The Switch Icon Watch Thread [~] No Logo, No Buy

[Robin64]

I was super worried that Ghostbusters would just be the iconic logo with no text, because if there's one game people think you could get away with that for, it would be Ghostbusters. But happy to say, it's exactly what I wanted!

Meanwhile, Sniper Elite 3 fails.

 

[Erynder Li]

Uh oh...

https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/the-witcher-3-wild-hunt-complete-edition-switch/

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Oh please don't tell me that's the icon.

 

[Robin64]

Oh please don't tell me that's the icon.

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Edit: See below for confirmed icon.

 

[hot air balloons]

It's not. It's likely to be this one, but nothing is confirmed yet.

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The game is up for pre-purchase in America. I tried finding a screenshot of the icon on Twitter, but no luck.

 

[Garf107]

It's not. It's likely to be this one, but nothing is confirmed yet.

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Or they could do a Skyrim and do something like this :

PS : I like the EU BotW icon/cover, fight me!

 

[Deleted member 10737]

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...this is just tragic. it's like a PC game icon on your desktop with plain white background.

 

[Robin64]

The game is up for pre-purchase in America. I tried finding a screenshot of the icon on Twitter, but no luck.

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As soon as Nintendo update this page, then, we can grab it.

Nabbed over 15 upcoming icons this morning, not gonna post them all, but they are here as always.

Edit: Got it. This is Witcher III's icon.

 

[hot air balloons]

As soon as Nintendo update this page, then, we can grab it.

Nabbed over 15 upcoming icons this morning, not gonna post them all, but they are here as always.

Edit: Got it. This is Witcher III's icon.

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Phew! Thanks!!

 

[SirNinja]

Sniper Elite 3 fails.

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Okay this is the worst one I've seen so far. This is "we went out of our way to make this look like a stereotypically-awful icon" bad. The faux-iPad gloss in particular has me in stitches.

Literally all they had to do was image-search their own damn game's cover to find a perfect icon already made for them. Here's one from a random keys site:

 

[Tunesmith]

Meanwhile, Sniper Elite 3 fails.

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On that note, no Sniper V2 Remastered on your site?

 

[Robin64]

On that note, no Sniper V2 Remastered on your site?

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Well spotted. Fixed!

 

[Robin64]

 

[Deleted member 3017]

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Great, they seem open to changing it. Makes me happy.

Also, that Witcher 3 icon has put me over the edge. I'll be picking it up. It seems like a great port + the great icon = my wallet is open

 

[Robin64]

US/European icon:

Japanese icon:

Finally a reason to update this page again!

 

[Phoenom]

Both are great but the US/EU icon wins for me. Can't wait until it releases!

 

[Antony]

It's decent but I've really become smitten with the website art which would've become one of my favourite icons :(

 

[Linde]

It's decent but I've really become smitten with the website art which would've become one of my favourite icons :(

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yeah I don't hate what we got, but this is absolutely gorgeous

 

[Jessie]

Do you think we can lobby Bamco to fix Digimon's icon? I really want to buy it, but my library is 100% good icons and I don't want to ruin it now.

 

[Robin64]

Do you think we can lobby Bamco to fix Digimon's icon? I really want to buy it, but my library is 100% good icons and I don't want to ruin it now.

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They might be too "big" to listen or care, sadly. Still, reach out on Twitter, see if you get a response.

 

[MatrixMan.exe]

US/European icon:

Japanese icon:

Finally a reason to update this page again!

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Both are better than the awful one the PS4 version got. One of my favourite games of the past 5 years but an absolute eyesore in my XMB.

 

[BigHatPaul]

Okay this is the worst one I've seen so far. This is "we went out of our way to make this look like a stereotypically-awful icon" bad. The faux-iPad gloss in particular has me in stitches.

Literally all they had to do was image-search their own damn game's cover to find a perfect icon already made for them. Here's one from a random keys site:

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This would have been SO much better.

 

[V_Ben]

Okay this is the worst one I've seen so far. This is "we went out of our way to make this look like a stereotypically-awful icon" bad. The faux-iPad gloss in particular has me in stitches.

Literally all they had to do was image-search their own damn game's cover to find a perfect icon already made for them. Here's one from a random keys site:

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Hello! That icon is only for the unpatched physical version of the game - the digital and patched versions have an updated icon that is more in-line with the box art - I just checked :)

 

[Robin64]

Hello! That icon is only for the unpatched physical version of the game - the digital and patched versions have an updated icon that is more in-line with the box art - I just checked :)

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That's great to know! It's not yet on Nintendo's CDN, but we'll keep an eye out for it.
(Sniper Elite V3 has an NSUID of 70010000012327 and title ID of 010075a00ba14000 which points to this URL for its icon data currently)


Also, we're back to the white stylings for Final Fantasy VIII.

 

[Antony]

VII - VIII Remastered - IX

At risk of being too picky for even this thread... it's kind of annoying that 'Remastered' is part of VIII's title.

 

[Robin64]

:D

 

[Phoenom]

:D

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Tell me of 5 years ago that this would happen on a Nintendo machine and I wouldn't have believed you. :P

 

[olobolger]

Hello! That icon is only for the unpatched physical version of the game - the digital and patched versions have an updated icon that is more in-line with the box art - I just checked :)

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Thanks for chiming in... But for people that like preservation this is equally sad :(

Yeah, I know I know, it's the current situation everywhere with retail games being unfinished/broken on all platforms, but it's simply sad.

 

[Robin64]

White background for Mario and Sonic. Can't decide if I like it or not.

 

[EvilChameleon]

We got an icon for Wilmot's Warehouse?

 

[Robin64]

We got an icon for Wilmot's Warehouse?

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[Deleted member 3017]

:D

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It's.....beautiful

 

[SirNinja]

Hello! That icon is only for the unpatched physical version of the game - the digital and patched versions have an updated icon that is more in-line with the box art - I just checked :)

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Much appreciated! I'm a stickler for this sort of thing, so it's good to know it's being updated.

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It's still surreal as hell to see this lineup on a Nintendo console. I love it :D

 

[Antony]

:D

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Thanks, I hate it.
Hahaha I legit was going to ask you if you could make this exact mock-up but thought it was going too far!
This deeply unsettles me... but man having all of these together is beautiful.
(I now notice the title for 9 is higher than 7 & 8 ahhhh 🤪)

 

[Robin64]

Thanks, I hate it.
Hahaha I legit was going to ask you if you could make this exact mock-up but thought it was going too far!
(I now notice the title for 9 is higher than 7 & 8 ahhhh 🤪)

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If you ever want to make your own mockup, use this page: http://www.switchiconshowdown.com/switchui/

It's a bit beta at the moment, so you need to know the icon IDs and put them in manually, but eventually I intend to spruce up the page and have the games selected via drop-down.

(Once done you have to copy the image and upload to imgur, you can't direct link to it)

 

[hrœrekr]

:D

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Wish I could manually organize my icons in the home screen instead of sorted by most recently played.

 

[Antony]

If you ever want to make your own mockup, use this page: http://www.switchiconshowdown.com/switchui/

It's a bit beta at the moment, so you need to know the icon IDs and put them in manually, but eventually I intend to spruce up the page and have the games selected via drop-down.

(Once done you have to copy the image and upload to imgur, you can't direct link to it)

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Ooh this could be... dangerous!

You better review well Daemon X Machina because you are asking a LOT of me!

(Amazing work as always, thanks so much yet again for the site and all the work)

 

[Robin64]

Shaking my head when even a publisher of a game links to the Nintendo.com orange border icon and incorrectly tells people it's the icon on Switch.



Also, DC Universe Online just updated from the left to the right.

 

[Barn]

Huh. Strange update for DC. I think I like the old one, but neither is bad.

Is this the correct Superbeat Xonic icon?

It's on sale for $0.89 and I was thinking of picking it up. But for some reason, the icon matters much more at $0.89.

 

[SirNinja]

Huh. Strange update for DC. I think I like the old one, but neither is bad.

Is this the correct Superbeat Xonic icon?

It's on sale for $0.89 and I was thinking of picking it up. But for some reason, the icon matters much more at $0.89.

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That's the correct one, yes.

 

[Barn]

That's the correct one, yes.

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Thank you. I just used some gold coins and am downloading now -- I think I can live with that icon for the price of free.

 

[mute]

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[Wander_]

because switch can't run current gen games.

 

[Jessie]

:D

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They look great all together like that.

But we need 1 through 6 and 13. Then that's the whole series, barring the MMOs.

 

[Neiteio]

They look great all together like that.

But we need 1 through 6 and 13. Then that's the whole series, barring the MMOs.

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My favorite is XV (the real one). Hopefully that gets ported someday.

 

[TheMoon]

Do you think we can lobby Bamco to fix Digimon's icon? I really want to buy it, but my library is 100% good icons and I don't want to ruin it now.

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Bamco never fixes things.

Hello! That icon is only for the unpatched physical version of the game - the digital and patched versions have an updated icon that is more in-line with the box art - I just checked :)

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Nice, this is how it should be, companies actually paying attention to stuff like this :)

 

[tolkir]

Icons of the week

- Japan

- No Logo

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[Antony]

Icons of the week

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So close to an all-Logo week :'(

 

[Linde]

i Love the Sega ages icons

 

[Neiteio]

When do you think the icons for Blasphemous and River City Girls will go up?

 

[Robin64]

When do you think the icons for Blasphemous and River City Girls will go up?

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I wouldn't expect River City Girls to be up until the last minute. Blasphemous is up though.