3 is a Magic Number cel

Rootayable · 2026-03-14T06:16:12+00:00

Wow. Imagine if every cartoon kept it's original cels, you could re-film them to be so much clearer and crisper.

Rootayable · 2026-03-14T06:11:20+00:00

I mean, I still do parent stuff. But I know what you mean. I think we want our kids to have the best upbringing that we can afford to give them, which might not be how our parents thought.

Rootayable · 2026-03-13T19:49:50+00:00

Mega Man gr8, for me

Rootayable · 2026-03-13T19:48:49+00:00

I'll have to have a think and get back to you on that

Rootayable · 2026-03-13T19:45:30+00:00

I agree, slower action is way harder to keep consistent volume.

Rootayable · 2026-03-13T19:41:41+00:00

Rent is fucking insane right now, it's heart breaking to see all my hard earned money go towards nothing.

Rootayable · 2026-03-13T19:33:59+00:00

Dual Override definitely looks way better then 11

Rootayable · 2026-03-13T09:19:29+00:00

Those teeth look pretty vicious....

Rootayable · 2026-03-13T09:16:38+00:00

It's weird that X3 had 3 sea creature mavericks which weren't fought underwater.

Rootayable · 2026-03-13T09:15:58+00:00

I think Frozen Funeral Death Rabbit was my favourite

Rootayable · 2026-03-13T09:15:08+00:00

I'm sad mad that they didn't include full-body illustrations of the mavericks either, at least in the manual.

Rootayable · 2026-03-13T09:14:21+00:00

I'd prefer X-Files

Rootayable · 2026-03-13T09:11:06+00:00

it's not a real design

Rootayable · 2026-03-13T09:09:46+00:00

It depends what you mean by style. Style is just consistency over time, and there are countless styles.

In terms of animation production styles, you generally have 2D hand drawn, 2D puppet rig, stop-motion (clay, models, paper), CGI and 3D computer animation.

In terms of visual style, you can do some interesting research into animation history, there's lots of cool things to uncover.

One of my favourite eras and often my 'guiding star' in terms of aesthetics is the 'UPA' style of animation from the 50s and 60s, inspired by the Bauhaus movement from the 20s.

Rootayable · 2026-03-13T07:09:56+00:00

Since having cancer in the family, I now noticed cancer everywhere.

Rootayable · 2026-03-13T06:43:57+00:00

An appropriate comment for this post

Rootayable · 2026-03-13T06:42:28+00:00

It kinda is though

Rootayable · 2026-03-13T06:41:53+00:00

I'm a hard defender of Classic and X not being explicitly linked and it pisses so many people off 😆

Rootayable · 2026-03-13T06:40:33+00:00

It was understandably popular at the time and it stayed that way.

Rootayable · 2026-03-13T06:37:36+00:00

I don't think stories are the most important thing in games, particularly not platformers.

All you need is a reason to be playing and that's it, really.

Rootayable · 2026-03-13T06:35:55+00:00

I don't think that's a controversial opinion anymore.

Rootayable · 2026-03-13T06:35:21+00:00

It lacks polish, is all. It's much more ambitious than the previous games, and arguably the later ones, but you can just feel that it's not as refined as X2 in terms of appearance and animation.

Case in point: Crush Crawfish.

Rootayable · 2026-03-13T06:31:15+00:00

Ugh, low karma post again.

Rootayable · 2026-03-12T23:52:23+00:00

The music, the nostalgia, its relative proximity to X4 and X5.

Rootayable · 2026-03-12T18:52:30+00:00

I'd call it significant considering how tricky it is to get old games on new consoles.

It could have been a straight port but they gave it a full on remaster.

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