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[Victor Omega]

Obviously, Cuphead comes to mind



But my all-time favorite has to go to

Wario Land: Shake It!​

This game suffers for being developed before HD and looks wonderful in it and even superb in 4k. (and using Real instruments instead of Midi makes the game ageless/timeless)



What are other video games that evoke a hand-drawn, almost cartoon animated look?

 

[Sensei]

 

[NahaNago]

Does banner saga or child of light count?

 

[k_trout]

 

[Fart Knight]

 

[UnNamed]

I would have loved a traditional Mario with that Wario's artstyle.

 

[funking giblet]

 

[SF Kosmo]

Skullgirls comes to mind. IF you wanna take the wayback machine, then Aladdin Genesis and Earthworm Jim really pioneered that looks/process.

 

[SirTerry-T]

Every single post-Princess Crown, Vanillaware release.

 

[Fuz]

Stop. Stop. I'm already dead.

 

[Georome]

Guilty Gear Xrd

 

[Miles708]

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

What games are these from?

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"I doubt this lesbian couple in a Japanese video game wasn’t anything more than something created and designed for the enjoyment of Japanese, straight men.

It shouldn’t be considered any type of representation, even in the 90’s compared to America or whatever. It doesn’t count."

-THE CREATOR OF SAILOR MOON IS A JAPANESE WOMAN!!!

 

[SF Kosmo]

I always thought this one was meant to look more like a comic book or illustration.

 

[Miles708]

I always thought this one was meant to look more like a comic book or illustration.

I don't think you're entirely wrong, but i think it still fits the theme of the thread.
They're very detailed and expressive sprites, animated frame-by-frame.

Another one that fits the theme is this great, great game: Mad Rat Dead


(sadly i didn't find the original trailer in higher quality)

 

[TintoConCasera]

The later Rayman games, Origins and Legends.

 

[StateofMajora]

Muramasa on Wii.

 

[Spukc]

might as well send some rotten.com pics
holy shit do i hate this look

 

[CamHostage]

Every single post-Princess Crown, Vanillaware release.

Eh, not really?

Vanillaware designs are really attractive, but characters look and move like the vector-graphic / digipainted puppet-rigged models that they generally are. They also are not animated with much of what traditional hand-drawn cartoonists would use in squash/stretch (though plenty of bounce...) They're sweet for video game graphics, but I would not call it a "cartoon" or "hand-animated" look, not even an "anime" look; it's its own thing, and it's closer to CG than hand-made.

 

[Magic Carpet]

The Little Acre is a super cute super short cartoony adventure.

 

[existensmaximum]

I have to say many of these examples in the thread look great as stills, but not in motion because of the animation. There's a big difference between hand-drawn and "hand-animated".

Cuphead looks absolutely amazing in that department though, for example.

 

[AREYOUOKAY?]

I mean the system obviously isn't powerful enough for what you want but this is very fluid and cartoon like.

 

[Bonfires Down]

Daedalic games like Deponia and Pillars of the Earth.

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

 

[Alex Anderson]

Dragon's Lair

 

[Futaleufu]

 

[Victor Omega]

 

[teezzy]

 

[a multicultural team of v]

No Saga Frontier 2 yet? Taken from a recent thread about a rerelease:

Great news, I have a lot of respect for the artists in this game, doing all those cartoony backgrounds back then must have been an insane job, they are going to look amazing in HD.

 

[SlimeGooGoo]

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[Daytonabot]

There's some confusion in this thread about what a sprite is, since multiple of the games shown are polygonal.

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

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