The Switch is bucking industry trends until the not-so-bitter end (opens in new tab)

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2 pointsserverlessmom1y ago2 comments

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> The game is built from the same foundation as the Link’s Awakening remake

I'm always annoyed when developers don't reuse assets. Like, Bethesda made all this state-of-the-art (for 2011) 3D stuff for Skyrim. You could make a thousand completely different fantasy games which recycle 80% of those assets.

Nintendo did almost exactly this with Tears of the Kingdom, and it was an enormous success.

serverlessmomOP1y ago

It's surprising how much asset re-use doesn't happen due to small technical hurdles e.g. file incompatibility. Interestingly: for an experienced artist, having a whole library of assets to base your new assets on saves a ton of time, and is almost as fast as asset re-use.

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TillE1y ago

> The game is built from the same foundation as the Link’s Awakening remake

Nintendo did almost exactly this with Tears of the Kingdom, and it was an enormous success.

serverlessmomOP1y ago

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