Is this the first time someone's reverted to a bad icon before? That's...very bizarre.How.. unfortunate.
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The Switch Icon Watch Thread [~] No Logo, No Buy
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Snake Pass was the thread starter, because it began day 1 with a good icon, then switched to an iOS style junk one.
If it wasn't for Snake Pass most of us likely wouldn't have even started noticing bad icons.
The Burnout Paradise Remastered icon is super sloppy.
Firstly it's quite low-res at actual size, but secondly it has something weird going on round the edges.
Take a look!
https://img-eshop.cdn.nintendo.net/...90655e4fe080df3268fc170fcf70ba05e35578294.jpg
Firstly it's quite low-res at actual size, but secondly it has something weird going on round the edges.
Take a look!
https://img-eshop.cdn.nintendo.net/...90655e4fe080df3268fc170fcf70ba05e35578294.jpg
On top of a sloppy icon, they are happily charging full price for the game too!
I know people are going to buy it, because it is/was a popular game, and Nintendo hasn't seen a Burnout game on any of their home consoles and handhelds since 'Burnout 2: Point of Impact' on the GameCube.
But it's probably going to sell well, and EA will continue to ignore the Switch in the long run...
Really? I think it's looking fine.
I'm more shocked that he has the white theme activated. My eyes...
The Eternal Castle [Remastered] game icon is on the weaker side.
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Chris Becker on Twitter
“Going for that Indie game vibe, but also Animal Crossing and trying to make it through Xenoblade 2 before 1 drops..hahaha not gonna happen. #NintendoSwitch”
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It's fine.Not quite the gorgeous key art for The Outer Worlds, but at least it's a title.
I picked Invisigun Reloaded and the icon is not the one on Showdown, they changed it for the better, basically removing those nonsense squares.
Meanwhile I've got a DL code for Lonely Mountains: Downhill and... Oooof
I wrote to them on Twitter and the publisher (Thunderful) told me they would send the feedback to devs. Yeah, I'm not holding my breath on this one
edit: wow Robin64, you were quick on Invisigun, weren't you? lol
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That's ... okay. Reaaally boring, though. Blandness 129%Not quite the gorgeous key art for The Outer Worlds, but at least it's a title.
bummer :(
Came here to post this :(
Wish I was still working next to these guys, I would've definitely passed on the message!
Update: feel free to tweet about the icon to the main guy in the studio.
Okay! I tweeted at him and will post if he gives any sort of update about it.
wait..so he already wrote back to me. He said just let him know what it needs and he'll add it to the to do list.
Tim Garbos on Twitter
“@SuperNintendad Rabbit hole. Let me know what the icon needs to be good and I’ll add it to our todo. I think it’s a quite a process to change logo, but I’ll look I to it”
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Yeah, he's a very nice dude!wait..so he already wrote back to me. He said just let him know what it needs and he'll add it to the to do list.
Tim Garbos on Twitter
“@SuperNintendad Rabbit hole. Let me know what the icon needs to be good and I’ll add it to our todo. I think it’s a quite a process to change logo, but I’ll look I to it”
Tell him all it needs is to take the website icon and use it straight.wait..so he already wrote back to me. He said just let him know what it needs and he'll add it to the to do list.
Tim Garbos on Twitter
“@SuperNintendad Rabbit hole. Let me know what the icon needs to be good and I’ll add it to our todo. I think it’s a quite a process to change logo, but I’ll look I to it”
We can now safely say Nintendo doesn't allow shitty icons (any icon without the title) on their website. You can be sure the website icon has art AND title pretty guaranteed.
Weird that it seems so hard to apply the same rule for the console UI itself.
yeesh that's kinda weak, no?
it's better than trying to squeeze the composition from the box into a square though I suppose
huh. That's way better, no?Unless they just did it with the website one
That looks miles better than the other one. Damn, missed opportunity.Unless they just did it with the website one
Props, Bethesda!So Elder Scrolls Blades is out today, finally, and the icon is the same one we saw at E3 last year, as expected.
Even worse, the title above the icon is just "Blades".
Journey to the Savage Planet:
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Chris Becker on Twitter
“Journey to the Savage Planet got the memo on Game icons. It's out now https://t.co/wB2yjjkqUJ”
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Journey to the Savage Planet:
Chris Becker on Twitter
“Journey to the Savage Planet got the memo on Game icons. It's out now https://t.co/wB2yjjkqUJ”
This icon looks freaking cool, I love it! Especially that sweet grunge texture on the edges, really nice and unique touch. 👌
So Elder Scrolls Blades is out today, finally, and the icon is the same one we saw at E3 last year, as expected.
Even worse, the title above the icon is just "Blades".
I don't normally like to say that game dev stuff is low-effort, but damn, that's low-effort. Not because of the minimal design, but because of the title. They're literally just treating it like it's the tiny icon on a phone screen, complete with truncated title.
Really living up the image of a deeply cynical product.
Journey to the Savage Planet:
Chris Becker on Twitter
“Journey to the Savage Planet got the memo on Game icons. It's out now https://t.co/wB2yjjkqUJ”
That's a good icon for sure. Well done to those involved.
I'm in a conundrum.
There are these games called Bleed 1 and Bleed 2. They are currently on sale for around $3.50 USD each. But they also sell a Bleed Complete Bundle which includes both games for $4.00 USD.
But the complete bundle is a single icon. See below.
And these are the individual icons:
Would you purchase them separately or the bundle?
There are these games called Bleed 1 and Bleed 2. They are currently on sale for around $3.50 USD each. But they also sell a Bleed Complete Bundle which includes both games for $4.00 USD.
But the complete bundle is a single icon. See below.
And these are the individual icons:
Would you purchase them separately or the bundle?
Well, that's not a huge price each, so if you like the icon individually, buying them both will also make more money for the dev.
I'd probably have said go for the Bundle if it was 20$, but for 3.50$, that's not a huge deal if you prefer to have individual icons.
I'd probably have said go for the Bundle if it was 20$, but for 3.50$, that's not a huge deal if you prefer to have individual icons.