We'd be quite thrilled with the new game even in ugly polygons, though of course we prefer these incredibly beautiful sprites!
A Boy and His Blob: surprisingly sharp graphics for an amorphous character
by JC Fletcher 
on Mar 4th 2009 4:00PM
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We'd be quite thrilled with the new game even in ugly polygons, though of course we prefer these incredibly beautiful sprites!
Reader Comments (17)
Posted: Mar 4th 2009 4:14PM Roto13 said
It's the very first screen of the original, which had a beautiful background as far as pre-1990 NES games go.
I'm so glad the DS version was canceled.
I'm so glad the DS version was canceled.
Posted: Mar 4th 2009 4:21PM dreganfyre said
Very pretty :)
It's nice to see developers putting a little effort into 2d graphics.
It's nice to see developers putting a little effort into 2d graphics.
Posted: Mar 4th 2009 4:34PM 8bitartist said
those graphics are gorgeous. i love how all (3 of them) the hand drawn games have looked on the wii.
Posted: Mar 4th 2009 6:26PM JoshMilewski said
Yeah, there are those, and then there's also Cave Story for one more.
There are probably plenty of other 2D games on Wii. 8-bit.artist is just crazy.
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There are probably plenty of other 2D games on Wii. 8-bit.artist is just crazy.
Posted: Mar 4th 2009 7:11PM 8bitartist said
cave story is not hand drawn. and since when do 2d games have to be hand drawn? of course there are more 2d games on wii, im talking about the ones with the hand drawn art style.
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Posted: Mar 5th 2009 6:29AM Cyrs said
The three titles 8-bit.artist is referring to is:
1. Muramasa: The Demon Blade
2. Eternity's Child
3. a boy and his blob
Hmm...I also think I somewhat understand what 8-bit.artist is getting at when he says hand drawn game. Usually this would be something you could tell just by looking, so I don't quite know how to explain it. But...just think of the look of a handdrawn game as being comparable to a "high quality 2D art still," drawn by highly skilled artists of course. At first glance at a screenshot from such a game you'd think it was some high quality art piece that took hours to do in photoshop, and wouldn't expect it to be a game. It's a crude explanation but it should work, if not, then oh well.
Neither Cave Story or Wario Land for wii belong in the same group as these games. Cave Story for one looks pixelated and that doesn't resemble handdrawn. Wario land for wii could actually belong in that list, it does for most part look hand drawn, but...it is a big step down in beauty when compared to the above three games.
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1. Muramasa: The Demon Blade
2. Eternity's Child
3. a boy and his blob
Hmm...I also think I somewhat understand what 8-bit.artist is getting at when he says hand drawn game. Usually this would be something you could tell just by looking, so I don't quite know how to explain it. But...just think of the look of a handdrawn game as being comparable to a "high quality 2D art still," drawn by highly skilled artists of course. At first glance at a screenshot from such a game you'd think it was some high quality art piece that took hours to do in photoshop, and wouldn't expect it to be a game. It's a crude explanation but it should work, if not, then oh well.
Neither Cave Story or Wario Land for wii belong in the same group as these games. Cave Story for one looks pixelated and that doesn't resemble handdrawn. Wario land for wii could actually belong in that list, it does for most part look hand drawn, but...it is a big step down in beauty when compared to the above three games.
Posted: Mar 4th 2009 4:58PM (Unverified) said
Love the art style. It looks amazing.
Posted: Mar 4th 2009 5:49PM (Unverified) said
I'm loving this.
Posted: Mar 4th 2009 6:27PM JoshMilewski said
It looks very nice.
Posted: Mar 4th 2009 6:32PM (Unverified) said
I'd say these guys definitely get what the basic appeal of the game was. The scenes inside the house, with multiple rooms separated by ladders, definitely capture the intriguing oddness of the fragmented way worlds were constructed in old 2D games.
There's tons of room for improvement over the original here. I would hope that they've given the exploration more of a purpose, without relying on lots of linear puzzle sequences.
There's tons of room for improvement over the original here. I would hope that they've given the exploration more of a purpose, without relying on lots of linear puzzle sequences.
Posted: Mar 4th 2009 7:54PM (Unverified) said
I'm not trying to bash the Wii here, but when 70% of graphics are hand drawn, used as foreground or background visualization, it's going to look very good and sharp.
A 2D game, no matter how pretty, just isn't that big of a deal. Metroid Prime 3: Corruption however, is a game that shows the Wii is capable of good graphics.
A 2D game, no matter how pretty, just isn't that big of a deal. Metroid Prime 3: Corruption however, is a game that shows the Wii is capable of good graphics.
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