N64 Era Renders

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HPRshredder
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N64 Era Renders

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Talking aesthetics; I absolutely adore this era of N64 renders and advertising.

Anyone have any more? Anyone made their own in this style?

And will there ever be a game that comes along and looks this gorgeous?

LMK :character-yoshi:
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Fruitality
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I enjoy those old renders and that style so much. Surely there must be someone out there replicating this style - and if not, it must be next to come along the modern indie game progression of pixel art > PS1 style renders > N64 promo image renders.

That Metal Mario image is amazing. Some super super cool stuff could be done with emulating that style with ray tracing etc.
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Oh! I remember that metal Mario from the player's guide. Dammit, wish I hadn't already boxed up the Nintendo Power issues-- some of the posters and page layouts featured renders all the time.
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Ah HA, there he is!

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Flipping some more through the guide, look at this proto-Galaxy-esque scene :0

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Oh these are incredible.

Those beveled wooden frames with text are such a product of their time. That's the typeface used in Splatoon menus now hey?

Thanks so much for digging up your old Nintendo Power 🫡. I used to have all my N64 game manuals etc, but I think either my parents or brother got rid of them years ago :(
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The Link’s Awakening remake feels like a pretty good modern take on this style IMO
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The Link's awakening remake is top-notch art direction, it really felt like the game was one big toy playset. The Diamond and Pearl remakes should have taken a ton of notes from it IMO
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Simple shapes

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And on an additional "spherical" note, I think I missed how 3D Marina is jetting out of a 2D background

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