06-23-2011, 03:24 AM
I agree. It will just take too long to create Samus - even any character - if they are too complicated. Remember, the style is meant to be cartoon-y, not too realistic.
I think with somebody like samus - with her compicated design already, it would be easier not to create her as a whole, all at once, but to make her out of body parts. Look at Pokemon black and white - all of the pokemon sprites came from just editing body parts - and they managed to create animation for 649 pokemon - with around 30 frames for each one. If that makes this much easier we might as well give that a try.
I think with somebody like samus - with her compicated design already, it would be easier not to create her as a whole, all at once, but to make her out of body parts. Look at Pokemon black and white - all of the pokemon sprites came from just editing body parts - and they managed to create animation for 649 pokemon - with around 30 frames for each one. If that makes this much easier we might as well give that a try.