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[ironwallaby]

Not quite. It's less the number of colors and more the colors chosen, and more what you do with them. Making something look SNES is something I've not gotten down, it's a very subtle art.

[ptoing]

Not quite. It's less the number of colors and more the colors chosen, and more what you do with them. Making something look SNES is something I've not gotten down, it's a very subtle art.

Eh? There is no such thing as making something look SNES. At least not really. The snes has 15 bit colour and 8x8 tiles with 16 colours per tile. That's as far as it goes in making something looks SNES. The NES has only 50odd colours so making something look NES is easier.

[Andy Tran]

 I've noticed games like SF, mario, sonic, megaman, etc share a similiar style in them. I want to make sprites that look like them. How do I get a NES style look?

[Crazy Asian Gamer]

I've noticed games like SF, mario, sonic, megaman, etc share a similiar style in them. I want to make sprites that look like them. How do I get a NES style look?

Simple. Get the games and play them.
Although honestly, it'd be best if you understood the limitations in which these sprites were made. Most of them were made to fit an 8x16 space with only... 3 colors + trans, thus a consistent style is somewhat unavoidable (not saying it isn't). Besides that, they may actually be radically different when you check up close.

[Andy Tran]

 Ah, so NES would be 3 colors with trans?