Collab: Thank You, Iwata. (NEW RULES, READ INSIDE)

[Jango]

This idea came up when I was talking to Evil_Homer when I was showing him my WIP of the Onett stage. One of his suggestions was to have the Balloon Fighter floating by. So I made this by downgrading the Balloon Fighter's trophy in Melee

Even when he's bootlegged, he's so adorable

But as I was thinking about it, I thought that maybe it would be fun to have another collab contest. Iwata has touched many gamers' lives, directly or indirectly, so why not come together to make something nice in his memory to celebrate all he's done for us?

So the general idea is to have a Nintendo character, preferably from a game Iwata inspired, floating across the stage suspended by balloons, ala Balloon Fight.

Here are some general guidelines for adding submissions:

• Try to keep your color palette as limited as possible. You don't have to use the NES palette (although you can access it here), but just try not to go overboard in the details.
• Try to have a simple animation in there. While it won't apply in all cases, just something simple to show a character trying to fly through a stage.
• While I don't really have a limit on what's acceptable, try to focus on things from franchises Iwata contributed to or inspired. Stuff like Kirby, Pokemon, Earthbound, etc etc.. This isn't to say that someone spriting Brak's Dad won't be considered, but he'll get less precedence over, say, King Dedede.
• While I'm not forbidding edits of existing sprites, they will take a backseat to originals.
  
• There are no templates. We got some balloon templates now! They will be pictured below. When using one of these, just use plain white to connect the balloon to the character. I use two pixels for thickness, you can use more/less if you need it I guess. You aren't limited to these colors, but try to keep the shading consistent if you draw designs on the balloons.

Spoiler: old, outdated rules I'm not following anymore (click to show)

• Try to keep your color palette as limited as possible. You don't have to use the NES palette (although you can access it here), but just try not to go overboard in the details.
• There are basically two types of submissions that I'm looking for: on the ground, or in the air. If you submit a ground sprite, try to have a minor animation, even if it's just two frames, to make it look kind of alive (and yes, the Earthbound-style sprite-mirroring can count as an anim). If it's in the air, it's not as big of a deal (think Dedede's sprite in the Dream Land stage on the N64 Smash Bros), but it might be nice.
• While I don't really have a limit on what's acceptable, try to focus on things from franchises Iwata contributed to or inspired. Stuff like Kirby, Pokemon, Earthbound, etc etc.. This isn't to say that someone spriting Brak's Dad won't be considered, but he'll get less precedence over, say, King Dedede.
• There are no templates.
  

So just a refresher, here's the stage in question:

If anyone has any questions, feel free to post them. Otherwise, have fun!

[GTOAkira]

dont have a computer for the moment but il definitly try to contribute something

[DNZRX768]

I'll see if I can cook something up.

[NiO ErZeBeTh]

cool idea, another guy on Nintendo Age did something similar, he hacked Balloon Fight and replaced the character with Iwata sprites

[hatter]

Does it have to be series that Iwata directly inspired,  or can series like Donkey Kong Country or F-Zero be used?

I'll try to contribute something.

[Jango]

Does it have to be series that Iwata directly inspired,  or can series like Donkey Kong Country or F-Zero be used?

If it's Nintendo it's alright. The main thing I'm trying to avoid are totally irrelevant ones like, say, Walter White from Breaking Bad. So yeah, if it's Nintendo it's alright.

[hatter]

If it's Nintendo it's alright. The main thing I'm trying to avoid are totally irrelevant ones like, say, Walter White from Breaking Bad. So yeah, if it's Nintendo it's alright.

LMAO, that sounds like something Jmorphman would do, haha. OK then, I'll crawl back to my lab and whip up a strange concotion for ya!

[hatter]

Double posting because relevant, here are my first two submissions. I used the NES Pal Jango posted in his last NES related collab:

Blue Thunder - F-Zero 2: Grand Prix:

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Manectric - PokeMon Emerald:

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Expect some DKC, Fire Emblem, Zelda, and Yoshi related stuff later on. R.I.P Iwata-san, you were the person central to the company whose games I grew up with, and acted as a form of consolation in my own dark periods.

[GDM]

I wish you guys luck on your projects.

[GTOAkira]

how does this one looks?

[PlasmoidThunder]

Can a sprite be sitting on part of the stage, like the bunting or the canopy?

[Titiln]

a good idea for an animation would be the character doing iwata's "directly to you" gesture

[PlasmoidThunder]

The last game I finished was Kirby 64. I bought it on Saturday.

[GTOAkira]

here some more

dunno if they looks good and IO might need some help with the animating part
feedback is appreciated

[PlasmoidThunder]

Animated:


Frames:

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[Jango]

@[user id=23]Titiln[/user]: @[user id=71558]GarchompMatt[/user]: @[user id=84329]Black Hatter[/user]: @[user id=79544]City_Hunter[/user]:

Sorry I haven't been responding to this thread, wanted to wait 'til I was home.

Can a sprite be sitting on part of the stage, like the bunting or the canopy?

Yes, that's allowed too. I'll probably end up putting some dudes on other surfaces if I get that many submissions.

a good idea for an animation would be the character doing iwata's "directly to you" gesture

I might use this idea for one of mine.

Double posting because relevant, here are my first two submissions.

Those are pretty cool! I think I might make the latter chase the former.

how does this one looks?

I usually hate Pikachu but holy shit that is adorable. The lighting on his crotch region looks a little funny but it's otherwise pretty solid!

dunno if they looks good and IO might need some help with the animating part
feedback is appreciated

Gastly looks great (I have some ideas for animating him, I'll see what I can pull up), I think Wobbuffet could use a little toning down on the shadows and some more outlines, Delibird's okay, and I think Mew could use a little more contrasting colors.

Animated

You nailed it.

Good job so far! I'm gonna get to work on some of my own sprites.

EDIT:

Was originally just going to be a straight downgrade of a reference shot from Smash, but I decided to redo his shading to resemble his sprites from Kirby's Adventure. There was a lot of manual redrawing.

EDIT2: Fixed up sprite a bit more.

[hatter]

I'm glad you liked them bro, expect a few more running chars from me.

[PlasmoidThunder]

Did I win?

Frames:

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[hatter]

Nope

Anyways:

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[DNZRX768]

Here is my contribution: