Super Mario RPG 3D Remake

[Ludendorkk]

Other than Bowser looking a bit too modern, the character models are astoundingly close to the original 90s renders, wonky proportions and all. A far more faithful visual adaptation than probably anyone ever expected them to do. If nothing else, this has all the hallmarks of being made by people who deeply love the original game

 

[Issun]

Other than Bowser looking a bit too modern, the character models are astoundingly close to the original 90s renders, wonky proportions and all. A far more faithful visual adaptation than probably anyone ever expected them to do. If nothing else, this has all the hallmarks of being made by people who deeply love the original game

This just made me realize that there very likely are coders working on this game that weren't even born when the original came out.

 

[Daikaiju]

 

[muteKi]

Other than Bowser looking a bit too modern

I have no issue with Bowser using the modern render because the original model per the box art of him is absolutely fuckin hideous. That's not Bowser, that's Vectorman with a spiky-shell backpack

 

[Bongo]

If the standard Bowser model had existed in 1995, they'd have used it.

 

[Patrick]

Yep. Here’s Bowser in ‘96:

 

[Daikaiju]

Yeah... 3D was awkward for Bowser at the beginning

 

[Ludendorkk]

I have no issue with Bowser using the modern render because the original model per the box art of him is absolutely fuckin hideous. That's not Bowser, that's Vectorman with a spiky-shell backpack

LET BOWSER BE GRODY

 

[Johnny Unusual]

LET BOWSER BE GRODY

 

[SpoonyBard]

Grody or not they damn well better make sure this translates:

 

[Torzelbaum]

LET BOWSER BE GRODY

Do you mean like this?

Grody or not they damn well better make sure this translates:

Did his toes always twinkle or is that just an artifact from ripping the sprite?

 

[SpoonyBard]

Think it's just a poor sprite rip, the sheet on spriter's resource doesn't seem to have it.

 

[muteKi]

Grody or not they damn well better make sure this translates:

1000% agreed

 

[Kazin]

I wonder if this sorta came from that gigaleak from a few years back? Like Nintendo realized "oh yeah, we have the source code for that" and contracted someone to make it. Probably not, but I'm still utterly fascinated by that whole thing.

 

[RT-55J]

Part of me really wants to know what team is developing this because, like, AlphaDream is long dead, I can't imagine the Paper Mario team doing something like this, and I also can't see this being a Square joint.

 

[madhair60]

I would hazard a guess that it is the Grezzmeisters

 

[MetManMas]

If it's a Grezzo venture they ain't credited on the game's official page with Nintendo and Square Enix. Though to be fair they weren't credited on the official page for the Link's Awakening remake either. I realize the Switch description would be a million miles long if you put all the credits there but at least credit the co-dev for your goddanged Zelda remake on the game's page.