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this particular font that nintendo is obsessed with (the one from the screenshot editor, etc) bugs the shit out of me because i first really saw it used in the PSP days and it just feels like the most blocky, boring font
Yeah that's what's bothering me too, the remake looks great in the other areas but the HUD looks a lot like the same kind of placeholder-ass generic UI as all the other Mario spinoffs on Switch
Like it's not a dealbreaker or anything but man I miss when Mario games (especially its spinoffs) had nice-looking UIs with a lot of personality
it really feels like they finally sat down and wrote some "this is how everything should look, period" guide and are following it to the letter, rather than just kind of going with something interesting that still works
They'd have to change the main mechanic of a boss battle if they decided to get rid of it.
i assume the ABXY is going away in place of the switch diamond dots, which are similar enough but loses personality
"Can we keep some of the personality of the original?"
"That would complicate localization and violate branding guidelines."
"Ah, well, nevertheless,"
ahhhh yeah, that is a really good point
we're honestly surprised it's getting made at all. Nintendo had a falling-out with the studio that made the SNES version, and didn't own the new characters and stuff, hence why they had to start over with Paper Mario.
Wasn't the studio Square? They're on much better terms these days than they were in the N64 era. Hell, they have been for quite a long time at this point.
(we only had a vague memory of having looked into this, like, ten years ago or so. we'd forgotten most of the details)
so many first-party nintendo games feel like they all use the same subset of fonts and designs with little meaningful variety
it took me a minute to place it but i'm pretty sure the main font is the same one as in animal crossing: new horizons and a handful of other games, which, eh
meanwhile I was thinking about how mario wonder was using a distinctive looking font
I'm just gonna wait to see how it all looks in context before I judge it too harshly, but yea like, mario rpg did have standard rpg windows with black backgrounds and white borders
I just wonder what the menus gonna look like lmao
there is A Handful of things i am anxiously awaiting to see, most of all the translation. the original was pretty close to perfect
do you think they'll "fix" the permanently missable first Surprise Block™? my bet is on yes
I felt the same way about the recent Demon Souls remake. Beautiful graphics, awful "Modern" UI that felt out of place.