Current design of the girls.

[Quidoo]

Personally, I think this VN would be better if it took a "Yoshi's Island" art direction. Or if not the whole VN, then at least the sex scenes -- who can complain about the inclusion of hentai if it's done in crayon?

If I could draw I would definitely have a try at that last suggestion. Then again, I suppose someone who can't draw would pull of a more effective picture.

[Gash]

Personally, I think this VN would be better if it took a "Yoshi's Island" art direction. Or if not the whole VN, then at least the sex scenes -- who can complain about the inclusion of hentai if it's done in crayon?

Sex scenes looking like something from Yoshi's island...the worst part is that this sounds kinda funny. It comes to the Rin sex scene. Turns out she's a stoner and would rather sleep with Hisao while they're both high. Hisao tries it. Everything goes crazy!

[Caesius]

Touch fuzzy, get dizzy.


[bad end]

[Pimmy]

Ah, so you were referring to the Grid1 designs. Emi really doesn't look that different actually!
I still lol at how much trouble the old artist seemed to have coloring INSIDE the lines.

Its not uncommon to see some artists who overlap the lines a bit as part of their style.

That's not style in this example, bro

[ThreeStep]

[quote="Gash"It comes to the Rin sex scene. Turns out she's a stoner and would rather sleep with Hisao while they're both high. Hisao tries it. Everything goes crazy![/quote]

The image of Rin putting an acid blotter in Hisao's mouth using her toes will not leave my mind.

I like the old Emi design a litle more than the new one, even if my brain keeps going "Too tall too tall somethings wrong." Rin, not so much. Anyone else see a Spaniel's ears in her hair?

[Warwick]

Ah, so you were referring to the Grid1 designs. Emi really doesn't look that different actually!
I still lol at how much trouble the old artist seemed to have coloring INSIDE the lines.

Its not uncommon to see some artists who overlap the lines a bit as part of their style.

That's not style in this example, bro

Right. This is closer to it being stylistic (Shameless plug, I know).

[U.T. Raptor]

There are, iirc, a few clips from an older demo on Youtube, including one of Hanako (and one of Lilly when she still played the violin and had a dog).

[UNIT0918]

Unless you took TheHivemind seriously, it's just Lilly until you post that pic of Emi you claim to have seen, as people have requested more than once now.

I also found this one of Rin... she looks too cheerful to me. I like the demo version better.

Huh. I actually find Rin's old design more attractive. Must be the eyes, hair, and uniform.

[Bara]

I'm not saying I like that design more than her current one, I'm just saying it's a pity it's not used for anything now.

Edit: holy- I'm liking old Emi.

Obviously I am a philistine.

The one feature I realy like is the hairstyle on Emi in the pic from Grid 1. The eye color tho... no.
Rin, Nope. I think the current version is hands down better.

[Deimos]

Rin, Nope. I think the current version is hands down better.

... that was awful and should consequently go into the Horatio Caine thread.


But concerning the original design of the girls there are pictures of them wearing a green jacket and a sweater. I even remember seeing them wearing those in a youtube video. [shimmie]184[/shimmie]

Somehow I find this uniform better than the current one but I suppose they are harder to draw than simple white shirts or are too thick and impractical for a game that is supposed to span over only three months of a single summer.

[Loki]

I think there was a phase where the developers wanted to change/modify the uniform. I *think* those were the 'winter' versions of the uniform but this was yonks ago so I could be spouting shit again.

[Bara]

Rin, Nope. I think the current version is hands down better.

... that was awful and should consequently go into the Horatio Caine thread.

Do'h!! Actualy that was unintentional. I posted that just before crashing for the night so maybe I can try and get off with a plea of posting while in a semi-concious state?

[EternalLurker]

Oh, wow, if that was unintentional then that's hilarious. ^_^

I can see a few potential issues with the green uniform there which might account for why the devs chose the current uniform. For one, it looks far too different from a probable boy's uniform, which would make Rin stand out too noticeably. With the current uniform, the tie is a significant difference, but other than that her uniform doesn't attract too much attention.