Best designed video game character?

[Capitol]

This is unironically the reason why.

His original design is based off Mickey mouse

Mickey was out here with potato sacks on his feet

 

[Majestyx]

Me personally, as someone that went to a art school, the silhouette being strong, strong primary colors, the type of shapes used within the characters, boxes, spheres, squares, triangles.

Same reason why ninja turtles are great designs that no matter how many times you iterate on them they still work.

Think about all the characters you liked drawing growing up. Even when you break certain characters down into simple shapes they still look recognizable

I think a lot of people attribute great design to popularity after the fact

i never knew you were a member of the brotherhood, but it makes sense

 

[Dre Space Age]

Sonic Adventure 1 and 2 is a Masterclass in Industrial Art and Design.

Especially SA2. The knuckles level where the meteors are just flying around and you can smash em.

That space level where Sonic can just jump and fall for a long ass time. WOW.

 

[The Wall Is Undefeated!]

i honestly think the only reason sonic is still popular is because his design is a 10/10, even just the silhouette of sonic is iconic.

Its hard to even mess it up, throughout all his different iterations It still has the it factor.

True.

Many Sonic characters have really cool designs, especially the redesigns starting from Sonic Adventure 1.

 

[NZA]

what do you brehs consider good/great design?

one aspect of a good design is if you can make it more abstract and still identify the characters

 

[The Guru]

 

[Easy-E]

My first thought;

Upon reviewing the thread;

Bro, they missed so hard with the remake and part of it flopping (all three) was they replaced an iconic visage with plain Jane shyt.

They even had the nerve to not have the double pistols until the absolute LAST PART of the first game (remake). WTF, breh?

Same issue with Jill in Remake 3;

Her character was better than what they marketed her as, but, again, replaced an iconic look with some plain forgettable shyt.

The fact they put her all-time looks in DLC shows how much they fukked up.

They should've done like God of War and made a few tweaks...but, WTF is that elbow pad? She bout to tag team with Macho Man?

 

[Majestyx]

one aspect of a good design is if you can make it more abstract and still identify the characters

you a damn designer. let the regulars answer

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

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[Jaguar93]

 

[Bondye Vodou]

 

[Jaguar93]

Bro, they missed so hard with the remake and part of it flopping (all three) was they replaced an iconic visage with plain Jane shyt.

They even had the nerve to not have the double pistols until the absolute LAST PART of the first game (remake). WTF, breh?

Same issue with Jill in Remake 3;

Her character was better than what they marketed her as, but, again, replaced an iconic look with some plain forgettable shyt.

The fact they put her all-time looks in DLC shows how much they fukked up.

They should've done like God of War and made a few tweaks...but, WTF is that elbow pad? She bout to tag team with Macho Man?

Female characters with tank top and jeans. Are the female versions of the white guy with shaved heads trend.

.

 

[Batsute]

just shows why Capcom are the goats when it comes to character design.

They get it on a fundamental level that majority devs are ignoring.

 

[The Wall Is Undefeated!]

Some of my fave VG character designs

Link from Twilight Princess

I love the simple design and the little details like the chainmail hauberk worn under his green tunic.

(Most of) SF6 main roster

I love the designs. Simple. Ryu's and Ken's design show their character growth and what has happened to them.

Wild 9
There's a lot of characters in the game. Far too many to post. Check 'em out on this link.
I love this game. The character designs are so 1990s comic book and cartoony. Vibrant, wacky, a little edgy. I love and miss the 1990s.

Final Fantasy 9

Defo one of the best character designs in the Final Fantasy Franchise. Zidane looks great despite his simple design. Vivi looks cute. Garnet/Dagger looks elegant.

 

[Diunx]

Crazy how japan runs the character design game.