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Re: Round Up: Best Of PAX East 2022 For The Nintendo Switch

B_Lindz

These all look good but feel a little samey to me except for No Place for Bravery and Turbo Overkill (which is such a stupid name hahaha!). Both of those games are making their way right onto my wishlist. Blind Fate reminds me of Katana Zero, but I don't know if it will be quite on that level.

Re: Bandai Namco Has Officially Launched Its New Logo

B_Lindz

@Lizuka "Not like logo design matters much anyway"

Hooooooooooold up. I'm going to need to stop you right there. Logos are one of the single most important aspects of a company and brand. The logo drives product design, the culture of a company, and gives people a symbol to what they love. Can you imagine if Nike didn't have the swoosh or if McDonald's didn't have the M? Heck, Nintendo's logo is so strong that it can be displayed with every product they create without feeling out of place or breaking their image. A good logo is essential. A bad logo literally changes the face of a company and will influence its products for the foreseeable future.

You have every right to not care about logos, but holy crap, I'm sorry, no. Logos are important.

Re: Bandai Namco Has Officially Launched Its New Logo

B_Lindz

For all intents and purposes, this isn't a "bad" logo. It's functional. I'll work better in black and white compared to the old logo and it's much more legible... but that's about it. What it gained in functionality it lost in personality. That's not a win. To me, that's a step down from what it was.

Re: Soapbox: Pokémon Legends: Arceus Raises The Question - How Much Do Janky Graphics Matter?

B_Lindz

To me, the crux is art direction. Take Inscryption for example. It has far from the best graphics, but damn, that art direction is top tier for creating the atmosphere they specifically intended. Now take Call of Duty: Vanguard. It's almost photorealistic, but it looks like every other pew-pew army game on the market.
Personally, I don't think Pokémon's graphics are all that great and the environments can be distracting, but the art direction is part of why Pokémon has lasted 25+ years and why it's worth $109 billion.

Re: Analyst Predicts 2024 Release Date For Next-Gen Nintendo Switch Successor

B_Lindz

Gosh, I sure hope not. I was chatting about this with a friend last night, coincidentally. Nintendo is riding the biggest wave they've ridden in possibly decades. I could see Nintendo releasing a console that is more apt to run current-gen games, but ditching the Switch altogether would be, frankly, idiotic, even in two or three years from now. There are countless people where the Switch is their very first console, much like how the Wii was many people's very first. Seeing as how the WiiU was a commercial flop, Nintendo would best not screw this up.