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[–] 4 points 5 hours ago (1 child)

I know I'm preaching to the choir here, but I do not care for the design the characters in this remake. Feel like this is the only place I've seen that has any pushback against it at all. It just doesn't seem right? Like it's better than trying for "hyper-realistic" or whatever, but it only feels like they gave up halfway on the aesthetic.

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  • [–] 9 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

    I genuinely can't tell if the art for this remake is done with genAI or not. It has that uncanny vibe and excessive detail for no reason but no obvious tells that I can see.

    I'm not interested in playing it either way, it just does my head in.

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  • [–] 4 points 9 hours ago

    While I don't think these designs are, they absolutely have that look to them so I wouldn't be surprised if they came from AI concept art. Nintendo's development is very closed-doors and I have zero doubt that they're heavily using genAI in their pipelines these days.

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  • [–] 11 points 14 hours ago (1 child)

    this is the actual design, but a lot of people have said it reminds them of genai and i think it's because of the excessive detail. it's supposed to resemble a puppet (which is why the threads are huge - normal cloth on a small doll) but it's uncanny in the worst way.

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  • [–] 22 points 17 hours ago (8 children)

    hate hate hate hate they look like plastic and not in the charming old school 3d way but as if they intentionally said "lets make extremely high quality 3d models of plastic dolls" hate hate hate

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  • [–] 8 points 17 hours ago (5 children)

    They're supposed to look like puppets I guess?

    I don't like it either, but it probably really hits for people who grew up watching puppet dramas.

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  • [–] 11 points 15 hours ago* (2 children)

    I hate this because it's like who played OOT and thought it was missing a doll aesthetic? And why can't they just make a new Zelda with a doll aesthetic where the mechanics et al. might be better harmonized with it? Why ram it into an otherwise bland remake? Windwaker HD all over again.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 hours ago (1 child)

    It's such a bizarre idea. Like why not use that aesthetic for a new game entirely? The Link's Awakening remake had the same issue, though it wasn't as obnoxiously ugly and actually had some charm to it - why are these remakes going for entirely different styles than their originals, instead of aiming to something closer to the original concept art?

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  • [–] 15 points 17 hours ago

    this remake has too many polygons. apologize.

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  • [–] 10 points 17 hours ago

    Don't talk to me or my son ever again

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  • [–] 9 points 17 hours ago

    No I don't have any games on my phone.

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  • [–] 7 points 17 hours ago

    Sorry, I had graham plattners. All out now though xi-reactionary-spotted

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  • [–] 5 points 16 hours ago

    Small adult Link

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