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"Food JPEGs" in Super Smash Bros. & Kirby Air Riders

"Food JPEGs" in Super Smash Bros. & Kirby Air Riders

SethMLarson

Comments (58)

  • rmunn
    > In the process I also learned that the cover of Kirby Air Ride changed between the Japanese and international releases. The Japanese cover art features a smiling happy Kirby where the international cover has Kirby with a furrowed brow and serious look.This is not the first Kirby game to have its cover art changed to look more serious and "gritty" for the US release; in fact, TV Tropes named a page after this phenomenon, and Kirby Air Ride is currently the featured page art at https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AmericanKirbyIsH... (caution, TV Tropes will consume your free time, only click when you have a few hours to spare).P.S. Since the link chopped off half way through the name of the wiki page, I'll just mention that the page is titled "American Kirby is Hardcore".
  • rmunn
    > I paid $50 plus shipping on eBay for this PNG. This is the closest I'll get to NFTs.Buying a cartridge of an old game just to preserve a non-blurry copy of the sprite. Now THAT's dedication.
  • Cpoll
    The article misses the "Super-spicy curry" item that appeared in Brawl (and maybe Air Ride?). I think that's also a billboard.
  • AJRF
    The food in Mario Kart World is very scrumptious looking https://www.mariowiki.com/Dash_Food
  • PLenz
    This kinda of article is exactly what the internet was made for. More of this, less AI
  • ksymph
    Small error: the "Large foods" image section has steak but no fruit basket, while the list includes fruit basket but no steak.Great article though!
  • cheunste
  • yreg
    As someone who has never played these games I would be interested in screenshots of how these assets look in context in-game.
  • bjt12345
    I've always thought this was inspired by the depiction of food in earlier arcade games like Bubble Bobble.
  • manytimesaway
    This is the same for Tomodachi games, isn't it?
  • Y_Y
    That "cabbage" is clearly a lettuce.
  • mock-possum
    Wow TIL about Mont Blanc and about Tempura Soba. Both are delicious prospects.Also I’m very entertained by the ‘big bonus foods’ - that hamburger is ridiculous.
  • citizenkeen
    A few screen shots of the sprites in the game would be helpful. Did I miss any links in OP?
  • Retr0id
    > I've seen a few folks online remarking about the “JPEG” or “PNG”-like quality of the imagesWhat do they mean by this?
  • anon
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  • MasterScrat
    > Have you ever noticed that the food graphics in Super Smash Bros. and Kirby Air Riders is flat “billboarded” stock images of food?I have not... A video showing what it's talking about would have been a good addition to this article.
  • vunderba
    As an avid Smash player since the N64 days, I love how specifically niche this piece is. Please write a follow-up article about the health benefits of eating nothing but a Super Smash Bros based diet broken down by version.
  • maximgeorge
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