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We are sure now that The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild will have a gorgeous art direction. Clearly inspired in japanese animation, it’s easy to make some Ghibli connections - from the beautiful japanese logo that retains the feeling of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind or the vast green landscapes that brings us back to the forests seen in Princess Mononoke. 

The Famicase Exhibition is online and now you can check all the games from this edition at www.famicase.com

Like every year I’ve made a selection of them to show here at Game & Graphics, but I recommend you to visit the website and take your time to enjoy the 160 designs submitted by visual artists, designers and illustrators from around the world.

To know more about my game “STRUNG OUT in heaven’s high” take a look at this post.

LINKS: [ Last year’s Famicase  /  Older posts about Famicase Exhibition ]

This is my contribution to the Famicase Exhibition 2016. 

Last year I designed the first game of the Star Cats saga: “Far Above the Moon”. The saga was opened then with a tribute to “Space Oddity”, one of my favorite songs by David Bowie. Now that Bowie has returned to the stars I felt that was the moment to close the circle with a game inspired by another of his songs, “Ashes to Ashes” (which at the same time was some kind of sequel from “Space Oddity”). 


[ About Famicase: Famicase is an exhibition organized by Satoshi Sakagami, owner of Meteor shop, and every year shows fictional Famicom cartridge designs ] 

LINKS: [ My design portfolio  /  Older posts about Famicase Exhibition / David Bowie’s Ashes to Ashes video ]
In a few days you will find all the cartridges of the exhibition here: Famicase.com

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The Famicase Exhibition is online! 

FAMICASE.COM is now updated with all the new Famicom cartridge designs that are being displayed in Meteor Shop, Tokyo.

I have selected a few of them to show in this post so you can feel the creativity and diversity of the designs submitted this year. In the official website you’ll find near to 150 titles, and not just the design but the history behind all those fake cartridge labels (some of them are in japanese but the ones from the western contributors are in english). Take your time and enjoy!
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Two days ago I published my cartridge “FAR ABOVE THE MOON” here in Game & Graphics, feel free to check the link to know more about it ;)

LINKS: [ My design portfolio  /  Older posts about Famicase Exhibition ]

Like every spring the Famicase Exhibition is open in Tokyo until the end of this month. This is my design for this year, “FAR ABOVE THE MOON”, a game based in David Bowie’s great hit “Space Oddity”. This is the text that explains the game:

_DAY 1: Protein pills taken. Helmet on. The first cat travelling into space is ready for the countdown.
_DAY 2: Floating out of the capsule the stars look very different. The Earth feels blue.
_DAY 3: Alarm in the ground control station: the circuit’s dead, there’s something wrong. The connection with the cat is lost.

What’s happening in the spaceship? Take your Famicom™ pad, connect to your head the included neuroelectrodes and prepare yourself for the oddest voyage through space and through a cat’s brain.

1 player mode. Edgy 8-bit graphics & sound. Infinite gameplay.

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This is my 6th year in Famicase, and I’ve really enjoyed the process of turning a song like this into a video game. Hope you like it! :)

[ About Famicase: Famicase is an exhibition organized by Satoshi Sakagami, owner of Meteor shop, and every year shows fictional Famicom cartridge designs ] 

LINKS: [ My design portfolio  /  Older posts about Famicase Exhibition ]

Zelda toy photography has been quite popular on Instagram for some time now, especially thanks to the recent Figma and Nendroid figures. Even myself I’ve tried some attempts in the past (you can see my Hyrule Adventures here).

But last week the official Nintendo IG account highlighted an artist whose Zelda-themed pictures go far beyond anything I’ve seen in this field. I’m talking about CaptainDangerous. Her attention to the detail, lightning and scenery recreate the adventures of Link in the most amazing and inspiring way. Feast your eyes and follow her account on Instagram for more.