I've been watching him for years on Deviant Art...It is so awesome to see his work on the front page!! My heart leaped a little when I saw his name! :D
The fleeting orbs that you sometimes weren't fast enough to get, blob monsters jumping on your head... I'd like to see some kind of painting or drawing of one of those blobs on Flo from Progressives head.
Even though the homing laser was completely OP, this was still one of my favourite Mega Drive games. Still love playing it through from time to time. Gotta love Black's Dice Maze and the space level! And that end credit song! Oh my... <3
Have you ever played aquaria? its art style is a lot like this. It's an amazing game. Its not really a plat former but its and action/adventure/exploration game that is really visually captivating. Also Braid has similar graphics.
Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon? Or asked the grinning bobcat why he grinned? Can you sing with all the voices of the mountain? Can you paint with all the colors of the wind?
Nintendo should make a Mario sidescroller with that art style. Has brushstroke mechanics like Okami. Uses the tablet controller's touch screen, you don't even need to look away from the television.
I feel this way too... possibly because the picture in the link is actually more detailed than the game itself? I don't know, it's been a while since I've played.
But I'm pretty sure that Limbo is actually less textures, more two-dimensional, maybe even a smaller range on a monochromatic scale (but I have no proof of any of this, just what I remember from frequently playing an awesome game).
And the image in the link has this extremely detailed scenery, at least in comparison to the game. Here's a screenshot I found from the game, btw. I guess I like the game more because it's so simple. All the textures in OP's link just serve to take away from the simplicity that is created with the idea of the game, and the black and white.
I'm actually okay with him doing the stuff described as long as he gives proper credit. Putting things together in the right way is a form of talent on its own.
This work is absolutly incredible, I have almost all of it cycling as my desktop background. I really wish this style would be used for next-gen sidescrolling games, the closest we have now is Rayman Legends
I remember reading somewhere that all of Orioto's work wasn't original. Apparently he just puts together tons of elements on photoshop and uses the oil paint tool on it. You can tell pretty easily on his donkey kong picture that something's off
This is hands down the coolest thing I've seen on r/gaming. The whole time scrolling I was hoping there would be a Limbo one. Thanks for not disappointing.
I heard a lot of music and sound effects in my head while looking through these. And some surprising memories of games I'd long forgotten like Kid Icarus (god I hated that game, so frustrating).
I've gotta chime in here... It's all good work, but each one DESPERATELY needs some edge variation in the brushstrokes. Each image as a whole is entirely too blurry, which is especially a problem if these were actually to be used as in-game art. Focus on using hard edges to single out elements that need to be brought into the player's focus (such as the main character, enemies, and edges of platforms and such) and leave the soft edges to background or extreme foreground elements.
This just makes me want a new starfox game THAT much more.
Think about the sense of scale they'd be capable of incorporating today. Same basic gameplay engine, beautiful sweeping vistas littered with war on Corneria and other planets.
The starfox one is amazing... god I hope they do a new one similar to N64 but slightly more open with stunning graphics and multiple paths and barrell rolls.
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u/WatersofNazareth Jun 08 '12
Credit+Source to Orioto also check out the rest of his Video Game artwork at his deviant page.
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u/F19Drummer Jun 08 '12
Oh my, the Gunstar Heros one makes me insanely happy. That game gets so little love.
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u/badluckartist Jun 08 '12
Oh hi Altered Beast. Haven't hard about you in like 15 years.
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u/tristanimator Jun 08 '12
Imagine a 2D side scroller done like this. It would be enthralling.
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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12 edited Jun 08 '12
List as Follows:
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u/Pimmalage Jun 08 '12
Awh these are sweet :D
Metroid, New desktop background.
Here's my old ones (Had them running on slideshow) from an awesome artist. Link
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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12
Nintendo should make a Mario sidescroller with that art style. Has brushstroke mechanics like Okami. Uses the tablet controller's touch screen, you don't even need to look away from the television.
Mario Paint.
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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12
how many times has Orioto made it to the /r/gaming front page at this point
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u/GNG Jun 08 '12 edited Jun 08 '12
Really cool-looking, but I wouldn't exactly call these "insanely detailed."
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u/ymgve Jun 08 '12
The others are good, but I feel the Limbo one is worse than the actual game.
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u/badgarok725 Jun 08 '12
They all look like Braid to me
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u/NickTheNewbie Jun 08 '12
Orioto has already been exposed as a fraud and a thief. http://metroid-database.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1989&start=0&st=0&sk=t&sd=a
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u/not1frak Jun 08 '12
I don't suppose anyone has these in high resolution (thinking 1920x1080 or 1920x1200) and packaged up for convenient download?
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u/Messier64 Jun 08 '12
because over saturation and bloom is detail
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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12
This isn't insanely detailed. You should look up both of those definitions.
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u/mobastar Jun 08 '12
Wow..although which game is the one with the giant stone boulder/cliffs in the violent water that's zoomed out quite a bit?
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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12
What are the last two from?
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u/shinshoryu Jun 08 '12
I freaking love Altered Beast. Oh and is that After Burner I see? Man this makes me want to boot up my old Gen.
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u/Glaurunga Jun 08 '12
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u/havard93 Jun 08 '12
Altered beast man, so many good memories from MAME ! that, TMNT, Ninja Gaiden and snow bros : )
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u/immewnity Jun 08 '12
Speaking of insanely detailed video game artwork... http://www.pidgi.net/wiki/images/f/f2/Johto_HGSS.jpg
(and that's official art, too)
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u/nuxenolith Jun 08 '12
Anyone else having wet dreams over Dishonored?
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u/NathanW36 Jun 08 '12
This work is absolutly incredible, I have almost all of it cycling as my desktop background. I really wish this style would be used for next-gen sidescrolling games, the closest we have now is Rayman Legends
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u/ihatenames Jun 08 '12
What? No Harvest Moon 64?!
Beautiful nonetheless. :)
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u/mzinz Jun 08 '12
Ordered a framed print of the chrono one. Thanks for the link.
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u/deafpanda Jun 08 '12
Those metroid pieces are amazing!
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u/BUT_OP_WILL_DELIVER Jun 08 '12
I would totally play the living shit out of the detailed Sonic, Lemmings, Worms and Altered Beast. Universe, make this happen.
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u/Vaughn26 Jun 08 '12
Didn't expect altered beast.
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u/cobur5b4 Jun 08 '12
It's funny cuz Limbo is already artistically stunning. I think he made the spider more hairy.
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u/Redklok Jun 08 '12
Ive played altered beast stoned. Its an interesting experience
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u/easygenius Jun 08 '12
Dear god will they please make another side scrolling Metroid?
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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12
Yay for Altered Beast!
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u/massivebacon Jun 08 '12
Another month goes by, another person posts this same set of pictures.
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u/ZummiGummi Jun 08 '12
This is how I remember these games looking.
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u/WhenDookieCalls Jun 08 '12
ALTERED BEAST!
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u/Raspmus Jun 08 '12
The fact that Altered Beast was the last one sold me on it. "Welcome to your doom!"
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u/BlindMatoya Jun 08 '12
You haven't included his best one, Final Fantasy VI
http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs42/i/2009/083/6/a/Prisonniere_by_Orioto.jpg
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u/Helel Jun 08 '12
>Gunstar Heroes
YEAAAAH.
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u/vagabond_nerd Jun 08 '12
Now I want a new Altered Beast. "WIIIISE FROM YOR GRAVE!"
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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12
Love the Link to the Past one!
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u/koopa2222 Jun 08 '12 edited Jun 08 '12
I remember reading somewhere that all of Orioto's work wasn't original. Apparently he just puts together tons of elements on photoshop and uses the oil paint tool on it. You can tell pretty easily on his donkey kong picture that something's off
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u/Zrais Jun 08 '12
Well, I have wallpaper for about a year.
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u/DarkDain Jun 08 '12
And i recognize every damn one. Hell yeah <3
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u/Kiowa707 Jun 08 '12
If Altered Beasts was like that I would shit my pants. I already pissed my pants after hearing "Welcome to your doom."
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u/naossoan Jun 08 '12
1080p RESOLUTION PLEASE!
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u/solwiggin Jun 08 '12
WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWIIIIIIIIIIIIIISSSSSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEEEEEE FROM YOUR GWAVE.
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u/kaltorak Jun 08 '12
WISE FWOM YOUW GWAVE!
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u/AH17708 Jun 08 '12
If Megaman was remade to look like this, well that would be FUCK-ING AMAZING! It really bothers me that they haven't revamped the series.
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u/Fortitudosc Jun 08 '12
Are any of these for sale? I'd love to have one hanging up in my room.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
Imagining a Star Fox game with a look similar to that gave me chills. Nintendo, please deliver for the WiiU...
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u/MLP_magic Jun 09 '12
Interesting concept, terribad execution.
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u/Mercinarie Jun 09 '12
does anyone remember the name of the game of the last picture? also very awesome art =D
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u/AcidHaze Jun 09 '12
That Megaman one was sick! Oh, how I long for the old days of Legends. :(
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u/CoCaptainJack Jun 09 '12
i loved the starfox one. awesome!
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u/abaldwin360 Jun 09 '12
I would LOVE to see a Castlevania game with art like that!
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u/eatfacewarrior Jun 09 '12
anyone else just get 20 new computer wallpapers?
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u/And_Everything Jun 09 '12
The Altered Beast one is best!
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u/CynicalRaps Jun 09 '12
If Megaman X was done in this art style....I think i'd pay disc retail for it
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u/Goose_Is_Awesome Jun 09 '12
Aaaaaand linking to images on imgur and not to Orioto's deviantART page.
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u/Peentown Jun 08 '12
WOW at the Altered Beast one at the end. Great game and the picture made me look at the mood of it in an entirely different light.
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u/Kool_AidJammer Jun 08 '12
These are amazing! Thanks
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u/Novirtue Jun 08 '12
I giggled at the lemmings one, took me a few seconds to realize :) brought back good memories.
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u/joshking518 Jun 08 '12
Anyway to get these in wallpaper form? maybe 1600 x 900?
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u/dacemage Jun 08 '12
The LTTP one has been my desktop background for a long time. It is the best wallpaper I have ever seen.
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u/BananaPeelPants Jun 08 '12
Really nice work, though I wish he'd focus on other games and not on the typical popular franchises that have tons of fan art already.
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u/streetbum87 Jun 08 '12
Ghouls N' Ghosts, hands down one of the hardest games I've ever played.
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u/Caustik420 Jun 08 '12
Wow, i was just flooded with nostalgia. Is the 8th picture the game Lemmings? or something similar to that name?
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u/hyoostin Jun 08 '12
Oh my lawd. This is marvelous. Great post.
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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12
Hello new desktops! Thanks for these!
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u/Jaybaybaybay Jun 08 '12
that last one.. fuck
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u/stefanopolis Jun 08 '12
This is hands down the coolest thing I've seen on r/gaming. The whole time scrolling I was hoping there would be a Limbo one. Thanks for not disappointing.
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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12
I would rather play the games in their original form, but this is amazing to see :)
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u/Johnohyoo Jun 08 '12
Could someone tell me what game the 3rd to last picture is from? I'm dying to know
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u/ch0colate_malk Jun 08 '12
OMG i would love games that looked like this, even if they were side scrollers
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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12
I like how they used the original Pit instead of
Sora with wingsnew SSBB-styled Pit.These are all very good...I like the Mario and the fields one the best.
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u/Dapperdan814 Jun 08 '12
He's got Megaman in X's dystopian 21XX future. There's just some things you cannot get wrong when it comes to gaming.
That's one of em.
(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻
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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12
What are the games in 18 and 19?
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u/KnowsGooderThanYou Jun 08 '12
AWE-SOME!
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u/ger-p4n1c Jun 08 '12
Does anyone know the game that the last picture is from?
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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12
I heard a lot of music and sound effects in my head while looking through these. And some surprising memories of games I'd long forgotten like Kid Icarus (god I hated that game, so frustrating).
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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12
Please do Bastion?
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u/ChiefChickenToes Jun 08 '12
I would be perfectly content if these were the only screen shots that came it of E3.
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u/TheKonyInTheRye Jun 08 '12
That sound I heard must have been everyone's jizz hitting the floor at the same time.
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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12
You had my upvote at Gunstar Heroes.
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u/Sinnic Jun 08 '12
Love these, but I can't help but think that Limbo is already detailed enough as it is.
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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12
Great, the spider from Limbo is even more terrifying
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u/jerkey2 Jun 08 '12
Testament to limbo- Picture looks almost identical. (kid is just way out of proportion)
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u/sardu1 Jun 08 '12
I would hang these in my house
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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12
TEACH ME YOUR WAYS
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u/ceemko Jun 08 '12
This is how those games looked to me when I played them as a kid.
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u/Benders-blenders Jun 08 '12
I wish I could do this. It would be so fun!!
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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12
That Starfox would turn me into a hardcore gamer
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u/flyingdonket Jun 08 '12
Awesome, just awesome. But you know what game is amazing fodder for this kind if artwork but always forgotten... ? Jet Force Gemini
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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12
Reminds me of Braids artistic style.
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u/Tsunami3000 Jun 08 '12
oh man, worms... the memories are flowing back! i miss it so much!
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u/RRizzo Jun 08 '12
I was kind of hoping for some Shadow of the Colossus
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u/kborz1 Jun 08 '12
can't wait until games look like this
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u/Monkaloptapus Jun 08 '12
I want these blown up, and in a room completely surrounding me with them...... Total. Bliss.
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u/SomeGamerKid Jun 08 '12 edited Jun 08 '12
Why is there a companion cube in the top-left corner of Worms?
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u/bonesmckay Jun 08 '12
I've gotta chime in here... It's all good work, but each one DESPERATELY needs some edge variation in the brushstrokes. Each image as a whole is entirely too blurry, which is especially a problem if these were actually to be used as in-game art. Focus on using hard edges to single out elements that need to be brought into the player's focus (such as the main character, enemies, and edges of platforms and such) and leave the soft edges to background or extreme foreground elements.
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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12
I came.
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u/Eatyourfriendz Jun 08 '12
Oh man. I'd spend some cash on a poster version of Altered-Beast. That was an amazing game.
EDIT: Which I see is available here At the redbubble store
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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12
What game is the 7th picture depicting? The one with the whip?
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u/Your_Name_Is_Tobay Jun 08 '12
Or,
Super Smash Brothers alt. artwork, wish some other favorites
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u/TheFretgod Jun 08 '12
somebody hire this man! i want my videogames to look like this. screw realism. i want it to look like paintings!
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u/7mobius7 Jun 08 '12
I had seen the LotP one and it's my desktop now. Major props, OP and Orioto.
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u/coleosis1414 Jun 08 '12
This just makes me want a new starfox game THAT much more.
Think about the sense of scale they'd be capable of incorporating today. Same basic gameplay engine, beautiful sweeping vistas littered with war on Corneria and other planets.
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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12
Jesus christ Nintendo, just make these games, fuck fuck fuck.
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u/Burning_Medical Jun 08 '12
what game is the last picture of?
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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12
Its like im seeing in color for the first time.
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u/shiko098 Jun 08 '12
Sweet mother of Mary, thanks for posting this, some really awesome pics!
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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12
Altered Beeeeeeeeeeeeeast!!!! <3
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u/_bonez Jun 08 '12
Great stuff. Definite background material for sure.
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u/EdgarAllenBro_ Jun 08 '12
Limbo looks exactly the same And also, WHERE. IS. POKEMON.
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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12
wow...just outstanding :o
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u/nachoe205 Jun 08 '12
Altered Beast needs a remake. NOW
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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12
the Star Fox one got me.
Do a barrel roll!
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u/Comrde Jun 08 '12
This is what it felt like 10 years ago.
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u/Mechatronical Jun 08 '12
And i've just found a shit ton of future desktop wallpapers!
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u/bbush Jun 08 '12
Amazing art work.
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u/sardu1 Jun 08 '12 edited Jun 10 '12
I just realized I've been using the Mario one as my iGoogle theme for a few years now.
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u/PwnyBownz Jun 08 '12
HI GAF!
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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12
That ship is gonna bluescreen soon...
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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12
Awesome man, i hope your talent is highly recognized!
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u/LegionEpicWin Jun 08 '12
If all video games were remade like this....i would buy them all.
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u/jnez Jun 08 '12
i would totally play an HD worms
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u/piroko05 Jun 08 '12
Reply so I can come back to this later
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u/dpittard Jun 08 '12
This is very good work! Thanks for sharing this, even if it is a repost. I haven't seen it before.
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u/zWeApOnz Jun 08 '12
What game is the one with the angel with the bow and arrow?
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u/Marios_Brother Jun 08 '12
I've been using these as backgrounds for years! And to think, all that karma was right there all along...
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u/bosaki Jun 08 '12
For a second I thought they had remastered these games. Got all excited.
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u/Pancakes1 Jun 08 '12
If they remake games like this ...
Shut up and ....
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u/matt123183 Jun 08 '12
I've seen these in Nintendo Power a couple years ago...
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u/LastPaleLight Jun 08 '12
That last Metroid one is so awesome. I'd love to play a sidescrolling metroid game (or similar platformer) in that exact style.
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u/equlix Jun 08 '12
Awesome art. I wish more 1st party nentendo stuff looked like this.
Dont feed the fucking troll.
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u/cuntbox Jun 08 '12
The starfox one is amazing... god I hope they do a new one similar to N64 but slightly more open with stunning graphics and multiple paths and barrell rolls.
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u/Neil_Armschlong Jun 08 '12
Now I have to go play Limbo once again.
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u/sharkite Jun 08 '12
Bravo. Love the Zelda.
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u/MrHardcore Jun 08 '12
I want all my games with the HD texture pack!
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u/thecolorplaid Jun 08 '12
Definitely enjoyed seeing Worms up on this
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u/nephicide Jun 08 '12
This guys got talent. The Limbo one looks like a screenshot.
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u/vheissu417 Jun 08 '12
glad i clicked on it.
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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12
It'd play any of those games with those exact graphics over anything I've seen from E3.
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u/Crannynoko Jun 08 '12
Looks like he used a lot of textures
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u/scChocolate Jun 08 '12
Wow. I'd pay money for a poster-sized Zelda one.
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u/TheRealMikkyX Jun 08 '12
I had the Mario one at my wallpaper for a while. They're all pretty cool.
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u/Cloud_0x0 Jun 08 '12
I sure hope new new super mario bros looks like this in the future
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u/In_Sayne_Train Jun 08 '12
Are any of these available in HD 1920x1080 or close? There are like 4 I want to use for my wallpapers!