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The Switch Icon Watch Thread [~] No Logo, No Buy
- Thread starter Kyuuji
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I played a bit of Wii U games a few days ago, and was shocked to see all those icons without a title.
Unless I'm unlucky and somehow got most of them, it seems it was actually a trend at the time. Even Smash or New Mario Bros U don't have their title.
Now I feel bad that I didn't even care at the time, but man it's really awful and Switch is a bless by comparison.
VC games' icons are pretty great though.
Unless I'm unlucky and somehow got most of them, it seems it was actually a trend at the time. Even Smash or New Mario Bros U don't have their title.
Now I feel bad that I didn't even care at the time, but man it's really awful and Switch is a bless by comparison.
VC games' icons are pretty great though.
Boom!
Oh wow I did not expect this change. Definitely an upgrade.
Sonic Mania is next, right..?
Nice! Still waiting on a sale but definitely picking this up now.
Boom!
I hope I'm wrong but it feels like the ship has sailed on that one. :(
titles and icons like these here make absolutely no sense for Wii U (or 3DS). They worked fine as they were.
They obviously do on 3DS and couldn't be that much different anyway, mostly because of the 240p screen limitation.
I don't really agree for Wii U though; of course it's a different case where icons are a bit smaller than on Switch, but it still makes them look like mobile apps and not look good. It's even more disturbing when VC icons are displayed next to them with their title included.
I have to say that, even though I know this worked on the Wii U, I shuddered just imagining a Switch menu with these icons.This shit was beautiful :p
Right in da feelz. So good. Weird I won't accept it on Switch though. Probably the consistency.This shit was beautiful :p
It's the size and framing/presentation. Switch is like a wall of posters. Wii U's and 3DS' menu is like cells/buttons to press on, designed to be touched. Hence the mobile-device-like icons and their glass bubble frames feeling more natural and perfectly fine.
I think that is indeed the perfect summary and explanation for it. Size.
I agree, its the size first and then lack of consistency. Wii U was putting 15 icons on the screen, Switch puts 4. The tiles are much bigger on the Switch, so the simple images and no titles don't look nearly as good.
I think the issue is that some developers treat Nintendo's tiles like they are for a phone or other display that lists tons of icons (and where the title is underneath the tile).
I think the issue is that some developers treat Nintendo's tiles like they are for a phone or other display that lists tons of icons (and where the title is underneath the tile).
Rejoice! Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled has a new icon!
https://old.reddit.com/r/NintendoSw...h_team_racing_nitrofueled_received_an_update/
Is this still true? I've been seeing conflicting reports.
That there's a new icon? I can confirm it changed for me after the latest update/patch (previously the icon was different for me when I had the 1.0 version of the game--had gotten the game early, before the devs cranked out patches).
Pretty cool to see some massive shake-ups in the 2019 top 10 at Robin's site. Collection of Mana taking first place, DQ Builders 2 in second, Devil Engine jumping to 5th, Cinders and The Red Strings Club entering the top 10 too (two beautiful icons btw).
I have now put my WorldEnd Syndrome cartridge in the Switch and...
Well, now I understand what having such a bad icon in the home of the Switch means...
Even worse that, once again, websites use a far better alternative that someone at the company had to make and submit but decided not to use as the Switch's icon.
I have now put my WorldEnd Syndrome cartridge in the Switch and...
Well, now I understand what having such a bad icon in the home of the Switch means...
I have tweeted them two or three times to change it but they don't have interest.
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Even worse that, once again, websites use a far better alternative that someone at the company had to make and submit but decided not to use as the Switch's icon.
Frustrating every time.
The fact that they have another image ready - and perfect - to be the Switch icon is even worse. I just suppose at this point that there are some wrong/difficult-to-understand guidelines about how submitting the icons, since the best images are uploaded on the games websites.Even worse that, once again, websites use a far better alternative that someone at the company had to make and submit but decided not to use as the Switch's icon.
I tried searching for WorldEnd Syndrome on Google images to see if I could find out what the icon for it actually is, but nothing seems to show it all. Wanted to see if it was part of a bigger picture or something. Does it show up in-game?
I guess is the logo of Zettai Zatsumei Panda, an idol group from the game. But I haven't seen the logo itself in-game.
So did they decide to put a symbol which does not appear in game as the icon, even though it isn't so representative of the game?
I'm not that far in the game, so maybe it's showed later and the group gets more relevant.
Oh man I've been waiting on '2' to come out forever, hope it builds on the themes of '1'...- No Logo
(Jokes aside I know the previous game in the series had nothing at all on its icon, baby steps? Maybe the third will have one word.)
So I'm not really a regular to this thread, but I do look in on it from time to time, and... the number of times there's been a garbage icon on the Switch while a really high-quality icon exists elsewhere really makes me wonder if there's some sort of submission problem and that it's not just devs uploading a lazy icon. Has this been addressed before?
Does anyone have the original West of Loathing icon in good quality? Never documented it.
Took a while to search for the right thing, but eventually I found a 512x512 version:
I think the main misunderstanding is that Nintendo named them icons. When you think about icons, you think about the typical icons of windows desktop or smartphones.
A name like game art or cover art, surely it would make understand better to some developers which image to choose.
Badass, thanks man!
Only thing I've seen is this.
But generally, if the icon doesn't then change afterwards, then I would say that there was no mistake and it's the one they wanted up there.
But the devs know what the system UI looks like and what icon is being displayed on their devkit unit which uses the exact same home menu UI. I see no world in which they're confused about this. :(
I think many developers choose the first icon that they find of other versions and don't change it anymore. Even if it looks like a turd on big screen.
This happens mainly with late ports. (And Sonic Mania)