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These Jakks Pacific figures are really neat for the price.
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holding out for the Rayman Origins-esque sonic game with sonic CD cinematic/Tyson Hesse style 2D art
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It's comforting to know that some things never change https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ze582VGaAkY
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flavor.flv posted:It's comforting to know that some things never change gently caress me this video can’t be from 16 years ago
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Dabir posted:I wish Mania had iterated on the S3K look instead of S2 I really like the 3 sprite but I wish they would have done something wholly new instead of reusing any of the old sprites. Taking the 2 sprite and just tweaking the colors and adding some frames is the worst thing about Mania, IMO
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If they'd planned much more it probably wouldn't have gotten made. Remember that Mania was meant to be a quick four-zone retro anniversary celebration, not a proper full game. And then the scope blew up a bit. (Thankfully)
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Is Sonic Origins worth getting nowadays? I heard it was kinda no frills.
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The white on the upper cheek looks good on a CRT, but most players aren't looking at Sonic sprites on a CRT. It looks like the eye sockets bleed out into a larger area. Of those sprites, the Mania ones improve it by having a gradient. Only the Sonic 3 balloon animal sprites fix it completely.
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Man, Knuckles' sprite in Chaotix is awful when you put it next to the others.
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calling the mania sprite "2 with some extra frames" is incredibly disrespectful to the fantastic spritework in display
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ArfJason posted:calling the mania sprite "2 with some extra frames" is incredibly disrespectful to the fantastic spritework in display yep
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ArfJason posted:calling the mania sprite "2 with some extra frames" is incredibly disrespectful to the fantastic spritework in display I’m kind of curious what you mean, I know they did some new animations too but the majority of it is the S2 sprite. e: I want to clarify I am genuinely curious and not looking to argue, if I’m overlooking something then I really want to know holefoods fucked around with this message at 17:36 on Jul 1, 2023 |
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In any of Origins when Sonic looks up he's mad but in Mania he looks pretty dopey. More animation frames too. I don't dislike it but it's a standout difference.
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decided to overlay some of the sprites to check standing idle from s2 to mania doesnt look that impressive if youre looking for massive changes in the overall shape of sonic. the pose is literally the same except the gloves are larger, the arm shorter, snout is rounded off with an extra pixel, and the sock seems to change by one pixel too. standing idle s2 to s3, there are more radical changes, shorter rounder spines, shorter eye, a mouth, larger gloves and completely different shoes. but its still based in some way on the older sprite the comparisons equalize more on the run cycle, with sonic 3's clearly being based on 2's with reworked eyes and middle spike, and some pixels shifted on the feet. mania sticks closer but adds a tail, different shoe shape but more importantly the shading defines a *lot* of the volume of sonics head, spikes, eye, feet, stomach and ear. there is still a lot of artistic work being done to reinterpret what was once an indistinct blob of #2424a0 into a more fleshed out volume, and this on every frame. dismissing that as simply "tweaked colors" too is a disservice to that kind of work, especially when 3 didnt exactly reinvent some of those frames from the ground up either. and thats not even getting into actual animation work. you cant just add "more frames" and have the timings work. you have to redo and retime a lot of the inbetweens. not to mention the extra stuff like repurposing the old beta air punch animation into a new sequence that ends in the classic signpost finger wag (with a much cooler looking smile), the frozen solid ice block (basically a single frame pose), the new looking up animation, all stuff that nails character and looks fantastic. this poo poo is hard and while theres stuff im not a fan of (this particular shade of blue has never felt very sonic to me) i still think this is outstanding spritework ArfJason fucked around with this message at 18:28 on Jul 1, 2023 |
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in short
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I like Mania coloration on Sonic a lot. The lighter blue is real nice.
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mania has the best sprites and it's not even remotely close
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Looper posted:mania has the best sprites and it's not even remotely close
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the advance trilogy got some real nice looking poo poo in it, case in point:
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the lighter blue in mania makes Sonic pop out a lot more from backgrounds and it also lets them emphasize his form using a broader range of colors. The quills and legs are spots where you can really see the difference, the quills have much more depth and Sonic’s legs are more clearly defined when they cross in front of his torso because of the highlights and shadows outlining them
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yeah no i get why, its just not the shade of blue that i associate sonic with
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Its interesting that Sega's just kinda settled on Classic Sonic being a lighter shade of blue now.
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The Bee posted:Its interesting that Sega's just kinda settled on Classic Sonic being a lighter shade of blue now. When Adventure came out, I was upset that most things from art renders to toys presented 3D Sonic as dark purple, before Modern went back to blue. But the current light blue Classic Sonic is a good color. I'm a little color blind though, so maybe the 3D wasn't as dark of a purple as I see him. And I think the game model was closer to blue compared to everything else they put out of him. But he shouldn't have looked like that either way.
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ArfJason posted:decided to overlay some of the sprites to check I certainly never meant to imply it was bad work or poorly done, just that a bit of a redesign would’ve been nice but someone else mentioned that the budget probably wasn’t there. I definitely hadn’t noticed the gloves or a few other details. Thanks for doing that.
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Hrist posted:When Adventure came out, I was upset that most things from art renders to toys presented 3D Sonic as dark purple, before Modern went back to blue. But the current light blue Classic Sonic is a good color. Adventure-era Sonic was never purple.
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Ms. Unsmiley posted:sonic advance 1-3 were honestly such a blessing to get so many expressive animations between them and battle
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He was blue, like the gamecube
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ArfJason posted:decided to overlay some of the sprites to check Nice comparison. The S2 and Mania silhouettes are pretty close for those sprites.
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I like to think that getting all the emeralds in S2 has simply left Sonic all jacked from going SSJ, hence the more bulbous appearance in S3K.
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Kazvall posted:I like to think that getting all the emeralds in S2 has simply left Sonic all jacked from going SSJ, hence the more bulbous appearance in S3K. he's actually swollen and shiny because of an allergic reaction to them
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Ms. Unsmiley posted:sonic is cool a controversial statement in this thread
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Hitlersaurus Christ posted:he's actually swollen and shiny because of an allergic reaction to them makes sense why his hands are so big and that he had to put on gloves
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Unlucky7 posted:Is Sonic Origins worth getting nowadays? I heard it was kinda no frills.
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anyone else dislike how they've mickey-mousified Classic Sonic? Like he has all his edges filed off and is just a cute mascot? I dunno.
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Nodosaur posted:anyone else dislike how they've mickey-mousified Classic Sonic? Like he has all his edges filed off and is just a cute mascot? I dunno. Yeah, kinda. It doesn’t bother me too much, but I grew up with Sonic being more cool than cute. I guess the cuteness has always been there, especially with Oshima’s Sonic, but i much prefer Totoya’s or Toei’s Sonic.
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