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theRepublic said: Hmm...it works for me. Try the link? http://static.fjcdn.com/large/pictures/3f/8b/3f8ba6_283681.jpg There are a bunch more like it.
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Even the link didn't work for me for some reason.
Well, I like this, and I know one of you or Trucks posted this earlier I think. It's definitely material to work with.
The one on the bottom is the most representative of what I mean. Look at his pose, why is he hunching to the side, it looks silly. In the Super NES sprite, he's jumping, and that's cause he's trynig to jump higher. In the one on the right, he's fanfaring, and it kind of looks awkward. Look at the difference between that fanfare and the one in my avi.
Very different emotion. Even in the sunshine model he looks more focused on his adventure.
On the topic, here is some sunshine artwork. To me this works:
Some attitude on the boxart. It's too bad the game lacked appeal in general...
I think it was a great game personally, but some things just didn't work, and it was undersold by the gamecube platform imho. Little retail exposure, little interest in the cube due to PS2 dominance. It's hard to sell a game on a console that struggles to garner attention.
But I think some of the direction was right, and if paired to what made Galaxy a success, that mixed bag would be the ultimate Mario direction imho.
For contrast, here is the Galaxy box art:
And the direction gets worse:
