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[FromDuskTillGameOver]

If ever there is aquestion, which art style would GAF prefer? Personally, I think the 90s Artstyle is better, especially in connection with RT I would find that very interesting. Such as this SM64 RT Mod:

 

[SALMORE]

i want a claymation / stop motion look !

 

[Belmonte]

The best case/scenario for me:

Art from Snes Donkey Kong with Returns/Tropical Freeze genius level design.

 

[Captain Toad]

I want a Nintendo game with the early 80s art style that could only be realized in instruction manuals and side of arcade cabinets.

 

[FromDuskTillGameOver]

i want a claymation / stop motion look !

like that?

are there any other good looking clay themed games that look that good?

 

[scoobidoo112]

I think the original art holds up just fine. I'd pay good money for a remake of the original three games with uncompressed, high resolution assets.

 

[Dream-Knife]

I really miss that 90s style. I think that method of characters looks great in DKC, KI, and Mortal Kombat.

 

[Rat Rage]

There is no need to remake the original trilogy. Just play it on a SNES and a CRT - I won't get better than that.

 

[FromDuskTillGameOver]

There is no need to remake the original trilogy. Just play it on a SNES and a CRT - I won't get better than that.

idk man, the RE Remaster on PC convinced me otherwise

 

[AV]

Why even remake it if you're just gonna try and emulate the old style? They still play fine. Just play those.

 

[RainblowDash]

90s style.

I didn't like the visuals of the two newest DKC games for Wii U and Switch, the backgrounds are just too busy

 

[FromDuskTillGameOver]

Why even remake it if you're just gonna try and emulate the old style? They still play fine. Just play those.

I think a remake is well deserved for one of THE best 16 Bit Trilogys. And bc i want 60/120 fps and i really like the art style wit RT in 4k^^

 

[Ulysses 31]

Why even remake it if you're just gonna try and emulate the old style? They still play fine. Just play those.

Because you can make the old style look so much better with current tech.

 

[Beer Baelly]

 

[AV]

Because you can make the old style look so much better with current tech.

Maybe, although that video doesn't demonstrate anything relevant. DKC is borderline claymation. I just think if you try and emulate that style in 2021 it could look super goofy, maybe I'm wrong.

 

[Drell]

Why even remake it if you're just gonna try and emulate the old style? They still play fine. Just play those.

Have you even look at the SM64 raytracing thing? It looks extremly close to pre-rendered artwork of the game at the time. Rare were the precursors of pre-rendered CGI in video games, so a lot of us who growned up with the DKC trilogy, had these memories of the game lloking just like the artwork we were seeing in the manual, but the truth is that if you play it today, even on a CRT, you'll see all the compression they had to use to make the game fit in a 32MB cartridge and all the details that had to be sacrified to accomodate with the SNES' 16 colors palettes for sprites and tiles.
It's the switch so something like the SM64 video in full 3D wouldn't be possible, but re-render all the backgrounds and sprite without compression, without color limit and with full 60 FPS sprite animations and all that in 1080p would already be awesome for me.

 

[Ezquimacore]

80's art style

 

[Jeeves]

I would love to see the art style from the DKC manual brought to life.

 

[AV]

Have you even look at the SM64 raytracing thing? It looks extremly close to pre-rendered artwork of the game at the time. Rare were the precursors of pre-rendered CGI in video games, so a lot of us who growned up with the DKC trilogy, had these memories of the game lloking just like the artwork we were seeing in the manual, but the truth is that if you play it today, even on a CRT, you'll see all the compression they had to use to make the game fit in a 32MB cartridge and all the details that had to be sacrified to accomodate with the SNES' 16 colors palettes for sprites and tiles.
It's the switch so something like the SM64 video in full 3D wouldn't be possible, but re-render all the backgrounds and sprite without compression, without color limit and with full 60 FPS sprite animations and all that in 1080p would already be awesome for me.

I'm with you, I think it was the use of the word "remake" that put me off - Link's Awakening was a remake, they went with a totally new style and it was fantastic. What you're describing sounds like a remaster, if they just took the original assets and cranked everything up. I'm in for that. I just wouldn't want them to try something in-between which looked like they were trying to emulate that style.

 

[FR1908]

I remember thinking that it would look like that on the N64 with all that Silicon Graphics hype going on back then. We're still not there.

 

[Varteras]

Same general art style but with modern graphical enhancements.

 

[FromDuskTillGameOver]

I remember thinking that it would look like that on the N64 with all that Silicon Graphics hype going on back then. We're still not there.

Well with RT it would be possible today, thats my point ;-)

 

[FR1908]

If Nintendo had a RT machine then yes, upgrade it to that Silicon Graphics look. I like that style. Just add some fur textures to it as well. I think the animals in DKC3s artwork had fur.

 

[FromDuskTillGameOver]

I think the animals in DKC3s artwork had fur.

 

[kiphalfton]

Something like Ori, whatever you would call that art style.

 

[Krappadizzle]

 

[Trilobit]

Give Mr. Mushroom-lips some water!

Anyhoo I'd love a DKC remake with the classic CGI art style, I've felt disappointed in the Returns games' style so far.