To appeal to Japanese players, the Chinese-developed smartphone game Daikoukai Utopia Golden Age Voyage is getting new character art.
According to the game’s official Twitter, the character art is going to be switched out for designs mostly by the Japanese illustrator known as Cheese Pan (Cheese Bread). Forty characters already have new illustrations.
【大航海ユートピアのゲーム内グラフィックについて】
今後、大航海ユートピアは日本向けにグラフィックを差し替えていく予定です！
イラストは「チーズパン @dhl1992113 」さんをメインに描いていただいており、
既に40名程のキャラは、立ち絵の差し替えが完了しております。 pic.twitter.com/FqijyG7qhs— 大航海ユートピア【公式】 (@daitopi) November 28, 2018
Here are some of Cheese Pan’s new character designs:
「大航海ユートピア」29日リリースするみたいです、ゲームの中の酒場嬢たちのイラストいっぱい書かせていただきました、海や船のゲームに興味ある方は是非試してみてください。
然后 #大航海ユートピア #大トピ pic.twitter.com/zWHvx1ycHk— チーズパン (@dhl1992113) November 28, 2018
Below, you can see how the different art styles clash:
「大航海ユートピア」、配信日が11月29日に決定 事前登録件数は7万件を達成 https://t.co/TCvMqFdcKv #大トピ pic.twitter.com/ASkC8jhVcJ
— GAME Watch (@game_watch) November 13, 2018
BBGame、18年冬配信予定の『大航海ユートピア』で声優サイン色紙プレゼントキャンペーンを開催中！ https://t.co/zW2NMOtA7Z pic.twitter.com/P91Dqqcku8
— SocialGameInfo (@SocialGameInfo) November 9, 2018
The game’s official site added that there are still characters who have yet to get makeovers and it will take a little longer to switch them all out.
Interestingly, some players in Japan complained about the change and said they preferred the original art. According to the game’s official Twitter, players will be able to select between both art styles.
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16 responses to “Trying To Appeal To Japan, Game Changes Character Art ”
Why not have a story about the changes Blizzard are doing to Diablo for China, in regards to Diablo Immortal.
They have completely removed any black characters. Tyrael in Diablo 3 is turned into a human and is a black man. Awesome.
In Diablo Immortal he is also in his human form (which makes no sense because the game is set before D3) but suddenly he is white. Umm what?
Oh and the only D3 class not playable in Immortal, the voodoo inspired Witch Doctor.
Yes, pandering to Chinese culture’s dubious cultural values are not what the world needs.
Tyrael is an Angle that has taken Human Form. As such, you would think he could make him self look like anyone. And given hes the only black character in all of D3 (or at least I do not remember any others) his blackness is basically tokenism in the first place, so it dose not really matter as, ether way, Blizz are pandering.
This is an awful, awful take. Just the worst.
So including anyone with a skin color other than white in a video game is “Pandering”?
Do you wear a white hood and burn crosses on the weekend?
Hah, no this guy is probably too lame even for that level of degenaracy, probably a 4chan lives in mothers basement and is an incel racist rather than hood and crosses racist
Remeber, the racists can always be even more pathetic than you thought
Is there a link to the white Tyrael? Would like to see
More choice is rarely a bad thing. This is a pretty good way to broaden your market appeal.
I am what you would call an anime fan but I prefer the original art than the anime style. It was also the same with Stranger From Sword City, I much preferred the original style to the anime style and not just from the viewpoint that it fit the game’s aesthetic better. They just looked a heck of a lot nicer.
It would be interesting to have an article at some point doing a comparison and analysis of Chinese vs. Japanese vs. Korean art styles when it comes to games and concept art. (eg. Magna Carta vs. Tales Games)
You’d think the unique art style is what would set them apart from the sea of anime characters, and that would be a good thing.
Needs more bewbs!!11!
Wot like give them three each?
Makes me wish I had three hands.
Gotta be honest, those new designs suck, they’re all gross big-tittied trash. The original art was much much better, the whole idea of changing it is stupid.
If I could watch nightly news in anime form, I would
Sure. With bigger eyes, you’d be able to see so much more of the news.
Unless I’m Brock, then I can only see a few lines at a time
Poor Brock. A small-eyed anime character living in a big-eyed anime characters world. No wonder he ended up killing himself.
I find it weird because Daikoukai means foriegner as far as I know. Please correct me if I am wrong. So the art style should reflect that premise. Making it look like Anime makes it look less foreign.