Characters who look different in official or newer high res versions than you imagined?

Lightning Count · Oct 21, 2020

Let's face it on some 8-bit and 16-bit 2D games we have to fill in the blanks of what the character looks like due to sprite resolution limits.

So imagine for years you've had an idea in your head of what a character is meant to to look like, then a few years later, the developers shows a higher detail model in a next game or a high res piece of concert art and it's totally different to how you thought the character was meant to look.

That's what I want to talk about today.

Spudstercool · Oct 21, 2020

Not 2D->3D, but Guybrush Threepwood's new hand-drawn design in Curse of Monkey Island (Monkey Island 3) looked very different from how I imagined him.

Japanmanx3 · Oct 21, 2020

Agahnim from LttP still surprises people.

TheBaldwin · Oct 21, 2020

It's not 2d, but there are alot of characters from past GTA games that appear in GTA 5 at much higher resolution and they look very strange

Lightning Count · Oct 21, 2020

Lightning Count · Oct 21, 2020

TheBaldwin said:
It's not 2d, but there are alot of characters from past GTA games that appear in GTA 5 at much higher resolution and they look very strange

Low poly 3D, to high detail 3D is also perfectly valid for the purposes of this thread.

Rotobit · Oct 21, 2020

Green-haired Terra from Final Fantasy VI is the only Terra, though really outside of the enemies and character portraits I guess nothing in classic FF looks like the Amano artwork

Lightning Count · Oct 21, 2020

KernelC · Oct 21, 2020

Warrior of Light, Final Fantasy 1. Is there even a contest?

Lightning Count · Oct 21, 2020

KernelC said:
Warrior of Light, Final Fantasy 1. Is there even a contest?

Going from tiny 8-bit sprite to full on high polygon 3D model is a very extreme example, but yeah, I get it.

Ayirek · Oct 21, 2020

Lightning Count said:

I actually still can't unsee a weird version of Mothula from ALttP.

I always see the vertical bit under the eyes as a huge nose and the shadow separating its abdomen and thorax as a big doofy mouth. So I basically can't not see Mothula as a giant blue head with wings.

Nostremitus · Oct 21, 2020

Lightning Count said:

huh... Agahnim was a Sheika...

Gradon · Oct 21, 2020

Rotobit said:
Green-haired Terra from Final Fantasy VI is the only Terra, though really outside of the enemies and character portraits I guess nothing in classic FF looks like the Amano artwork

Amano drawing everyone as blonde really takes the personality out of the classic games art when they redraw them for Theatrhtyhm and Dissidia without green and purple hair.

At least Terra has her Green hair in Dissidia as an alt outfit. I think they recoloured Faris' hair to purple in Theatrythm Curtain Call, but not Terra?

Phellps · Oct 21, 2020

Kid with white hair:

Actually a hat:

And also, of course...

KernelC · Oct 21, 2020

Phellps said:
Kid with white hair:

Actually a hat:

One of the endless reasons why Pokemon ORAS is the worst 3D Pokemon game to date

maxxpower · Oct 21, 2020

Wow, I always thought the kid had white hair.

tatwo · Oct 21, 2020

Camisado · Oct 21, 2020

I can't find a good picture atm, but I always used to think Ruby in FFIX was wearing a big hat over blue hair. Rather than a blue hair tie holding her hair up.

Spring-Loaded · Oct 21, 2020

tangentially related, but the high quality audio from Star Fox 64 makes Falco and Slippy sound surprisingly different to me, considering it's still the same audio from the original game, just without compression/filters

demu · Oct 21, 2020

Camisado said:
I can't find a good picture atm, but I always used to think Ruby in FFIX was wearing a big hat over blue hair. Rather than a blue hair tie holding her hair up.

TIL

Dan Thunder · Oct 21, 2020

Spudstercool said:
Not 2D->3D, but Guybrush Threepwood's new hand-drawn design in Curse of Monkey Island (Monkey Island 3) looked very different from how I imagined him.

Literally the first thing that popped into my head. The voice too!

Niklel · Oct 21, 2020

Phellps said:
Kid with white hair:

Actually a hat:

Wooow.
In my headcanon it's his hair.

Zeroth · Oct 21, 2020

Koopa Troopa in Mario 64:

Koopa Troopa in future 3D games:

I always thought the upper part of their head was white, like a duck, and not that it's just their eyes.

Saikyo · Oct 21, 2020

Deleted member 75819 · Oct 21, 2020

Zeroth said:
Koopa Troopa in Mario 64:

Koopa Troopa in future 3D games:

I always thought the upper part of their mouth was white, like a duck, and not that it's just their eyes.

Oh GOD now I can't unsee what you said!

Jaded Alyx · Oct 21, 2020

Zeroth said:
Koopa Troopa in Mario 64:

Koopa Troopa in future 3D games:

I always thought the upper part of their head was white, like a duck, and not that it's just their eyes.

Was Mario 64 your first Mario?

Zeroth · Oct 21, 2020

Jaded Alyx said:
Was Mario 64 your first Mario?

I played Super Mario World before it, but I was really young and ended up playing Mario 64 far more

Jaded Alyx · Oct 21, 2020

Zeroth said:
I played Super Mario World before it, but I was really young and ended up playing Mario 64 far more

Ok, I understand.

Lightning Count · Oct 21, 2020

Keep it coming.

KDR_11k · Oct 21, 2020

Ayirek said:
I actually still can't unsee a weird version of Mothula from ALttP.

I always see the vertical bit under the eyes as a huge nose

It's a proboscis so practically a nose.

Garlador · Oct 21, 2020

Lightning Count · Oct 22, 2020

There is more out there.

Classy Tomato · Oct 22, 2020

Maybe not what OP wants, but as a kid, I thought Freya in FF9 is a one-eyed race like Cyclop. I mistook her nose for the upper part of her mouth. Simply to say, she creeped me out when I played the game for the first time lol

Raftina · Oct 22, 2020

Lightning Count said:

TIL about this weird alternate interpretation of Agahnim...

The sprite seemed a bit less monotonous and more practical looking. It's not a huge difference, but it's there.

HustleBun · Oct 22, 2020

Garlador said:

This is a character redesign from a completely different game released nearly a decade later.

I don't think the OP is looking for redesigns.

Curt Baboon · Oct 22, 2020

Zeroth said:
Koopa Troopa in Mario 64:

Koopa Troopa in future 3D games:

I always thought the upper part of their head was white, like a duck, and not that it's just their eyes.

Xadra · Oct 22, 2020

Phellps said:
Kid with white hair:

Actually a hat:

I don't remember when I realized it was a hat (animation, oficial art, ORAS), but looking at the sprite was nearly impossible (specially being a kid) to realize it wasn't his hair.

StrappingYoungLance · Oct 22, 2020

Zeroth said:
Koopa Troopa in Mario 64:

Koopa Troopa in future 3D games:

I always thought the upper part of their head was white, like a duck, and not that it's just their eyes.

I feel like these threads always have the same old contenders, but this is a new one and I totally see how you could come to that conclusion if SM64 was basically your first and you hadn't really seen Koopas in any promo art.

EvilBoris · Oct 22, 2020

Phellps said:
Kid with white hair:
Actually a hat:

And also, of course...

Gotta Twerk em all

pbayne · Oct 22, 2020

Classy Tomato said:
Maybe not what OP wants, but as a kid, I thought Freya in FF9 is a one-eyed race like Cyclop. I mistook her nose for the upper part of her mouth. Simply to say, she creeped me out when I played the game for the first time lol

Thats mine too
I remember being confused and thinking the hat was part of her face

King Kingo · Oct 22, 2020

Lightning Count said:
Going from tiny 8-bit sprite to full on high polygon 3D model is a very extreme example, but yeah, I get it.

He could have at least kept the red hair and armor set, these two look like different characters.

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