Post Modern 1980 to Present: Games
Super Mario Sunshine
Developer: Nintendo
Release Date: July 19, 2002
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Let's begin with Super Mario Sunshine with its colorful, bright, and eye-catching colors, is the dominant element that draws your eyes in. The protagonist, Mario, is dressed in a beautiful vibrant bright red shirt and brilliant bright blue overalls. Surrounding him are many colors like yellow, blues, and whites and a little green. I like the font they used for the Super Mario sunshine it's like a bubble writing with a few straight edges here and there, instead of the soft curved lines normally found on bubble lettering. The game takes place on the tropical Isle Delfino, where Mario, Toadsworth, Princess Peach, and five Toads are taking a vacation. A villain resembling Mario, known as Shadow Mario, vandalizes the island with graffiti and leaves Mario to be wrongfully convicted for the mess. The actual gameplay utilizes color to appeal to the players.
Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Developer: Nintendo
Release Date: December 2, 2006
Location: Tokyo, Japan
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess is from the same developer but gives off an entirely different feeling and a totally different adventure. The game begins with a teenage boy named Link, who works as a ranch hand in Ordon Village. Link uses a sword and shield in combat, complemented with secondary weapons and items, including a bow and arrows, a boomerang, and bombs. The cover shows us the headshots mirrored of a man that has the spirit of a wolf. The blending colors of the black, blueish grey, and bold bright red which makes the name Zelda pop! In this game they make the characters very realistic looking almost like a movie.
Developer: Infinity Ward
Release Date: October 29, 2003
Location: Activision
Apart from standard matchmaking, there is a private room for both the multiplayer and battle royale modes can also be accessed where players can invite and battle with their in-game friends. At the beginning of the game, each player carries only a knife. The map has weapons, vehicles, and items which players can find and use to improve their chances of killing enemies while staying alive themselves. This game is very addicting you get to communicate with real life people around the world make real life friends and gain skills. The colors they used on this is a bit Gray because of the smoke and war scene they put behind the realistic soldiers.
Developer: Clover Studio- Dissolved into Capcom
Release Date: April 20, 2006
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ōkami was one of the last PlayStation 2 games released prior to the release of the PlayStation 3. The big red sun allows its Japanese heritage or tradition as well as creates a focus and leads it to its origin from the wolf's own body. The shapes of the creatures, buildings, and fauna of the world come to life with this game. The rules are the Players can bring the game to a pause and call up a canvas, where the player can draw onto the screen, either using the left analog stick. This tip can be used in combat, puzzles, and as general gameplay. Another tip, the player can create strong wind by drawing a loop, cut enemies by drawing a line through them, or fix bridges by painting on the broken one. The colors of this painting are very water paint like looking.
Developer: Capcom
Release Date: June 26, 2003
Location: Osaka, Japan
Viewtiful Joe is where a female named Silvia is taken by the villainous group known as Jadow. After accepting a special V-Watch from Captain Blue, Joe transforms into the tokusatsu-style persona. The main character dressed in a one-piece outfit that immediately links our minds to other costumes and their heroes. Joe explains that two decades earlier, Blue was an actor who was soon thought of as a fad. Joe wanting nothing more than to create heroes, then molded into the shape of otherworldly creatures to help us see that they are the bad guys to our hero. The hero and Joe collect treasures and beat up the bad guys until they reach the end. The colors are beautiful very bright, vibrant and the font is readable and the way they drew Joe let's see lockers know who the main character is.
Developer: Irrational Games
Release Date: March 26, 2002
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
- Freedom Force, is when a player guides a team of superheroes as they defend Patriot City from a variety of villains, monsters, and other menaces. The use of color is amazing the way they make the yellow and orange in the back almost look like flames. Each character has their own unique costume and bright colors but having Energy X lead the pack, you know that's the main character and the leader. The shadowing that is done for the characters is also well placed. Most of the game is set in Patriot City, but there are a lot of other locations, parks and different places shown throughout the game. These also include magical realms, prehistoric times, and realms entirely removed from time and space.
All of these games were made by very smart people that went out there to learn the technology enough to teach it to us. Now everyone watches movies from home, listens to music and share their images from their phones.
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I grew up playing Super Mario Sunshine on my dads Game Cube. I loved the bright vibrant colors used throughout the game. The music never stood out to me but in a good way. It was just there as background music and it did that very well. This was my first open world game that I remember and has had a big impact on me and what I enjoy playing today.
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ReplyDeleteI do not know if you have personally played Okami, but I grew up with it and personally believe that this game is literally a piece of art! The developers captured the technique historic Japanese artists use so expertly, and having the gameplay centered around the player using this technique to paint puzzle solutions was awesome. It takes a little bit of practice to master creating these strokes using the analog sticks, but it is worth the effort; on top of the unique artstyle and playstyle, the entire plot is based on ancient Japanese mythology. The beautiful white wolf you play as is named Amaterasu, who is the Japanese Goddess of the Sun and Universe, and the wolf is in fact an incarnation of this god. You fight against the mythological serpent, Orochi, who was defeated in the actual myth by Amaterasu's brother, however I think the game's interpretation of the mythos is just as cool as the original story. All in all, its a great form a media and perfect representation of art!
I remember always playing Mario when I was younger. I still enjoy playing Mario games. Video games were a huge hit in the 1980’s. Mario was a bright character. For your second game cover I agree that it is a totally different mood just by looking at the cover. The cover is the main statement being advertised. You can tell what the game is like by the front cover. Call of Duty is a popular game that I have also played. The clothing has great color and graphics that make it very war-like. I have never seen Japan video games. A lot of bright colors are used for Freedom Force. I feel that many video game covers use bright colors to attract customers or young kids.
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