything now.
>>283867736
>even in a game that has NOTHING to do with Wind Waker or Toon Link, Aonuma forces the shitty art style into the game
It really slaps you right out when you're playing. "Yuga is a master artist! That's why when he turns people into paintings they look like a 5 year old's crayon drawings!'
>>283864375
>What's the first thing that comes to your mind when you see old Nintendo concept arts and new Nintendo concept arts
a comatose company
>>283869049
Yeah, the only real difference in Yoshi's gayness is that he used to look like the kind of guy who would sit at the far end of the bar and wink at you while licking his lips and now he looks like the kind of guy who's at the front of the gay pride parade dressed in rainbow colors while dancing to ABBA.
>>283867294
>Alttp is made by Capcom
>>283864375
What is even up with that mario on the left
What is happening with his index finger on the hand holding the turnip? Where is his thumb coming from on the other hand? Why is his leg coming out of the center of his torso? Why is he just generally lopsided?
>>283869049
Even though the game sucked shit, I liked the artwork for New Island.
>>283869269
>a comatose company
You can blame the fact that they never do concept art anymore because of the 3D age.
>>283868268
>>283868560
>Nailed it
>>283869410
No one does concept art anymore though.
>>283869318
>Minish Cap
>OoS
>OoA
How does it feel to actually be retarded, like the picture implies?
>>283869483
A fucking shame. That was part of the fun.
>>283869507
>Counting Oos and OoA as separate games
>>283868370
That was literally a metaphor for the characters being manipulated by a higher power, it was eerie and creepy and horror influenced like all of Nintendo's games back then.
>>283867436
This looks creepy and uncanny as fuck
Of course nostalgia fag like this
>>283868184
would like it though
>>283868268
Yup. And Super Mario World was a lot more colourful and 'child-like' than SMB3
Sunshine was actually pretty bland in comparison to 64 though. The latte takes you to a whole bunch of really cool imaginative worlds while in the former you're just jumping around boring beachside towns most of the time.
>>283867682
>Donkey Kong was better when it was a dark and mysterious series with horror elements and inspirations taken from HP Lovecraft
Jesus fucking christ man get a grip
>>283868182
>Compare the eerie atmosphere of Smash 64
You're seriously delusional. You should probably play games by a company not known for making products for kids.
>>283869483
That's not completely true. It's mostly just renders though.
>>283869507
I really wish the whole "Capcom made ____" would stop. It's like saying Capcom made God Hand and Okami.
Flagship developed OoS, OoA, the GBA port of AlttP/FS, and Minish Cap. Flagship was owned by Capcom, much like Clover, but they were not Capcom.
It's an autistic complaint sure, but Flagship also made plenty of Kirby games, but nobody says "those Capcom Kirby games".
Also, the director of the Flagship games is at Nintendo now.
The Mario 64 art was balls. Especially the in-game renders. Any attachment you have to any of that junk is pure nostalgia.
>>283865148
>This entire image
>Brawl looked better than Smash Wii U
>These cover box arts are brighter
>>283869660
>it was eerie and creepy and horror influenced like all of Nintendo's games back then.
As a kid in the 90's, I always thought the whole horror thing was full of shit. They were always these colorful, quirky games. There could be crazy shit hidden in it though.
>>283869815
CAPTAIN MARVEL FOR SMASH
>>283866018
>Donkey kong
That's a young cranky kong on the first pic.
>>283864375
That's called Nostalgia.
>>283869945
>Rare timeline
>canon
>>283869507
Do you also not consider Other M, Mario Strikers, Punch Out Wii!, Star Fox Adventures, F-Zero GX, Donkey Kong Country as not Nintendo games? They're developed by outside companies but they obviously worked with Nintendo for all of these.
>>283866078
>>283869642
>different stories
>different bosses
>different dungeons
>different characters
>same game
retarded thread general?
>>283869863
They were darker and had more mature themes before Aonuma and the Wii came and kiddified everything
>muh melee
>>283869642
Do they look like Pokemon to you?
>>283870238
That was because of hardware limitations, not that they chose to make it b/w
If you plug it in to a GBC it'll be in color
>>283864375
All I see is, someone who couldn't draw a proportionate character, and someone who could model one. Is that Mario's dick on the left picture? It's so big it needed it's own boot?
>>283870373
In all honesty, the Wii tried to advertise in a more mature way than the previous consoles.
>>283870469
2bad, I'm being a pedantic faggot on /v/ and NO ONE can stop me!
>>283870524
Hey, dude, it takes a lot for a plumber to impress a princess.
>>283869258
smoke a dick fuccboi the artstyle is great
I cant be the only one who loves fallout 2 talking head/rare era style renders.
Is there a name for that style?
>>283870373
>Aonuma's first game in power is Majora's Mask
>the only game he had full control over was Twilight Princess
>which was a Wii launch title
Oh, by the way. As much as I love the characters, Twilight Princess was fugly.
>>283870562
The Wii was for FUCKING CHILDREN, all of it's games were kiddified shit like Super Smash Bruh Balls, Super Mario Gay-axy, Fire Fem-blem Radiant Pawn, and that god awful abomination of a "sequel" to Sin and Punishment.
Your preference will always depend on what you grew up with. If you were born in the early 80's, you probably like the old hand drawn art. If you were born in the 90's, you probably like the Mario 64 renders. If you were born later than that, you probably like the modern stuff.
It's all nostalgia. All of it.
>>283870238
BTFO
>>283870710
Pre-rendered is the only thing that comes to mind.
>>283870808
Born in '96. I think the SNES art is the best.
>>283870796
Just take a second to compare the ads for the Wii and it's predecessors.
I'll wait.
2001-2010 nintendo was the best
>>283869671
>Yup. And Super Mario World was a lot more colourful and 'child-like' than SMB3
That's actually something I hate about SMW. I feel this was especially egregious in the massive step down they took from oppressive warships firing bullets and cannonballs to a fucking clown balloon.
>>283870373
Aonuma kiddified the gameplay, not the graphics/tone of the games. He made Majora's Mask after all.
Also if a purple lunchbox console didn't tip you off that Nintendo was for kids I don't know what will
>>283870167
>Some shovelware developer's timeline
>Canon
>>283869671
N64 era renders fixed the uncanny issues while retaining the style.
Unlike current one.
>>283866515
I can agree with Mario, Link, Pikachu, Samus, DK, Megaman, Pac-man and Simon.
Crash's 3rd model was a step up from the former, but didn't deviate so far like it did with the 4th iteration.
Sonic was OKAY at his 3rd iteration, if just because he was stepping into the world of 3D. It was a constant downward trend after that.
Spyro was okay all the way up to his 3rd (arguably one of his best appearances) until he got punched in the schnoz for his cameo in Skylanders (that's basically all he's there for).
>>283870963
>>283870741
>Aonuma has gone on record saying all the scary/dark/morose elements of Majora's Mask were Tezuka's doing, and he himself put in the sillier moments
>First thing Aonuma does when given an inch of freedom is do this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQ7riCXrDxY
I don’t remember Mario being so much as being a ‘badass’ as he was a working class plumber from Brooklyn and this made him very authentic. Mario was a man. He even had facial hair! He was red blooded because look at all the things Mario was doing just to get to the girl! (something every guy can understand) Ever since Mario 64, Mario has turned into a plastic, terrible voiced THING that doesn’t even resemble a man. Worse is what they have done with Luigi. Luigi has been blown up into total effeminate. Toad seems more manly than Mario and Luigi these days.
Remember when Mario used to be heroic? When Bowser used to be seen as dangerous and scary?
This is one of the first images of SMB. Note how scary Bowser is and how heroic Mario is. Look! Mario has a FIST. A FIST! This guy isn’t effeminate at all. He’s kicking ass. And he certainly is not wearing a Cat suit
>>283870963
>2010
Nah, like 2006 maybe
>>283871075
>>283870796
Radiant Dawn was harder than any other FE title I've played, and Star Successor was fucking great.
>>283864375
>SMB2 mario
COCK LEG
>>283871075
Why does 2008 Mario look better than 2014 Mario?
Why are people defending this?
>>283866078
Zero-Two.
The darkest thing ever in video games.
>>283871040
No, they didn't. They weren't as deep into the uncanny valley as, say, Reboot, or most PS1 cutscenes. But they still looked like robots and they were still in the uncanny valley. The new ones look way better.
>>283871075
>decline
I hope you're referring to the Brawl era, because that was some ugly shit right there.
>>283871342
Because lack of detail is an art style, anon!
>>283871178
I'm still pissed.
>>283866816
Yes it was
>>283871075
Why does Brawl and Smash 4 Mario look so fucking pissed?
What happened between 2001 and 2008?
>>283871361
And he still manages to be very colorful
>>283871342
Because it doesn't.
2008 Mario doesn't represent Nintendo in the way that 2014 does. The textures are way too washed out and "realistic".
2014 Mario is what Nintendo wanted from the beginning.
>>283870957
>Wii ads are full of children and grannies, #4TheFamily
>previous ads focus on the games being awesome and the more mature aspects of them
>>283871216
Radiant Dawn was kiddie anime shit, and Star Successor was the worst piece of generic anime Japanese bullshit compared to the amazing original
>>283871545
He had to be the main character in Super Mario Sunshine. Being stuck in that game will rob the joy from any man.
>>283871379
>I want low resolution shit
>textures are scary
sm4sh looks like a browser based Unity game some college faggot made
>>283868803
I'm 47 years old faggot.
>>283865885
Donkey Kongs face always cracks me up. Even when I had the VHS tape as a kid I thought it was off. What the fuck were they thinking?
>>283871163
I always thought the princess and Bowser looked goofy.
>>283871163
Bowser stopped being dangerous and scary in Super Mario World. Or, you know, the tv show where he sounded like a fucking goofball. In 64 he actually looked a lot more terrifying. And Yoshi's Island literally had you carrying around a baby mario to fight a baby bowser
You faux nostalgia fags have no idea what you're talking about
>>283871643
Just like Project M. Another Smash Bros. was unnecessary after Melee came out..
>>283871643
>I want muddy, realistic textures not meant for a game like this because I'm mature and my games need to reflect that!
There's nothing appealing about the Brawl textures whatsoever. They don't work for the series at all.
>>283871612
Sin and Punishment and Fire Emblem both had an 'anime' style from the beginning. You're just spouting buzzwords at this point.
>>283871735
>Bowser stopped being dangerous and scary in Super Mario World.
It was a mistaken then and it was a mistake now. But then again, I already voiced that about the moronic clown balloon earlier in the thread.
>>283864862
>The new ones make him look so weird and unlikable. Like some big gay faggot baby.
Well Mario does act like he has autism.
With all the shrieking and yippeeing.
>>283871735
>Bowser stopped being dangerous and scary in Super Mario World
I agree completely, it was part of made SMW disappointing after SMB3
>>283871602
Why even make a home console if that's what you're going to put on it. Stick to handheld low res babby shit and call it a day. If I'm paying 200+ dollars for a system I expect games with more detailed graphics than a good Flash game.
>too realistic
yeah no
>>283871540
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIZ_gDOrzGk
No, it wasn't.
It was on youtube long before it was used for that episode.
Read the fucking credits of the episode.
