Smash 5 Character Art Predictions

[T-Donor66]

This is something I haven’t seen anyone talk about yet. One of my favorite things about the release of a new Smash game is seeing the new artwork/renders that is made for every playable character.

So, do you have any predictions about what the character artwork of a certain character will look like? What pose will your favorite character be holding in Smash 5? Will they keep the bright vibrant style of Smash 4, or will things be a little darker this time? Please share your predictions.

 

[Deleted member]

I personally want a bit of a darker approach this time. Melee and Brawl had a darker tone to most of the game and I feel like sm4sh is I bit more 'childish'. But that's besides the point. I would like to Zelda's CSS from Melee in the new smash as well as Mario, Link, as well as Marth. So yes, I see the new smash being a bit dark like the previous versions of Smash.

 

[Atem]

I personally want the same or a more cartoony look to the game. Some characters like Mario don’t really look good in gritty realism of brawl or melee. The cartoony look also matches most of the fighters representing games.

 

[MrRoidley]

I would love if they gave it a more 2D-art look instead of doing 3D renders
Think of somewhere near the Rayman Legends artworks? I guess that's the closest of what I'm thinking

They might just go with 3D renders, though. I think they'll still be more on the colorful/bright side since Smash games tend to follow whatever Zelda's artstyle is at the moment (SSB64 = Ocarina; Melee = Majora; Brawl = Twilight Princess; SSB4 = Skyward Sword; SSB5 would then be BOTW). OF COURSE it's not a rule but it is an interesting pattern, coincidental or not

 

[PierceWantsToSmash]

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is obviously what it will look like.

really sorry images are broken

 

[Venus of the Desert Bloom]

That is something I look forward to seeing as well. Smash 4 really captured the characters nicely in the character renders with particular examples as Mario, Link, Ike, Fox, and Sonic being renders I enjoyed. Made sense that they would be more vibrant considering they were made into amiibo.

I would like to see more of the same in terms of unique and expressive poses as opposed to what we saw previously. In terms of graphical style, I would like to see a blend of the nitty-gritty of Brawl and the light-heartedness of 4. HD with bright colors mixed with realistic characterizations of the roster. Maybe a shift in focus to atmospheric effects to portray a sense of darkness, mystery, or beauty. Previous examples includes Mario and Corrin but applied to more characters. This would be great to cast characters into a particular color. I would enjoy seeing those as it helped pop those characters out.

I really want to see something that portrays a sense of future, a sense of something that’s ascended...like...something we would imagine Smash to look like 50 years in the future in a world where flying cars, teleportation fields, holographs, and such exists. Just something that screams high-quality, transcendent, and futuristic. Time stopped while in motion is what I would like to see.

In terms of poses, here are a few I thought of:

• Mario crouching down low to the ground as if he’s rising to strike his opponent while holding a suspended ball of fire in his hands which washes his body in the fiery glow. A red light trail extends from Mario’s hands back behind him.
• Link suspended in the arrow while aiming his bow and a Guardians Arrow which casts his body in the light blue light of the Guardians Energy. His air blows in the wind and his eye squints to find his target. A light blue light trails extends from around Link and converge into the tip of his arrow.
• Kirby has his hammer and has swung it down; smashing into the ground creating fiery sparks that splashed an orange glow about him. A orange light trail curves behind Kirby and into the air and back down to the hammer.
• Fox is jumping in order to evade an unknown assailiant while holding and firing his blaster The Reflectors light creates a light trail as he jumps his body is cast in a blue light which reflects on his scouter.

 

[CyberWolfBia]

Hopefully the general artstyle is closer to Smash4 than anything else. For me it was a gigantic improvement of previous games.. if I could choose, I'd prefer to not change at all. But if there's the need to give the game its own personality, just refine what they were already doing.. make characters close to their appearences in their original games.

 

[Deleted member]

I think they'll stay with something similar to Smash 4. iirc it was described in Smash 4's project plan as moving away from Brawl's darker style and toward a more accurate depiction of how characters look in their source material.

With that in mind, I hope we get more art that features character specific poses that capture their identity. A great example is how Mario kind of juggled a fireball in his art, or how Sonic was, well, running. Stuff like Luigi's are really funny too. Smash 4 in general did a great job of this, but I hope it gets expanded upon even more. I definitely don't want to return to the Brawl days where we got more generic fighting stance poses to fit the darker mood.

 

[Wario Wario Wario]

Mario needs to be MUCH more jolly. I'd probably have him doing his iconic jumping pose.

 

[T-Donor66]

Mario needs to be MUCH more jolly. I'd probably have him doing his iconic jumping pose.

Absolutely. Although he is my secondary in Smash 4, I really don’t feel he has represented his character and personality that well since Brawl made him angry and edgy. I get that it was what Brawl was going for in terms of style, but he absolutely needs to be happier in Smash 5. I actually thought he was portrayed perfectly in Melee. He was still seemed competitive and battle ready, but he still had a big ole smile on his face.

 

[DBPirate]

The ones for Smash 4 were the best yet so as long as they're similar to that, I'm sure they'll be awesome. And I seriously doubt that they're going to go with the more realistic Brawl-style or anything "dark."

 

[MoonlitIllusion]

Honestly Smash 4 did a great job with most of the characters, their poses and expressions all fit most of the characters but there are a few that just felt bland, Samus, Pit, Palutena, Bowser and his weird arms, Bowser jr, I wish they had better poses

 

[CrusherMania1592]

I don't mind seeing a mixture of the cartoon and dark versions, but I feel it should aim towards more of a cartoon design

 

[T-Donor66]

Honestly Smash 4 did a great job with most of the characters, their poses and expressions all fit most of the characters but there are a few that just felt bland, Samus, Pit, Palutena, Bowser and his weird arms, Bowser jr, I wish they had better poses

Just adding on to your list of lame poses, I thought Pikachu and Kirby’s poses were both extremely lame and uninspired. The whole facing forward doing absolutely nothing thing that Pikachu and Samus had going on was really lame too.

 

[asia_catdog_blue]

I don't care what it is, as long as they don't use the same renders for freaking EVERYTHING!

 

[CaptainAmerica]

I wasn't a huge fan of Sm4sh's poses. Brawl's art matched their trophies, so they made sure that each of the characters would make a trophy that looked realistic in the SSE. By SSB4, they came out with actual, physical objects, but then gave most of the cast poses that were not freestanding and required a clear plastic stick up the character's *** to make them stand securely on the amiibo.

Some poses I'd like:
: similar to Luigi's Brawl artwork if he has a Cappy move or two, Luigi's art from MP9, or this Mario Party DS art
: Literally anything but his Sm4sh art. I'd love his Brawl SSE Trophy art.
: Keep both feet on the ground, but still play with her skirt like her alternate trophy or this Peach art. Bonus points in that her dress would hide any support rod well.
: Actively fighting, but again with his feet planted. HW has some great renders from the Skyloft outfit, BotW outfit, Classic outfit, or Master Quest outfit, or even his SoulCalibur 2 art.
: Something using magic or praying, and again (if she gets that wonderful royal gown) her dress could hide any potential support. I like her sealing pose in BotW, where she gets the light arrows in TP, or even one of her winposes
: One of the few characters with great art, but he needs his HW mane to complete the picture.

 

[T-Donor66]

Whoops, forgot to share some of my pose predictions

- I really want him to use the pose in my profile picture, and I think it’s definitely a possibility.

- If they are making Mario happier this time around, I think his iconic jumping pose would suit him well. And if Cappy is included in Mario’s moveset, I think the render will show Cappy’s eyes on Marios hat, rather than the usual M.

- I could see her having a pose where she in the air and pointing her hand cannon in the at an unknown assailant. Anything would be better than her Smash 4 pose.

- I could see him on all fours, with electricity coursing through him, and an aggressive expression. Although he could be standing and smiling as well, as long he’s as he’s doing something more interesting than the Smash 4 pose.

These are the only ones I really thought through so far. I’m going to contemplate other characters later.

 

[MBRedboy31]

Hmm... I wonder if they’re going to use the teaser trailer as an inspiration, and have the renders be portrayed with very dark ambience with heavily contrasting lighting either in front of or behind them... it’d have to be brighter than in the trailer of course, but yeah.
I’m not sure if I’d like that, seems too dark, but we don’t have much else to go on to speculate about.

Alternatively, if we go by the simpler and unshaded logo they’ve presented to us, what if they had minimalistic and/or silhouette like renders? It’d be sad not having full renders, but it would be an interesting change anyway.

 

[TheSoldier]

I would love to see little animated selection icons instead of 3d renders. Something like in Smash 64

 

[MoonlitIllusion]

I would love to see little animated selection icons instead of 3d renders. Something like in Smash 64

I've never thought about that but yes, bring back the selection animations! Although there's no reason we couldn't have both like in smash 64

 

[Deleted member]

I wonder why did they get rid of CSS animations in the first place?

 

[osby]

I wonder why did they get rid of CSS animations in the first place?

Either because models became too detailed or character portraits started to take up too much space, probably.

 

[MoonlitIllusion]

I wonder why did they get rid of CSS animations in the first place?

If I had to venture I guess, more characters means more time spent animating them, it’s not like melee had a whole lot of dev time so maybe they didn’t find it necessary