Redesigns for Video Game Characters 

The hanging tassels in Cammy's jacket are a good way to implement her braid's secondary animation while still changing her hair style.

Mario truly did have a weird design evolution, it was inconsistent and consistent at the same time XD

Sonic is always the first character I think of when it comes to character redesigns. But I'm actually glad that you talked about these characters here because they're not ones I really think about when it comes to character redesigns.

I still think Ken's redesign impacted and surprised me more comparing to cammy's or Ryu's since their story is pretty much over and their redesigns were kinda obvious where as for Ken's,we've all got used to see him all confident and smiling while his designs always compliments his blazing personality really well and we've all expected him to look all the same and happy on this entry. and yet to see him all depressed,moody,angry while wearing a rather rugged messy clothes is just really felt out of character of him because this is the first time seeing a character like him gotten such a redesign excluding violent ken of course and later you soon understood why because of the mess he's thrown upon and it's heart warming to know that as WE the player get to interact with him in world tour soon realize the fire is still there and he's still the ken we all know and love and he's just in a tough spot and needs help and as a HUGE Ken fan,It feels really nice knowing it's US doing the help and not ryu.

Cammy’s redesign’s actually all coincide with her story. Also I love that the new cammy design uses things like the jacket tassels to keep her original silhouette

My most favorite redesign situations are in the Guilty Gear games, as they have a pretty nice way to obviously show a character"s growth or change like Ky getting his hair short or May putting on a hoodie Except Sol, it seems like he barely ever changes despite years passing

Fighting game franchises are very common when it comes to redesigning their characters over the years. It shows that the game and their characters have been evolved.

Cloud, Pikachu and Sora are some of the game protagonists I love in every art style they have come out with, they just never look bad.

Maybe I missed it, but I love that Cammy’s coat has a ridiculous belt that stands in for her formerly long hair

I still find the turtleneck leotard with sewed-in necktie or ribbon to be one of the most unusual costume designs i've ever seen. Cammy pulls it off, though. And i've never considered the school uniform angle either, so that's cool to learn. Dee Jay probably got the most significant redesign of all characters, though. Or perhaps some would say most significant design, period-- considering how minimal his original look is. (which i honestly do like).

My favorite Cammy design is the Alpha Design and because it was used in the Marvel Vs Capcom, however I don’t mind the original Green Leotard, her SF6 is even better I would argue, I love the blue jacket with the UK Flag, the Midriff and I’m a big fan of Yoga Pants too🇬🇧

I honestly like how, for the first time since SFIII, SF6 is actually deciding to visually age up its characters and make them feel like more of a part of the modern world.

The coolest thing about Cammy's redesign? The belts match her classic silhouette, in place of her iconic pigtails.

Crash Bandicoot is the first character I think of when it comes to REDESIGNS. If we put aside his in-game look in the PS1 Trilogy (that differs with 1st to his 2nd & 3rd game look), there was a clear design that continued to Crash Team Racing and Crash Bash to Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex and Crash Nitro Kart. In all these games Crash Bandicoot was in his "original" design on all boxarts and adds. Same goes for his Game Boy Advance adventure titles. But with Crash Twinsanity, here is what we see some slight changes to him and the other characters. And with Crash Tag-Team Racing, we saw him getting further changed. Not so much that it is "way-off", but it is clear with the other characters more that they have walked away from there original designs. BUT as we all know, with the sift-reboot Crash of the Titans here we saw the absolute major changes. There was near only by name it was Crash Bandicoot we saw. Now he have wild hairstyle, a flattened face, wider eyes that gives impression of that he is on some illegal substances, is covererd in gang-like tattoes and to add he is now stupid and talking gibberish. His enemies like Tony Tiger is completely at evrey point re-made so he is no longer a hulking aggresive tiger mutant, but instead is a calm human-tiger like character wearing a green overalls with a matching green cap and speaks like boxer Mike Tyson (WT¤). Aku-Aku is now wider, looks like he have no clue all the time and of some reason have an modern-african dialect thrown in there (!). Same goes for the sequel. The games where not bad, but they felt nothing like Crash Bandicoot..... And not until Crash Bandicoot N-Sane Trilogy we get back after all these years the ORIGINAL design, but with updated colors and lightning textures. Here is what Crash & Co should always look like. Loved it and it is continued to be used in Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled = all perfect looking. But here we are now. "Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time" and its party follow up "Crash Team Rumble" and they gave them a soft remade design (again) and why I wonder? Why can't they leave Crash Bandicoot alone and let him have his original design? I mean after barely 1,5 year they took away his comeback original look and re-made it. Why? There is no official reason behind it all.

Sonic had a major glow-up with his redesign, and i really prefer Yuji Uekawa's sleek exaggerated graffiti-esque designs over the classic designs... Though Naoto Oshima did a great job too.

No mention that cammy's jacket recreates her classic silhouette by having the loose straps dangling in the wind mimicking her old hair from a silhouette perspective.

I always liked how Terry Bogard look changed in Mark of the Wolves with that green bomber jacket, shorter hair and shoes instead of sneakers. Though technically he already had some design changes between his debut game, Fatal Fury 2 and 3, though his FF2 look is his more iconic one and the one that was kept in his all his KoF appearances until 2003 when SNK switched to his MoW look, only to come back to his FF2 design in KOF XII

My favorite redesign was Samus in Metroid Prime 2&3 to me that's her definitive look, imo they perfected the iconic Varia Suit in those games, it even got several figurines and statues, I always look forward to how they redesign her suits in new games.

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I think Amy Rose and Dr. Eggman would be interesting to talk about. Technically, every main Sonic character got a redesign at some point, but those two are the most drastic.

I always loved Iori Yagami's redesign in KOF XV, Chun-Li's SF6 redesign, DOOM Slayer's Eternal redesign, and Bayonetta's original design.

Ryu's hair keeps getting darker and spikier because he has not showered since SF Alpha

I thought for sure Sonic was gonna be brought up in this video, seems like he had one of the bigger impacting redesigns in terms of video game characters

I actually like Cammy's SFA design the best. She looks so cute.

4:59 Yeah I always choose that outfit in Smash Bros for cloud. Also right after you said that when the ad showed up It was actually for final fantasy 7. Such perfect timing

Do you think Ryu's hair got darker and shorter over the course of the SF timeline because it got dirtier and he lost hair over time? After all, SFI Ryu just got out of training and basically just wandered the world looking for fights, and SFII Ryu entered a worldwide tournament. It ultimately culminated in his SFVI design where his facial hair significantly grew since SFIII.

Ryu’s hair was red as tribute to the greatest practitioner of anything goes martial arts, Ranma Saotome.

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Hopefully you bring up Link in the next video, he’s the first guy that comes to mind when someone brings up character redesigns haha

Ik people have talked about it alot but its cool that Cammy's tassles on her new design might be an homage to her braids in a way.

Virtua Fighter is a weird case as they’ve remained the same mostly except for minor details in character design. Kage Maru looks the same. This is in contrast to Tekken where the characters have had newer designs[while their retro designs sometimes are retained as extra outfits]. And even Dead or Alive have changed or altered some characters’ designs[for better or worse in some cases].

No matter what your opinions may be on redesigns, we can all agree that Cammy's old costume is a gift from God, and the closest thing to perfection.

If you take any requests please talk about Princess Daisy, I think the design she had during the n64 was her best

I just love that the tassels are there in cammy's jacket which basically are the long braids she had before just subtly kept in here to still make her seem familiar and you still recognize her as "cammy" even though her entire outfit is basically the opposite of what she had before

Cammy’s redesign in Street Fighter 6 has to be my favorite, SHE LOOKS SO COOL

Keep the redesign vids coming they are really really good!

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Mario , Ryu , Cammy and Cloud have amazing designs. I also love the redesigns but for Street Fighter Ryu and Cammy I love the classic designs more. Cool video. ^_^

I'd love to see something on some of the guilty gear characters, Ky, May and Bridget all come to mind as characters who have had some pretty great redesigns

I do like Cammy's new look but not nearly as much as her previous ones. I think it's due to the lack of a hat lol

I really love all of Clouds designs.

Sonic always will be the redesign I remember people’s reaction too the most. In ANY iteration.

Fun fact: Ryu's SF6 outfit is meant to resemble his master Gouken, a very nice detail that shows he is honoring his masters teachings.

Interesting comparisons

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Hate me all y’all want…but Pac-Man’s Ghostly Adventures design is my favorite design of the yellow orb. Very expressive and whimsical.

How could you forget Cammy’s look for Cannon Spike on Dreamcast?!

I’m pretty sure the FAMICOM port of Mario Bros has Mario without gloves because of technical limitations-not being able to display enough colors-so his hands had to be the same color as his skin

Hey did you voice act in the Everybody 1+2 Switch trailer?

I really love Cammy's new design.

Those jacket tails on cammy new design are clearly nod to her pony tails from the older design

0:18 ITS THE GUY FROM FORTNITE

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Ryu's hair is dark blue in SF3...

Great content, nice speaking voice as well.

Kirby is my favorite video game character!

Cammy is now more bri'ish and streety and less military. She's become a roadman (I don't play streetfighter i just like to analyze designs) Cloud's original design is my favorite because graphical "realism" ruined his hair but I do like the coat-ish part of the other smash bros outfit from that movie. (I haven't played final fantasy, Cloud's design is the only thing I really know anything about) Mario's outfit color doesn't even really matter because the shape is recognizable enough

man really put a game cover character from 1996 in the new section

My man King Dedede gets redesigned in almost every Kirby game

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5:05 you could mention he also turned into an elephant

Kimmy new design looks very much like Blue Mary from KOF.

So cammy's alpha esc design isn't really from the alpha series but well it is in alpha 2 gold and alpha 3 but it was made for xmen vs street fighter so

the redesigns of ryu its cool because capcom use the story as reason =)

Cammy’s outfit redesign is great but the face to me doesn’t look like an older cammy. It just looks like a completely different person

I actually really like the new cammy design I think it's just as he said more tasteful. I'm just not a fan of revealing designs

Bro Cammy is british guy all along man

Dad dad get the camera oh wait 😢 (Kiro what is your favorite redesign)

I think redesigns can be great if done well, otherwise the character’s look will end up being like the fifa games, with each iteration the same, apart from better graphics.

I would have never recognized Cammy in her new outfit, ngl...

I like Ryus concepts design in Street fighter 6 than his final design.

Ryu got his hair spikier and darker probably due to his training and fights probably hindering his daily routine making it dirtier and messier, its just my headcanon

Cammy's braids will be missed... she kinda looks like snk's blue mary to me now. Especially since she wears more blue than blue mary.

Really wish you mentioned Kano

I miss cammy's hat

Do Bowser, Guile, & Rex

Redesigns only leads to future merch sales

Link is swimming in redesigns lol

Adding a “spoilers” disclaimer for a fighting game is hilarious lol

I think the Ryu with brown and long bangs looks a hell lot better than the clay pokey looking crap.

So we’re not going to talk about Dissidia Cloud’s design? Also I’m surprised Sonic wasn’t in this video.

My favorite desing for Fanny is the alpha version.

Honestly it confused me how this title is so similar to the other video, "Character Redesigns in Video Games," I mean I watched both, it's not a huge deal, but imo it's a good idea to develop a more intuitive titling system. Good videos though!

Doesn't matter as long as they stay sexy.

How about Link?

That’s crazy (first…)

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I personally think guilty gear strive is the king in redesigning character. They are RED

Redesign Cammy Alt outfit horrifying.

Clouds design in Kingdom Hearts is a cosplayers worst nightmare

Kinda disappointed you didn’t mention mario sunshine

No way you talked about redesigns and didn’t bring up link!

Your audio volume is super low compared to other channels

I absolutely love both Cammy's original design and her street fighter 6 redesign. Im a mega degenerate and think she is smoking hot regardless.

Chris Redfield in Resident Evil 7...and only in Resident Evil 7.

Your videos are good because they have personality. I can tell you actually write them and don’t just use AI like so many other channels do nowadays.

Pokémon redesigns

Hmm