Kirby: Epic Yarn

[DeadlyNinja]

BTW, this is the original Kirby's Adventure commercial in Japan. I'm willing to bet it might have influenced the current graphical style.

 

[sfried]

So apparently this game won GameTrailer's Best Graphics of E3...

Edit: GameSpot too? Hold on...

 

[Shifty Geezer]

There's a new trailer on GT. Check out the fire-engine at 50s!

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Looks to have oodles of variety.

 

[Scott_Arm]

This game looks amazing. I'm buying it, for sure.

 

[patsu]

Yes, it does look amazing. the look.

Now imagine using Wiimote+ to play with the threads (e.g., lasso, rather than simple hit and collision).
It would be a different game though.

 

[sfried]

There's a new trailer on GT. Check out the fire-engine at 50s!

Looks to have oodles of variety.

Putting out those fires and summoning enemies to act like platforms, and the whole background morphing gameplay really draws me in.

 

[DeadlyNinja]

Is that yarn sperm in the trailer?

New trailer.

It's best you watch it in HD. The game still looks gorgeous at that resolution.

 

[sfried]

New video goes over gameplay aspects/modes (missions from NPCs?)/co-op and also some insanely cute and yet highly imaginative platforming.
Edit:GT has the video
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[DeadlyNinja]

Does Kirby use sprite based graphics or not? How are they doing those effects if it isn't?

 

[sfried]

Does Kirby use sprite based graphics or not? How are they doing those effects if it isn't?

My guess is textured polygon "threads" animated in a way so that the depth remains relatively the same. That way, a turning character/object looks like it was animated to turn around.

Since the game is coming out this Sunday it won't be long 'till we figure it out.

 

[sfried]

IGN has their review up (9.0?!). 1UP gives it an A-.
Gametrailers has theirs as well:
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GameInformer, Giant Bomb, other sites are also surprisingly positive.

 

[sfried]

A closer reveal in the Dolphin emulator reveals that the thread that consists the characters is either some sort of cleaver fur shading, meaning to say this isn't sprite based animation but vector based.

 

[DeadlyNinja]

Fur-shading? Now that's a weird and clever way to use fur-shading.