Nintendo News | Optional Outlines for Tales of Innocence DS

By Jorge Ba-oh 12.11.2007 18

How do you like your visuals? Outlined characters or regular models? Namco Bandai have revealed an interesting option in the upcoming DS Tales entry - optional outlines!

The Official website has revealed the option to turn on or off the outline feature:

Thanks to SiliconEra for the tip.

Box art for Tales of Innocence
Developer

Alfa

Publisher

Namco Bandai

Genre

Adventure

Players

1

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Laurelin is offline. Laurelin 12.11.2007#1

I have to look hard for differences in this tiny caps.
I'm in for No 1 (left)!

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Zapp is offline. Zapp 12.11.2007#2

I think I like the one on the RIGHT!

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JoshSL is offline. JoshSL 12.11.2007#3

Ooh! Very nice feature, I love teh Cel Shading, always will with Tales games, so I'll be going with the right prolly.

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Phoenom is offline. Phoenom 12.11.2007#4

I want the game first, then I'll decide.Smilie

 
JoshSL is offline. JoshSL 12.11.2007#5

Yeah, agreed, I guess I should change that to: if the game ever comes out here, then I would choose the right one. Smilie

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Jump_button is offline. Jump_button 12.11.2007#6

^^ cant wait for it not see alot of new symphonia i hope the story as good on that and this as it was in the GC one ^^

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Raff is offline. Raff 12.11.2007#7

Looks better without the outline. It looks rubbish in PH as well. WW looked better without any outline, no idea why they put one on the DS version with its 2x2 pixel screen.

It's going to be shit and you jolly well know it.
 
Darkflame is offline. Darkflame 12.11.2007#8

..because its a hardware function, very easy to turn on/off.

Personaly, I like the outlines, but would prefer AA.
(which the DS can do better without outlines)

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tiamat1990 is offline. tiamat1990 13.11.2007#9

On. It could change when I videos but from these static pictures I'd want it on. Gives it a cel-shaded feel.

 
ohm is offline. ohm 13.11.2007#10

The outlines were too thick in PH, indeed.

 
mooojc is offline. mooojc 13.11.2007#11

I honestly see no difference in the above screens but from PH, I have to agree, the outlines were quite thick.

 
Raff is offline. Raff 13.11.2007#12

..because its a hardware function, very easy to turn on/off.

Pixel outlines are a hardware function? Sure you don't mean cel shading?

It's going to be shit and you jolly well know it.
 
Faust_D is offline. Faust_D 13.11.2007#13

Okay, someone explain to me wtf outlines exactly are, or what you seem to consider outlines, because as far as I know PH (I'm assuming this means Phantom Hourglass.. >.> ) doesn't have any 'outlines'.. >.>

EDIT: NVM, couldn't find any pics where you could see it properly, but I finally found one pic that did show it.. Still, how the hell are they too thick?..

( Edited on 13.11.2007 18:54 by iNo Faust )

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Raff is offline. Raff 13.11.2007#14

They weren't too thick, they couldn't possibly have been any thinner. They were just unnecessary.

( Edited on 13.11.2007 19:26 by Grumbler )

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Faust_D is offline. Faust_D 13.11.2007#15

GRUMBLEMASTER said:
They werent too thick, they couldnt possibly have been any thinner. They were just unnecessary.( Edited on 13.11.2007 19:26 by Grumbler )

Yeah, the fact I actually never really noticed them said as much. iCame found them to be too thick, though, so that's why I wondered^^

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Raff is offline. Raff 13.11.2007#16

The weirdest thing is that they're brown...

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Faust_D is offline. Faust_D 13.11.2007#17

GRUMBLEMASTER said:
The weirdest thing is that theyre brown...

Well, some of the artwork I've seen has brown outlines, so it's probably just a weird style decision to keep in line with the artwork.. It's still odd, though..

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CuRoi is offline. CuRoi 13.11.2007#18

Well, there's plus and negative points to both I think. Without the outline, the character on the left looks better defined in places, especially his legs, and overall just looks nicer.

However, outlines can help separate foreground objects from the background, so they don't blend into each other too much. Like the un-outlined guy's helmet looks like some kind of giant mushroom in the background if you look at it a certain way. The monster looks better with outlines I think.

 

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