Vicious Sal Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 When I saw the direct, I was pleasantly surprised. I had a lot of fun playing Gaiden and this will be a great game to play. What got me really hyped was the artstyle. I've always been a fan of th Radiant Dawn artstyle, since it's more subtle with it's colours and is a bit more realistic. It's not that I dislike awakening and Fates for the artstyle, they were very well done and did fit in with how the general popular artstyle was at that point. I'm just glad to see a less "anime" (Very broad term, but I can't get a better word for it atm) style and something that's just a bit more life like. Thought and opinions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azure_Shadow Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 I heavily enjoy the art style displayed in the new game. I think it's a nice mixture of old and new, fitting for a title such as Echoes. Many of the characters shown look great, I think the new more realistic style will be welcome. Though this does leave me curious as to how Valbo will look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azz Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 I love it personally. It's also nice to see some of the artists other work. Her name is Hidari and she worked on the Atelier series, which has beautiful art, so I can't wait to see more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The DanMan Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 It definitely feels like much more of a natural evolution the series' art compared to the Kusakihira/Kozaki swerve that's the art of Awakening/Fates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CappnRob Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 The real question is if Deen's crewmullet will survive the new and improved artwork :V Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solrocknroll Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 (edited) 3 minutes ago, The DanMan said: It definitely feels like much more of a natural evolution the series' art compared to the Kusakihira/Kozaki swerve that's the art of Awakening/Fates. Please, Kozaki's changes weren't that drastic. Are we really engaging in revisionism already? Smash Bros especially shows that Robin/Lucina/Corrin look perfectly fine next to the older character. Stop exaggerating. As a whole, I loved Kozaki's art, but this looks especially good. Definitely the best in the series in my eyes. Edited January 19, 2017 by Freyjadour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Book Bro Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Love it. It feels like classic FE without feeling outdated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Limstella Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 I think it's perfect for this game. I hope we can get some cipher art from Hidari (if there isn't some already). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexArtsHere Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 You know, I really loved Kozaki's art, but I feel like everything about this is just...better. The more subdued colours, the more distinctive faces. Maybe I'm just excited because it's a new Fire Emblem game with a new artstyle, but I'm worried I'll be disappointed if/when we go back to Kozaki art. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChibiToastExplosion Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 One of the things that made me really enjoy SD was the portrait artwork for all of the characters - I thought they were really well done (battle sprites are another story). Echoes portrait feels like a more vibrant update of that classic new artsyle, and I'm absolutely loving it. It's anime still, but it feels a lot less bubblegummy if that makes any sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The DanMan Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Freyjadour said: Please, Kozaki's changes weren't that drastic. Are we really engaging in revisionism already? Smash Bros especially shows that Robin/Lucina/Corrin look perfectly fine next to the older character. Stop exaggerating. As a whole, I loved Kozaki's art, but this looks especially good. Definitely the best in the series in my eyes. Please don't be so patronizing; while I didn't dislike Awakening and Fates' art as much as others, I like this art style and direction much better. And they definitely look out of place in Smash if you take a little time and actually look at them; Robin has two belts and a weird skirt thing, and Lucina and Corrin appear to be wearing armored onesies. Chrom's design is highly asymmetrical and goes fairly overboard with belt buckles (two for his cape, four for his left boot in the back)- in general, I think Chrom's design is a massive outlier among both old and new. Roy also stands-out somewhat, thanks to the new design, but at least looks slightly more in-line with Marth and Ike. Edited January 19, 2017 by The DanMan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BalancedPro Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 (edited) So this is not the same artist who did awakening and Fates? Cool. I wonder how long IS will keep her. Didn't kozaki do the character design for the main characters in heroes? Edited January 19, 2017 by Balanced Ace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magical Glace Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 I love it. The portraits and designs we've seen look great. Also what appears to be an animation of Alm fighting Rudolf is pretty cool too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The DanMan Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 2 minutes ago, Balanced Ace said: So this is not the same artist who did awakening and Fates? Cool. I wonder how long IS will keep her. Didn't kozaki do the character design for the main characters in heroes? Kozaki doesn't do character design; Kusakihira does design and direction, Kozaki draws the art. Heroes' characters have both their hallmarks all over it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CooledEvergreen Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 From what I've seen of it, I'm a big fan of. For lack of a better word, I like the more water-color style to it, and the animations look very nice as well. The sprites were nice as well, they felt distinct from the other 3DS games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
De Geso Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Not even close in terms of how much better it looks than older styles. Fates and Awakening looked good, too, but this is far better imo - better use of color, less extravagant clothing in general, and just easier on the eyes as a whole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tactician Robin Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 (edited) As a newer fan myself, I actually like the softer palettes and older feels of Echoes. As someone stated above, yes it truly is a mix between new and old. I feel the art helps to bring newer fans slowly into the older games, as I really wanted to see some of the original games myself. I personally really like the newer, anime-ish style, but the FE characters don't feel out of place with one another. Yes, Robin, Lucina, and Corrin had extra bells and whistles in Smash, but nothing super crazy to make them stick out like sore thumbs compared to Ike and Marth, who also got design updates for Smash 4. The newer style is more flashy for sure, but art evolves with time. But that's just my two cents. I respect if you downright hate the newer FE artstyle. Edited January 19, 2017 by Tactician Robin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BalancedPro Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 3 minutes ago, The DanMan said: Kozaki doesn't do character design; Kusakihira does design and direction, Kozaki draws the art. Heroes' characters have both their hallmarks all over it. I see. Thanks. So has Kusakihira always done the designs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobbieRotten Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Less anime hot topic more classic fantasy A+ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secondworld Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 I absolutely love the art direction of this game, and what little we saw of the animated cutscenes looked really good as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solrocknroll Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 3 minutes ago, RobbieRotten said: Less anime hot topic more classic fantasy A+ And what exactly is "anime hot topic?" Is that just any anime-esque style you don't like? What do you think about Xenoblade and Kid Icarus? Are those also Hot Topic level? Or are you just someone who thinks that all anime is the same? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raumata Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 I love how pleasant the art looks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobbieRotten Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 2 minutes ago, Freyjadour said: And what exactly is "anime hot topic?" Is that just any anime-esque style you don't like? What do you think about Xenoblade and Kid Icarus? Are those also Hot Topic level? Or are you just someone who thinks that all anime is the same? I just thought fates characters were a bit over designed, so I'm glad to see them toning it down a bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KawaiiPersona Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 The art looks cool I like that mage dude; but I do prefer the map sprites of fate and awakening better than then these map sprites. Do you guys think this artist is going to come back for the switch version? (I know a lot of you will prefer them over kozaki) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azure Sen Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 I love Hidari's work on the character art. Celica in particular looks leagues better than both her original Gaiden designs and her Awakening designs (not that it's harder to look better than the latter, mind you); she actually looks like I'd imagine a devout, regal priestess to look like. Not to say that the rest we've seen so far aren't fantastic, because they are, but Celica's is my clear favorite. The cutscenes look really nice too; the animation's very detailed and fluid. Can't wait to see more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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