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Custom Brawl+ Boot Strap

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Sails

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Decided to try my hand at a boot strap since most so far have been pretty lame, and figured I'd make a Brawl+ themed one.

I would show you screenshots, but my capture card died recently (For the better really) and so, I provide near-perfect mockups of what it looks like on the console. I put them together with my materials I used, so it's quite close. However, the third shot is completely fudged in terms of font/size, because it was plaintext I edited and not a picture. Also, see if you can spot the reference in the last pictures quote ;)

Enjoy and tell me what you think!







Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?zlmynymzejm
Installation: Place in "\private\wii\app\RSBE\pf\menu\strap"
 
dabridge

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Looks nice, though it's weird that the loading image is bigger than the Brawl+ logo, but I guess you can't do much about that.

Good job. =D
 
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You should get Jiang to do something sexy for where you replaced the strap warnings and stuff (like Squirtle nipping on MK's mask), possibly with credits to you, and various peeps who worked closely on the project.

Also replace the tinyurl with just the standard http://brawlplus.net/ site.
 
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Don't take my word for it, but "Welcome to the World of Brawl Plus!" sounds a little cheesy to me, hehe.

I would also suggest putting some funny pictures in there somewhere. Maybe Squirtle dthrowing a MK or something. It's a little plain right now, if you ask me.
 
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FireKirby7 said:
Don't take my word for it, but "Welcome to the World of Brawl Plus!" sounds a little cheesy to me, hehe.

I would also suggest putting some funny pictures in there somewhere. Maybe Squirtle dthrowing a MK or something. It's a little plain right now, if you ask me.
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Haha, it was supposed to be kind of cheesy :p It's referencing "Welcome to the World of Mother 3"/"Welcome to MOTHER 3 World" from the Japanese/English versions of the game. Input would be great on what I could make it, noone said this has to be the final version ;D When I saw the plain ascii hex for the ESRB text, I just threw that in to see if it work and just left it. I was surprised it actually had an exclamation mark since the original text doesn't...

Thanks for the replies guys! And VietGeek; that's a good idea. I'll do that for the next version :)

Edit: Oh and, FireKirby7, I kind of wanted to keep a slightly professional look to it, so I think I'll be avoiding something like that :p However, I'm open to any ideas, so feel free to tell some more.
 
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I'm questioning how "professional" you can keep it with "SCREW THAT, I WANT FUN SPEED ACTIVATE!" still featured prominently.

It's pretty boring. Distinctly less boring than the normal strap menu, but still largely uninteresting. I mean, who's really going to end up with this strap menu without already knowing about B+?
 
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bobson said:
I'm questioning how "professional" you can keep it with "SCREW THAT, I WANT FUN SPEED ACTIVATE!" still featured prominently.

It's pretty boring. Distinctly less boring than the normal strap menu, but still largely uninteresting. I mean, who's really going to end up with this strap menu without already knowing about B+?
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Yes, I largely dislike that quote actually :( However, it's the only clean logo for B+ I could find. I'll keep trying to think up a way to make it less boring, I have a few ideas I'm tossing around with a friend.
 
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Jiang makes the art for B+, including the Fun Speed Activate logo and the newer one on the Brawlplus site.

Trust me, get connections with him and the strap will ****.
 
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VietGeek said:
Jiang makes the art for B+, including the Fun Speed Activate logo and the newer one on the Brawlplus site.

Trust me, get connections with him and the strap will ****.
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Taking your word for it, will get in contact with him asap.
 
colored blind

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Also, I'm pretty sure he was going for a more professional approach than yours, which are intended to be funny.

Regardless, I like this. I actually like the contrast of professionalism with the ridiculous 'fun-speed activate' Brawl+ logo.
 
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The last one should say "Fun Speed activated!"

But you could try something different... all I see is too much white negatives and not enough colors to keep the eyes on.
 
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Demacrez said:
The last one should say "Fun Speed activated!"
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Haha, that's a good idea! I tried out some basic designs last night to add more appeal to it, and while most so far came up short, this one garnered some slight interest from some friends. I only edited the bottom left, but plan to try out some ideas for the other areas. I'm not that great with Photoshop, so hopefully if I get in contact with Jiang, he can help me out.

Tell me what you think of this...



If you have any ideas for the Wii Remote area (Currently blank), shoot. I'm open to any (Reasonable) ideas!

Also: knuxrouge, sorry :(
 
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Maybe a different Up Throw of some sort? :|

Also, sorry to sort of topic-jack, but I don't think this is important enough to warrant its own topic; I hear there's a way to get homebrew on 4.0 Wiis without opening the console up; am I mistaken? I really want to try Brawl+ and bBrawl out (but mostly just make "Custom Event Matches" like what I used AR'd Melee for).

EDIT: And there's a lesson here too, kiddies! Don't put stuff off too much or it'll bite you in the butt (just like what happened to me and the Twilight Hack)!
 
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Numbuh 214 said:
Maybe a different Up Throw of some sort? :|

Also, sorry to sort of topic-jack, but I don't think this is important enough to warrant its own topic; I hear there's a way to get homebrew on 4.0 Wiis without opening the console up; am I mistaken? I really want to try Brawl+ and bBrawl out (but mostly just make "Custom Event Matches" like what I used AR'd Melee for).

EDIT: And there's a lesson here too, kiddies! Don't put stuff off too much or it'll bite you in the butt (just like what happened to me and the Twilight Hack)!
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There's a thread for these type of questions.

http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=232119

But to answer your question, google Bannerbomb.
 
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Ah; I don't frequent this board so much (I mostly lurk on the MYM topic when I am here), so I'll keep that in mind next time I have a question. Thank you.
 
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it seems too blank and boring IMO...to be honest, I prefer one that makes you go "WTFLOL" since you don't expect it. I remember when I first showed mine to my friends...they laughed so much they didn't notice the intro was finished!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9G3NhPflbQ

its guaranteed to cut your waiting time in half... XP
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zephyrnereus said:
it seems too blank and boring IMO...to be honest, I prefer one that makes you go "WTFLOL" since you don't expect it. I remember when I first showed mine to my friends...they laughed so much they didn't notice the intro was finished!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9G3NhPflbQ

its guaranteed to cut your waiting time in half... XP
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