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Nintendo's iconic characters have never looked this real, reimagined by the art director of 'God of War'

Ben Gilbert   

Nintendo's iconic characters have never looked this real, reimagined by the art director of 'God of War'
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  • Nintendo's latest major game, "Super Smash Bros. Ultimate," stars over 70 of gaming's most iconic characters - from Super Mario to Mega Man.
  • It's the most detailed many of those characters have ever looked, but it's still far from the level of detail of the biggest PlayStation and Xbox blockbusters.
  • The artist behind the gorgeous, highly-detailed "God of War" has been reimagining major "Super Smash Bros." characters on Twitter - to hilarious and horrifying results.


What would it look like if the high-resolution, super-high detail art style of 2018's incredible "God of War" was applied to some of Nintendo's most iconic characters?

"God of War" art director Raf Grassetti is answering exactly that question on his Twitter feed, where he's been drawing up new versions of major Nintendo characters like Bowser and Samus Aran.

Here's the Hero of Time, Link of "The Legend of Zelda" himself, reimagined:

Not too shabby, right?

And that's just for starters:

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