An excellent write up. I normally sport white tees, because I'm boring, they're cheap, and for some reason ladies dig them... (Yea, I don't get it either.) But to the point I came across that blue Attract Mode shirt in a neoGAF pickup thread and simply had to have it. It's a really nice shirt and it's pretty comfortable... plus their stuff comes in the coolest faux-gameboy print box. (I use it to hold the odds and ends of my sizable headphone collection.) #fashion
Best game t-shirt design ever, you ask? This one here. I saw it at a Toronto comic con and had to get it. Everytime I wear it in public, at least one person just stares at it. It's such a great aesthetic for the mario bros. #fashion
Video game apparel's inventory isn't just limited to t-shirts. There are sneakers, pants, belts, and other accessories that can show your nerdy side as well as your style. #fashion
This is how you do video game fashion. Take heed, whoever made the "I'd Hit That" Mario question block shirt. $54 isn't a bad price either for all that. PK Get! #earthbound
WOW they labeled the yo-yo PK Yomega, lol! They must have also noticed that Ness's yo-yo in Super Smash Bros. (N64) was clearly a yellow Yomega Raider. I've still got a blue one. They changed up the yo-yo's design in Melee and Brawl, but it's clearly a Raider in the the N64 game.
Also, I just want that shirt to wear on a normal basis. I'd easily pay like $15 for it, I don't want to pay $54 for it with all the other stuff :\
@Majinsean: The fact that they continue to let fangamer create and sell stuff like this should make it obvious that they aren't ever going to bring Mother 3 stateside. If they had any plans to do so whatsoever, they would've issued a cease and desist back when they started selling those guides.
We have our Mother 3 release. It's a fan-translated ROM, and that's the most we're gonna get. Nintendo clearly sees no reason to go through with the effort of releasing their own version, and is purposely turning a blind eye to the fan translation and ROM distribution, as well as fan-made products like this costume pack and the Mother 3 guide, to show that we should just settle for the fan stuff.
Which, you know what, is fine by me. The fan translation is top-tier quality, as well as the guide for it. It's cool that stuff like this can be sold as well. #earthbound
@Mit: All I have really to say is that 'I' did not find the translation satisfactory. I couldn't ever get through it with the final patch, after playing the game with a translation guide. Starmen.net's translation is infinitely inferior to Spookychee's translation to me, and I'm never going to say otherwise.
Curious, did you do the same? Play it with the guide first, then the patch, or did you just use the patch? I'd seriously recommend giving the guide a go, and I'd be curious to see what you'd think of it in comparison to the patch. #earthbound
@FearfulInsomniac: Unfortunately, I'm purely going off of word of mouth. I've heard from numerous people in person, and tons online, about how they thought the fan translation of the game was suitable for a retail release (the fan translation that was offered to Nintendo to use free-of-charge should they release the game in America, I believe it's the translation from here? [mother3.fobby.net]).
I myself have a giant backlog of games, and am currently playing Mother 1. Then I'll play Earthbound and actually finish it this time (played it a long time ago, got warped to a dark, neon city with crazy killer taxi cabs [Fourside?], saved it, then found out I wasn't strong enough to kill ANY enemies and I couldn't escape the area D: ), then I'll play Mother 3, probably with the above linked translation patch.
I'm late to everything due to my rather large game collection. #earthbound
@Mit: Ah, that's fine. The patch itself probably IS good enough to be sold as a retail game, but for some reason there's something about playing the game with a guide that made the game feel so much more... well, it felt like there was more feeling. Maybe it was because I was looking at characters and reading the dialog, maybe the guide's translation was outright better, but I never could get myself through that patched version. Something just feels wrong and gone. Good luck though, MOTHER is a fairly satisfying series, I find. Even if I have only gotten all the way through one game (3, of course). Belongs in any JRPGer's library. #earthbound
@excel_excel: I was thinking the same thing. Anyone who goes out looking like Ness or another classic gaming icon is going to be met with a lot of confused looks. Dress up like a Mii on the other hand and I'm sure people will be throwing candy up in celebration, happy that they recognize something from gaming. #earthbound
I think this is why I love the art direction so much in this game - I could find myself wearing clothes very similar to the outfits of the cast.
There's no absurdly non-functional clothing, no obnoxious colour palettes (the extremes of all greys/browns or the opposite - rainbow bright) and the characters look almost like actors/actresses/models (rather than hyper-stylized, twelve year old girls with double-Ds or musclebound brutes).
This is an example of making female characters "hot" without making them doe-eyed little girls with huge boobs and functionless clothing (though I would barely call it "clothing").
Looks a bit generic and uninspired to me. These are the kinds of standard outfits you might find in any second-rate action movie.
I think this is what has turned me off to the Uncharted games. It feels like watching a generic action movie. I'd rather see a little more creativity beyond just trying to emulate Hollywood.
@MaWeiTao: Okay, now you're just trying to piss people off.
Criticizing everything doesn't make you appear smart all the time. Afterall, they're just clothes! God, maybe you should be a fashion consultant rather playing games.
@MaWeiTao: So you'd rather see the more generic futuristic sci-fi adventure with futuristic armor, or other completely impractical clothing?
Personally, I like that Uncharted uses more normal clothing, simply for the fact that almost no one else does. However, should everyone do it, then, yes, it becomes generic, very uninspired, boring, etc. etc. etc.
I love the idea but the execution of the article is a mess. The pictures are unorganized and not all of the pics have the commentary. I would like to see this type of thing revisited though.
@heretrix: I agree. These kinds of "designing the characters/world/whathaveyou"-articles are always interesting to me, so more of this would be welcome. (I remember there being some pieces about game world architecture, those were great too.) And fixing the above mentioned technical points would be appreciated.
@T-DoggIsTheLick: oooh, an article about gaming architecture would be so cool. I heard on the last 1up show that Amy Hennig comes from that background. Since Uncharted 2 is the new hot shit, it would be a good companion article to this one.
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Best game t-shirt design ever, you ask? This one here. I saw it at a Toronto comic con and had to get it. Everytime I wear it in public, at least one person just stares at it. It's such a great aesthetic for the mario bros. #fashion
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[www.topatoco.com]
Peoples reactions to it are priceless. #fashion
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When my brother brought me home this shirt, i was forever hitched on game-wear #fashion
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Don't leave us all in suspense, man! #fashion
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-Starman Alpha #earthbound
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I like these tributes. #earthbound
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Also, I just want that shirt to wear on a normal basis. I'd easily pay like $15 for it, I don't want to pay $54 for it with all the other stuff :\
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We have our Mother 3 release. It's a fan-translated ROM, and that's the most we're gonna get. Nintendo clearly sees no reason to go through with the effort of releasing their own version, and is purposely turning a blind eye to the fan translation and ROM distribution, as well as fan-made products like this costume pack and the Mother 3 guide, to show that we should just settle for the fan stuff.
Which, you know what, is fine by me. The fan translation is top-tier quality, as well as the guide for it. It's cool that stuff like this can be sold as well. #earthbound
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Curious, did you do the same? Play it with the guide first, then the patch, or did you just use the patch? I'd seriously recommend giving the guide a go, and I'd be curious to see what you'd think of it in comparison to the patch. #earthbound
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I myself have a giant backlog of games, and am currently playing Mother 1. Then I'll play Earthbound and actually finish it this time (played it a long time ago, got warped to a dark, neon city with crazy killer taxi cabs [Fourside?], saved it, then found out I wasn't strong enough to kill ANY enemies and I couldn't escape the area D: ), then I'll play Mother 3, probably with the above linked translation patch.
I'm late to everything due to my rather large game collection. #earthbound
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Now that is pure awesome.
A shame nobody would bloody know who I am on Halloween if I wore it.
Also *insert generic comment about Nintendo not releasing it on VC* #earthbound
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There's no absurdly non-functional clothing, no obnoxious colour palettes (the extremes of all greys/browns or the opposite - rainbow bright) and the characters look almost like actors/actresses/models (rather than hyper-stylized, twelve year old girls with double-Ds or musclebound brutes).
This is an example of making female characters "hot" without making them doe-eyed little girls with huge boobs and functionless clothing (though I would barely call it "clothing").
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I think this is what has turned me off to the Uncharted games. It feels like watching a generic action movie. I'd rather see a little more creativity beyond just trying to emulate Hollywood.
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Criticizing everything doesn't make you appear smart all the time. Afterall, they're just clothes! God, maybe you should be a fashion consultant rather playing games.
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EDIT: I seem to have lost my ability to spell today.
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Personally, I like that Uncharted uses more normal clothing, simply for the fact that almost no one else does. However, should everyone do it, then, yes, it becomes generic, very uninspired, boring, etc. etc. etc.
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