Some of that has to do with the fact that games back then hired professional artists, many of whom who had often never worked on a game before - compared to today, when the only people making pixel art games are zero-budget indies often hiring literal teenagers with no professional art background at all.
But the biggest part is they are using "pixel art" as a crutch to make very lazy, no effort graphics. The same as "CalArts" is for cartoons, or the "tumblr nose" for webcomics.
There exists no reason other than pure incompetence (and I'm talking the lack of trying kind) to have characters with less detail than Mario whose entire game was 40KB.
This is probably one of the reasons people REALLY want to have hope for the TMNT-featured gaming stuff coming out. Classic April in that cartoon brawler, Classic April in that pixel beatemup.
Jesus fucking Christ, the classic Dark Queen was really fucking hot.
I remember seeing ads when that show first started airing. My first thought was wow this looks ugly and has a stupid premise, no way kids are going to watch this. Then a bunch illustration students were raving about it. And then it hit me Cartoon Network made this for them and not normal children.
Kids play pretend. They always play pretend to be the most bad ass guy back in the pre 2000s. Like xmen. Everyone wanted to be wolverine lol. No one wants to be some hipster fag or lesbo character.
Same reason why gaming sucks. Why the hell i wanna play as a fruity barista. I wanna play as a bad ass mofo or a sexy kick ass bitch. Someone i either wanna be or wanna be with.
As the saying goes.. girls want me. Guys want to be me. No girls want soy boys and no guys wanna be soy boys.
The gulf in skill level between the artists of each generation is astounding.
What do you expect from diversity-first hiring?
It's infuriating when people make Cal-Arts look good by comparison.
And that's not even just an SJW thing. Look at pixel games from back in the day and compare it to most pixel artists now.
Some of that has to do with the fact that games back then hired professional artists, many of whom who had often never worked on a game before - compared to today, when the only people making pixel art games are zero-budget indies often hiring literal teenagers with no professional art background at all.
But the biggest part is they are using "pixel art" as a crutch to make very lazy, no effort graphics. The same as "CalArts" is for cartoons, or the "tumblr nose" for webcomics.
There exists no reason other than pure incompetence (and I'm talking the lack of trying kind) to have characters with less detail than Mario whose entire game was 40KB.
Metal slug and other snk games still look amazing
Bottom left looks terrible IMO.
Remember
when you see a White character getting replaced by a Black character,
when you see a male character getting replaced by a female character,
when you see a female character's sexuality getting defeminized,
when you see a straight character getting replaced by a LGBTwhatever character,
that a group of anti-White anti-male satanic rootless cosmopolitans did this.
fuckin chicoms!
This is probably one of the reasons people REALLY want to have hope for the TMNT-featured gaming stuff coming out. Classic April in that cartoon brawler, Classic April in that pixel beatemup.
Jesus fucking Christ, the classic Dark Queen was really fucking hot.
I forgot April was so stacked.
Looking at the shoulders on nuApril, if you don't like the change, not only are you racist and sexist, but you're transphobic as well!
That, and the chocker necklace to hide an Adam's apple.
black women just naturally have high testosterone
There is a reason I won't play the new BattleToads game despite it being offered to me literally for free. And this is it.
It looks like a cheap flash game.
Take what you can. Give nothing back.
I played it and it's awful. Don't feel like you're missing out
Xbox gamepass presumably
Correct
First time I really saw this style was Steven Universe.
Damn that sucked.
I remember seeing ads when that show first started airing. My first thought was wow this looks ugly and has a stupid premise, no way kids are going to watch this. Then a bunch illustration students were raving about it. And then it hit me Cartoon Network made this for them and not normal children.
Also https://arch.b4k.co/v/thread/565588117/#565588117 (with Imp first to comment there too)
lmao he’s everywhere
They screwed up her fingers in some frames.
They destroy beauty.
She even has problem glasses.
It’s for the self insert artist to better see themselves
Modern western art is lazy and ugly... compare it with anime or asian cartoons, its clear.
I wish we still had cartoons that looked like those 80's action cartoons.
I had seen fanart that ported the original outfit to the new art style, so yeah it's safe to say this was politically motivated.
Interesting how they broke both of Napril's elbows.
Very ghetto.
How many dyslexics are in Hollywood, damn they can't figure out the word ginger.
I'm trying to figure out what emotion nu-April is trying to convey. Humber? Teluge?
Ah yes, the game with a diaper fetish
Wow, does that ever look like garbage.
Kids play pretend. They always play pretend to be the most bad ass guy back in the pre 2000s. Like xmen. Everyone wanted to be wolverine lol. No one wants to be some hipster fag or lesbo character.
Same reason why gaming sucks. Why the hell i wanna play as a fruity barista. I wanna play as a bad ass mofo or a sexy kick ass bitch. Someone i either wanna be or wanna be with.
As the saying goes.. girls want me. Guys want to be me. No girls want soy boys and no guys wanna be soy boys.