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Lame Nintendo Switch Game Icons
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Lame Nintendo Switch Game Icons

It’s funny how much Scott talks about physical box art but I’ve never heard him talk about the art for the game icons on the Switch’s menu, which you’re probably going to see more often than the actual box art. I usually want the game icon to match the main box art as closely as possible because it typically is the main image I associate with the game.

I find it weird that some games just choose to have completely different art or are missing important elements like the title. I get that some box art is specifically designed around the portrait layout of a Nintendo Switch game case and it can be hard to squish that image into a square shape (see Smash Ultimate), however there really should be an option to change all the game icons back to the portrait orientation for those who want to preserve the original art.

There are some game icons I actually prefer to the physical box art, such as NSMBUDX, which I find to be more colorful and more representative of the actual game than the original art.

u/mrafflin — 5 days ago