NowGamer: Ulf Andersson, co-founder of Bionic Commando developer GRiN, has criticised Western video game character designers for being too conservative compared to thier Japanese contemporaries
"There isn't really a culture of making different games [in the West], it's more that Japanese devs stick to their guns more. They're not pussies as much as the Western devs....."
As much as we love our iconic characters in Video Games, some of the character designs are just bad. Here are the top 5 worst character designs in Video Games.
Genuinely a poor list. When I read a title like "Worst Male Character Designs.." I expect the author to have some grasp of artistic methods, aesthetics, and knowledge--but here all we get is a few sentences which add up to "dun like the character because they look angsty".
Prince - Warrior Within
Danta - DmC
Chris Redfield - RE 5
Rad Spencer - Bionic Commando
Remy -SF 3 Third Strike
Not worth a reading IMO
This week on Digital Fiasco, hosts Dandr0id and Jack McBastard discuss some new developments that may seriously endanger the Nintendo Switch's long term viability.
For ease of navigation:
(2:38) Dandr0id finishes Metro 2033 Redux
(12:12) Dandroid plays pronounces Lumo as Zumo. Or something.
(14:38) Jack McBastard finishes Horizon: Zero Dawn
(31:28) Jack McBastard plays Ghost Recon: Wildlands
(43:15) Discount plays ARK: Survival Evolved (and doesn't listen to directions)
(46:47) Discs, Downloads and DLC
(49:57) Switch Disappointments: Week 8
(50:41) Disappointment 1: Critical design flaw discovered in the left JoyCon
(54:05) Disappointment 2: Switch Dock hardware issues
(58:13) Disappointment 3: The Switch may already be DOA
(1:04:00) Bonus Disappointment: Dead Pixels
(1:05:10) Final Fantasy VII Remake may not be as close to the original as you thought
(1:12:56) Naughty Dog Co-President Christophe Balestra
(1:15:26) Naughty Dog Co-President Evan Wells
(1:21:27) Jason Momoa is a colossal nerd
(1:25:08) Final Mass Effect Andromeda details to excite us
(1:42:15) No Man's Sky Pathfinder Update (and Jack forgets the name of the Vy'keen)
(1:58:47) PS4 Firmware 4.50 (and more No Man's Sky)
(2:01:59) Valve's new tweaks to user reviews
(2:06:04) The Options Menu: Second Chances
(2:06:47) Second Chances: Conker's Bad Fur Day
(2:14:58) Second Chances: Bionic Commando
(2:23:48) Second Chances: Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazzard
(2:32:51) Indie Shoutout: Oxygen Not Included
So, Nintendo's got a new mini NES with 30 games packed in.Here's 12 classics they snubbed.
It is called rights, and RARE is no longer got any rights with Nintendo. as for some of the others, maybe someday they will be added VC games can be downloaded to it FYI
Rare have got all the rights to their games FYI. The only games rare don't own the rights to are where Nintendo characters are involved I.E the donkey kong games, Diddy Kong racing etc. Hence why banjo is on Xbox ;)
i find it funny that you think nintendo didnt give careful consideration to the 30 games it included in the collection.
any games not included were left out for a reason.
Super Dodge Ball was great, but how do you forget Track and Field, Double Dribble, Skate or Die, Paperboy, Bad Dudes, Top Gun, Blades of Glory, WrestleMania, Tecmo wrestling, bomberman, etc
There are probably about 5MB worth of games here. I didn't feel like doing the exact math, but considering these games average from 8KB to 128KB My estimate may in fact be too high. The user interface will probably be about 1GB (1024MB) so I'd be surprised if this thing even holds 2GB, honestly it probably costs Nintendo less than $5 to make one. That being said I'll probably still buy one since it looks pretty neat.
Agreed it does look good. Im just being a spoiled american and wishing it was more than 30 games or at least a promise to add future titles
At one point it was reported that the Wii had enough memory to fit every game in the library of NES & SNES in it woth room to spare so I think these 30 games take up even less then your estimates
I want some of whatever he is smoking
You go Ulf!!
Stick to your guns and give us Eddy Gordo with a bionic arm..you big risk taking trailblazer you!!
Congrats buddy... you basically "created" Ronin from Stargate Atlantis and gave him a grappling hook arm. I haven't seen an interesting looking character from Japan in years. Chris Redfield, he's a creative one alright. Then there's the host of new characters in Street Fighter IV. Lady in suit, fat guy in leotards, luchador... creativity up the yin-yang there. I'll admit the western devs have wrested their designs too firmly along the lines of cyber-space-ninja-marines, but it's not like the Japanese devs have been pumping out anything as interesting as, say, Kefka recently.