Street Figther HD Remix

[shaheen]

That animation would actually look really decent if they went and redrew every frame. Oh well. :/

[.TakaM]

just curious, but has anything like this been done before?

[shaheen]

High definition 2D graphics, or high resolution remakes of older games?

If you mean the first, there's been at least one game that came out recently that I can name and that's Odin Sphere. A pretty nice looking game that, unfortunately, suffers from looking a bit too much like a Flash animation at a lot of points.

As far as the latter, I can think of two off the top of my head. There was The King of Fighters '94 Re-Bout which was basically a high resolution remake, but all they really did was trace over old, upscaled sprites to maybe a little larger than the Guilty Gear series' sprites with some new 3D backgrounds. The end result was mediocre as was to be expected from that one. There's currently also that remake of Ruff 'n' Tumble that seems to be using the same basic method that the artists for 94 Re-Bout used.

[Faceless]

It should be noted that this isn't a full scale game.
It's a game being released on Live Arcade, so you shouldn't be expecting a masterpiece.

[big brother]

Of course, but you still have to pay for it. Personally, I wouldn't buy something consciously knowing it's shitty quality. I'm not down with the whole "fanboy tax" concept.

[Feron]

probably just buy it for the hell of it.  Yeah i know it will be shit, be its one of those things i'll do anyway.   

[Turbo]

I think you guys are being harsh to the extreme (i sense some hatred for american comics there). The stuff doesn't look bad at all. Ok, invented muscle groups, odd shading in some points, weird anatomy. Go look at the originals (sf2) again and cringe at their crappiness (Blanka and Dhalsim pop to memory). It's not that bothersome. On the jumpiness due to shading style, it's a possibility, but you have to wait to see it in action. I'm thinking the inbetweeners will reduce that to a minimum.
On these I like the colors, the depth and the detail, and how they kept it close to the original.

That chun li animation sure sucks though

[Akira]

I'm thinking the inbetweeners will reduce that to a minimum.

There are no inbetweeners, They are using the original frames.
And it is our duty as an art forum to point out flaws so that we may better ourselves as artists .

[Faceless]

I think the real question is; "Is that semen on Chun-Li's face, chest and in her hair?"

[Feron]

I think the real question is; "Is that semen on Chun-Li's face, chest and in her hair?"

I hear Dhalsim is quite the player