Wonderful work. It's a great idea to keep a collection of all her work. I'm sure every artist at times feel like they're not doing so well, looking at past stuff is really motivating when they see how much they've improved (at least it is for me when I look back at my old stuff).
She does a really great job with eyes, they're really expressive and make every one of her pieces stand out.
I read the PlatinumGames blog not too long ago where Kamiya-san talked about the premium theme for the 360 (which I may get soon, even though I'm not much on buying themes). It sounded pretty cool, because he based it on other ideas for what Bayonetta could have been. Here's the quote from the blog post:
Finally, I forgot to mention this previously, but the Bayonetta Xbox 360 Premium theme is now available in Japan. It should make old-school gamers shed tears of joy, so if you got the guts to give it a try, definitely buy a copy on the Marketplace. Just to give you a hint about the theme… We created a concept called “Witch Girl Angel-land,” based around the idea of what would happen if Bayonetta was a 2D side-scroller. If Bayonetta was a 2D side-scroller, I would have definitely played the heck out it on release. You know, not buying any extra items in the game and saving up all the coins to show my true skills… The next concept is called “BAYO,” and it is based of the idea of Bayonetta as a strategy shooting game. If times hadn’t changed, this one would have definitely been ported over to the Master System… I would have played it to death along with my younger brother. The final concept was “Umbran Fighter,” or “what would happen if Bayonetta was a 3D fighting game?” I really want to play this one. For real.
So a 2D side-scroller, a strategy shooting game and a 3D fighting game. If any of these were actually made as a spin-off to Bayonetta, i think it would be pretty awesome.
"Do these count? Neo Geo MVS, Mortal Kombat II stand ups, Guilty Gear X Plus Atomiswave, Mahhhhvel Vs. Capcom 2 NAOMI, Xmen Vs SF CPS2 candy cabs... plus DDR setup (using PS2, not really retro...) . Not bragging here, just going along with the thread. :)
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Of course they count! That's awesome. i'd love to have a room like that! @Linkyshinks: Wicked! I like the design of that.
" My hypothesis is, by using videogames as an outlet, gamers are overall more passive non-confrontational people. Comments & Critisism? "
I think this would be the case most of the time. I think studies showing violent games increase aggression typically only study the players when they are playing those games and not outside of that, most of these studies could simply be showing that aggressive people like aggressive entertainment. Anyway, people take their stress out on different things and games can be a good outlet for them to do so, which I believe would decrease the likelihood of them acting violently or aggressively in real life.
Reading the PlatinumGames blog, there seems to be a lot of negative reaction from people. Considering that this trailer shows no gameplay, I think it's way too early to make a judgement for this game.
@Linkyshinks said:
" P. N 03's another Shinji Mikami game, perhaps this game features the natural progression of ideas he wasn't able to bring about on the Gamecube effectively. I hope so, I actually really liked some design aspects found in P.N. 03. "
i've wanted to get a copy of P.N 03 for awhile. I should get on that.
I used to play a lot of games on easy, but now I opt for normal mode most of the time. I'm not ashamed of playing on easy difficulty though. I rather complete a game on easy than become so frustrated on a harder difficulty that I stop playing it.
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