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Astery May 15, 2024 @ 2:14am

Powerdolls remaster please

I was excited for a moment that Kogado still exists, but why this. I would pay full 100 USD if you guys simply AI upscale assets and release Power Dolls 2 to Power Dolls 5X in 2k resolution (yes I am not even asking 4K) with Japanese, (Traditional) Chinese (where ithese already existed) and may be English in 1 package.

I'm sorry to say this just isn't it.

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trangalho May 18, 2024 @ 9:32am

It would be a neat introduction to the Powerdolls series for many people, and there would be less risk of breaking the games for older fans.

Outsider May 18, 2024 @ 7:19pm

I don't think using AI upscaling for pixel art is a good idea.
Old Games still look good, they just a pain to run and play.

jabberwok May 20, 2024 @ 10:41am

Originally posted by Outsider:
I don't think using AI upscaling for pixel art is a good idea.
Old Games still look good, they just a pain to run and play.

This. The pixel art in original Power Dolls is already quite smooth looking. Upscaling isn't going to improve the art. Honestly, even for more pixellated artwork, all upscaling does is reveal the lack of detail. For this game, it would either have almost no effect, or it would ruin the shading on the characters.

Any decent 'remaster' should redraw everything, not toss it through a filter. Though in the case of Power Dolls, that might be a downgrade, as the art style is probably the most timeless part of the game.

Fraggoth

May 20, 2024 @ 11:14am

Originally posted by Outsider:
I don't think using AI upscaling for pixel art is a good idea.
Old Games still look good, they just a pain to run and play.

This. AI Upscaling just doesn't look good, particularly compared to the source pixel art. As Jabberwock also says, the art style of Power Dolls is iconic and mangling it with an upscale or a filter just doesn't seem like a good idea to me.

daicon May 20, 2024 @ 5:13pm

I don't need a "remaster" really, I'd much more prefer a decently priced collection of the original games!

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Jul 1, 2024 @ 7:03am

Please please please pleeeease English releases of the sequels! I have been using Google translate to stumble my way through the series, and that's just cruel and unusual way to discover how much poorer the world is for PD2 to have remained just in Japan.

And, yeah, no upscaling garbo, let's have the beautiful, beautiful PC98 dithering raw and unfiltered.
Then again, PD2 had a Windows version with more colors going on, as was the case from 3 on, but, yes, if Kogado still exists, I will pay full stupid AAA video game price if you just get some nerds to translate the rest of the series and kick it out as-is.