Comments on: The Evolution of Nintendo Characters http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/04/the-evolution-of-nintendo-characters/ Ever get the feeling you're living in the wrong time? Tue, 12 Jul 2024 16:08:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Cassandra http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/04/the-evolution-of-nintendo-characters/#comment-45170 Cassandra Thu, 12 May 2024 16:02:30 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=14361#comment-45170 I would have appreciated it if the chart listed which generation each character was from. I was always more of a fan of Super Mario Bros than Zelda or Donkey Kong, so I was mostly looking at the Marios to see how they had changed. I couldn't figure out what the first set of characters was from. It looks like the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Marios are from NES Super Mario Bros, Super Mario Bros 2, and Super Mario Bros 3, but what is the first? The 5th Mario should be from the SNES game, and the 6th would be from the N64 game, so I guess the 7th would be from the Wii game? The last does look like a promo picture versus an actual in-game capture. Man, are we all geeks or what? I would have appreciated it if the chart listed which generation each character was from. I was always more of a fan of Super Mario Bros than Zelda or Donkey Kong, so I was mostly looking at the Marios to see how they had changed. I couldn’t figure out what the first set of characters was from. It looks like the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Marios are from NES Super Mario Bros, Super Mario Bros 2, and Super Mario Bros 3, but what is the first? The 5th Mario should be from the SNES game, and the 6th would be from the N64 game, so I guess the 7th would be from the Wii game? The last does look like a promo picture versus an actual in-game capture.

Man, are we all geeks or what?

]]> By: raiden.daigo http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/04/the-evolution-of-nintendo-characters/#comment-44476 raiden.daigo Tue, 03 May 2024 18:48:17 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=14361#comment-44476 First of link form zelda 2 came before link of links awakening (GB). Also only Mario is the only one of these that are continously the same characters the Links are from different times and people altogether. Also the Rare Dk is the grandson of OG DK (aka Cranky Kong) . Also the kong on the cart is DK JR. First of link form zelda 2 came before link of links awakening (GB). Also only Mario is the only one of these that are continously the same characters the Links are from different times and people altogether. Also the Rare Dk is the grandson of OG DK (aka Cranky Kong) . Also the kong on the cart is DK JR.

]]> By: rwip http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/04/the-evolution-of-nintendo-characters/#comment-44349 rwip Mon, 02 May 2024 13:32:07 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=14361#comment-44349 I feel this graphic is very misleading in many ways and to be fair it's hard to get right as different artists worked on different games creating different looks. For instance Link in the CD-i games or Donkey Kong's 3D rendering in the country SNES games. Best you could do is show the chronology of their looks in games which you haven't. Completely missing generations like Donkey kong 64 or Link in Windwaker. It would make a much larger image however. To chip in on John Simpsons point, the last Mario and Donkey Kong seem to me to be from promo shots of the characters in Super Smash bros. Brawl to the same quality as the CGI intro so they can be considered canon at least. Not played it enough to know if they're from in game. I feel this graphic is very misleading in many ways and to be fair it’s hard to get right as different artists worked on different games creating different looks. For instance Link in the CD-i games or Donkey Kong’s 3D rendering in the country SNES games. Best you could do is show the chronology of their looks in games which you haven’t. Completely missing generations like Donkey kong 64 or Link in Windwaker. It would make a much larger image however.

To chip in on John Simpsons point, the last Mario and Donkey Kong seem to me to be from promo shots of the characters in Super Smash bros. Brawl to the same quality as the CGI intro so they can be considered canon at least. Not played it enough to know if they’re from in game.

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