Chittagong
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compared to the crap mockup DS boxart in Gamestop, looks legit to me.
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Super Mario 64 DS boxart from Gamestop - real or not?
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compared to the crap mockup DS boxart in Gamestop, looks legit to me.
Spiritreaver
Member
jarrod said:
I agree, and this boxart looks really weird. The only thing keeping me from thinking it's a mockup is that character art. I've never seen it before, not those particular shots of them anyways.
Chittagong
Gold Member
The fact that this boxart, if real, surfaces now suggests that Nintendo has sent final assets of launch titles to their partners.
My other bets for the launch lineup were Animal Crossing DS and Wario Ware DS, so let's hope some online stores forget to read the Oct 7th disclaimer coming with the image files and posts the boxart for those early.
My other bets for the launch lineup were Animal Crossing DS and Wario Ware DS, so let's hope some online stores forget to read the Oct 7th disclaimer coming with the image files and posts the boxart for those early.
Chittagong
Gold Member
Memles said:
you are right. mock-up?
Mama Smurf
My penis is still intact.
Looks a bit empty...but like someone said, I've never seen that artwork before, so they've got it from somewhere.
Chittagong
Gold Member
Looking more closely, that DS boxart is using the wooden version of the Super Mario 64 logo, but with a new blueish tint in the upper letters and 64 reduced in size.
Chibbi Brady
Member
Not bad I guess. Would prefer the 64x4 under the Super Mario, it also sounded a lot better than Super Mario 64 DS.
Mama Smurf
My penis is still intact.
ManaByte said:
He's right about the lack of texture filtering, but other parts of it have been improved. Ploygon counts seem to be up, and textures are better...even if they're not filtered.
Mama Smurf
My penis is still intact.
Yeah, it got a bit stupid really, but basically it looks better than a PSX game. As to whether it looks better than the N64 game or not...well, that really depends what you're after.
Some people can't see past the texture filtering (I don't know if I can or not yet, need to see the game in front of me on a DS), but if you can then you get increased polygon levels, better textures, more characters on screen and a higher framerate.
But no analogue stick, which is the REAL problem.
Some people can't see past the texture filtering (I don't know if I can or not yet, need to see the game in front of me on a DS), but if you can then you get increased polygon levels, better textures, more characters on screen and a higher framerate.
But no analogue stick, which is the REAL problem.
Jade Knight 08
Member
Looks legit to me. And i wonder what format will the game be in? GBA cartridge or some type of sd card .... whatever it's called. 
Mama Smurf
My penis is still intact.
We've already seen the DS media, it'll be on one of those.
Spiritreaver
Member
jarrod said:Here's a Floating Runner screen for reference...
...in it's mostly flat shaded glory, it ran at a brisk 30 fps. Came out a good 6 months before Mario 64 as well.
Yep! Pretty much on par with DS quality! *rolls his eyes* Maybe people just have a very weak memory.
Worst character design ever. Which is pretty fucked up, given that the Jim Henson Company worked on the game.Sho Nuff said:
Who remembers this? Oh yes. 60fps at high res on the PSX...
...until an enemy appeared on the screen or you shot your gun, making a transparency effect.
Holy crap Rascal was awful.
FoneBone said:
It's hilarious. I was visiting Traveler's Tales at the time and they showed us the design, and were ADAMANT that it was NOT final AT ALL and was 100% placeholder. And, uh, that's what wound up in the game.
I dunno, maybe they would have done a better job if Rascal was a Muppet or something.
Hahah, they also told us that the game would be 60fps with no slowdown. Ahh...
I looks like a placeholder/mock-up. Nintendo's covers are usually "busier" than that. This one looks like the background hasn't been finished.
Look at the Mario Power Tennis cover:
Regardless if you like this cover or not, the SM64DS cover looks empty in comparison.
I expect the final cover to look very similar to what we see now, but most likely something being in the background; have something behind Wario to look at and maybe a coin or mushroom for Luigi to be picking up. Flush out the logo design a bit better, too.
Look at the Mario Power Tennis cover:
Regardless if you like this cover or not, the SM64DS cover looks empty in comparison.
I expect the final cover to look very similar to what we see now, but most likely something being in the background; have something behind Wario to look at and maybe a coin or mushroom for Luigi to be picking up. Flush out the logo design a bit better, too.
Kobun Heat
Member
What should really raise eyebrows is the artwork ON the box. I fully allow for the possibility that the box isn't final or was mocked up by Gamestop, but they clearly had assets from Nintendo that haven't been released into the wild yet.
DIrtyWeasel
Member
Maybe because Super Mario 64 was also on N64?...
I'm sure DS games will have the "Only for" tag, the box art just isn't complete yet. It doesn't even have the gold Nintendo Seal of Quality on it either.
I'm sure DS games will have the "Only for" tag, the box art just isn't complete yet. It doesn't even have the gold Nintendo Seal of Quality on it either.
