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The Switch Icon Watch Thread: Because your home menu deserves the very BEST
- Thread starter Neiteio
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who doesn't want that handsome man greeting them every time they boot up their switchWow, uh. So here's the direct link to Beat Rush's icon. As well as being title-less (booo) it's also crazily artifacted. What the heck?
https://img-eshop.cdn.nintendo.net/...914bda85d8fc236f09bfa6e17153d4f77a213f0d5.jpg
Okay, are devs deliberately taking the piss now? Below are icons for Star Story: The Horizon Escape. On the left, the nice icon on the Nintendo UK website. On the right, its game icon you'll see on the Switch.
good luck, you'd have to ask Nintendo anyway (pub & localizer). that icon will not change.
Oh god, look at this. The icon for The VideoKid (a PaperBoy clone, but you skateboard)
That pixel art isn't even the actual style of the game!
Maybe chosen because they wanted to rip off Back to the Future but have it blurry enough not to get sued? That is clearly Marty McFly.
not sure why people are surprised, it comes from the people who put these out:
sure, there is one piece of character art but you do see that they love their white text on black backgrounds.
sure, there is one piece of character art but you do see that they love their white text on black backgrounds.
Given how much more Octopath Traveler sold than expected, maybe we'll get the eight travelers as avatars and a new icon. Heck, maybe Ninty will see this thread and realize they can monetize icons as part of their overall theme offerings down the road. I would pay five dollars for a new icon.
Asking to pay for an icon? Good God. As a consumer you shouldn't be asking to pay for stuff. The moment you give publisher's an inch they'll take a mile.
So, Sonic Mania has been updated with the Plus DLC, but it's the same sodding icon. D-leeeeet!
Heh. I am willing to pay for video games of quality. The same should apply to icons, should it not? Now if there were lootboxes involved I would be out...
Asking to pay for an icon? Good God. As a consumer you shouldn't be asking to pay for stuff. The moment you give publisher's an inch they'll take a mile.
how disappointing. this literally could have convinced me to buy the DLC. (yes I know how crazy that sounds.)
that's not good. monetizing on something so simple... perhaps we're too deep into this icon thing.
As feared and expected. I was ready to double-dip on Switch if changed, but I'll just update the PS4 version instead.
Well damn, I thought I heard it was different in Japan, my bad.
Icons are an aesthetic thing, people. No one is pulling their hair out about icons, it's just a matter of appreciation for design.
I mean design by nature is more than aesthetic. The major distinction between art and design is that the latter fulfills a purpose and can be measured against that whereas the former is completely subjective. I agree that no one is tearing their hair out though. It's just a matter of whether you personally are aware of, or care about, the design side of them.
Edit: To clarify I mean that the icons on the Switch can be measured against their purpose. So to that extent the design is more than just aesthetic.
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My bad, I was keeping an eye on this thread yesterday but didn't see any talk of it and forgot to search today.
After I had my fill with Human Resource Machine and Arcade Archives Mario Bros. I deleted both of them because the icons were so ugly.
I so desperately wish they would update the OT icon. I love the game so much and it's the only game as of now I can tolerate keeping on my Switch despite the fact that the icon is ass.
I fully realize how I sound.
I so desperately wish they would update the OT icon. I love the game so much and it's the only game as of now I can tolerate keeping on my Switch despite the fact that the icon is ass.
I fully realize how I sound.
I don't think we catalogued the SECOND update to the Slime-San icon in here.
This should be the final one, for the "Superslime Edition" which will also be its retail release-title.
This should be the final one, for the "Superslime Edition" which will also be its retail release-title.
You started this and now people want to pay real money for icons! You doomed us all!
I hate this icon. The original one was best, and the last one was a close second. This yellow one though? Deeeeelete!I don't think we catalogued the SECOND update to the Slime-San icon in here.
This should be the final one, for the "Superslime Edition" which will also be its retail release-title.
Really?! Just because of an icon?
Edit: Not trolling and only read this back page, just intrigued as to why a game icon would be so important over other factors such as system, gameplay, portability, etc.
Agreed, to an extent. It's just what you said though...obsession. For some folks it's far from "enthusiasm" and more like obsession. Totally a fair shake for others to opine their thoughts on the hilarity of the subject.
You seem so disappointed that I choose not to buy the same game twice for reasons of my own volition. Apologies for that I guess.
There's no disappointment, as stated I was just trying to understand why a mere digital icon would be a prevailing factor in a game purchasing decision over (seemingly) much more important things such as gameplay, graphics and the like?
First of all, don't conflate the issue. Those factors you mention did play a role in my purchase decision....a year ago when the game first launched.
I obviously enjoy the game enough to have even considered double-dipping(as my original post you quoted inferred), and a potential icon update was a unique incentive that helped me validate weighing a repurchase. When that incentive was removed, my demand to double-dip did lose appeal.
So yes, I placed more importance on a piece of homescreen art over other unique Switch incentives such as portability(which I don't use) or the ability to play this game I enjoy on two different devices I own. As I very clearly originally stated, I'll happily stick to my PS4 copy and save the $25 for other means. If that seems strange or bothers you, maybe now you can explain to me why it does so?
https://www.resetera.com/posts/9715520/
should be in the OP but Neiteio violently refuses to update it :)
Getting overly defensive over a non-issue there. Again, as stated, my initial post wasn't to troll but understand, and unfortunately it's doubtful that I ever will.
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