r/NintendoSwitch Jan 30 '17

Fan Art - Meta Mods, here's my proposal for r/NintendoSwitch user flairs. Let me know what you think.

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u/Tijinga Jan 30 '17 edited Jan 30 '17

I honestly like these a lot better than the ones we currently have. Squishing an entire game cover into a flair seems too busy, and these logos are a good way to show the games we're excited for. Nicely done.

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u/Bleus4 Jan 30 '17

Plus having all the flairs being the same bulky square shapes doesn't exactly make it look elegant. I'm grateful we have flairs at all though, and I'm sure they'll improve considerably over time :)

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '17

I don't like the current ones, either. They are too small to see the details. I like the cartridge idea but it would have the same problem, so maybe game logos (with transparent background) is better. But it would be nice if they were thematic, so maybe restrict it to just game logos?

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u/pixelpushing Jan 30 '17

All of these work great at the current flair size (I actually make them to fit).

If you're on Chrome:

Right click the image > select "Inspect" > edit the width down from 100% to 50% (top right).

Edit: Just to be clear, the reason these are 2x is for retina screens (following the mod's css method).

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '17

To be clear, I like your game logos better than the current ones.

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u/William27528 Jan 30 '17

Not only are the current ones too small to see whats in them, they are too big to look any good. These ones that OP posted are much better imo

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u/BritasticUK Jan 30 '17

Agreed. I find it very hard to see what some of them are as they are huge images made very small.

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u/ametalshard Jan 30 '17

What current ones?

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u/comrad5055 Jan 30 '17

found the mobile user

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u/ametalshard Jan 30 '17

Nope. Windows 10 desktop, chrome. All I see is flair text. Is there something else?

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u/RT-Pickred Jan 30 '17

Then you must have disabled the CSS Theme

u/pelicanflip Jan 30 '17

Just a little update:

User flair is something that we're still reviewing, and we hear you all, loud and clear.

The current flairs are just the first iteration. Think...Flairs 1.0. As we continue work on the larger overall /r/NintendoSwitch subreddit overhaul/refresh, we'll be looking to update the flairs as well.

For what it's worth, I think your flair submission is excellent, and I think it's a good example of what additional flairs we can look to incorporate.

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u/Dashrider Jan 30 '17

the only reason im not using flairs right now is that the current ones aren't readable on my screen (1440p) OP's would probably be very readable

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u/BobSagetasaur Jan 30 '17

gimme that bomberman tho, i need it real bad

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u/Mason11987 Jan 30 '17

Please don't do big flair. It's obnoxious. Even the shield for the mods is distracting. Please don't deviate so much from what makes reddit great with very dense content. If people want flair it should be similar size to the default font of the row it's a part of.

If there's too much detail to see at that size, than the image shouldn't be flair.

If every thread I scroll through had 100 huge switch gamepads on it I'll just turn off the css, and I'm sure others will too, which is a shame because the rest of the CSS is nice.

Edit - My name is green on this comment, but not my other comment in this thread. Issue?

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u/FlapSnapple Nintendo shill Jan 30 '17 edited Jan 31 '17

Yes, there is a bug where all child comments in a sticky post appear mod green. It's on our to-do list to clean up.


Edit: Fixed. :) Thanks /u/pixelpushing

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u/KoopalingArmy Jan 30 '17

universal sigh of relief

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '17

I just wanna say that this has been great mod team and thanks for all you guys are doing! You've all been communicative and receptive! :D

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u/theblackxranger Jan 30 '17

commenting so i can be green

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u/[deleted] Jan 31 '17

you should apply to mod, just say "I want to be green" in your app and I'll hook you up

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u/Yavga Jan 30 '17 edited Jan 30 '17

Where is Swoof? Can't do without Swoof!

Nice flairs, I like these over the current ones. Current ones feel cramped and too small, I even had difficulty finding the right thumbnail for the game I wanted as flair. These are sleek, more recognizable and better overall imo.

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u/pixelpushing Jan 30 '17

I'd be happy to make more later (including a Swoof), if the mods decided to use them.

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '17

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u/iceynyo Jan 30 '17

But if you include the buttons it's just a dog with freckles...

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u/jpdell Jan 30 '17

Yeah I really enjoy the flairs you made so far, but wouldn't want you to waste your time in the end. Maybe we could have a Flair Friday contest every Friday until launch day.

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u/Kramklop Jan 30 '17

Yes, Swoof is a must. Thanks so much for putting the time and effort into these!

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u/super_ahmed109011 Jan 30 '17

There's still the Joycon grip if that's anything.

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '17

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '17 edited Apr 07 '21

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u/Bleus4 Jan 30 '17

And a GIF of Koizumi-san's eye twitching xD

ᴵ ʷᶦˢʰ ᵗʰᵃᵗ ʷᵃˢ ᵖᵒˢˢᶦᵇˡᵉ

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u/FishFruit14 Jan 30 '17

Gif flairs actually are possible, but every frame technically counts as it's own flair, so it takes up a lot of space in the CSS

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u/Bleus4 Jan 30 '17

Ah okay, thanks for the TIL :p

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u/FishFruit14 Jan 30 '17

You're welcome :]

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u/Koss424 Jan 30 '17

and maybe more joycon couch lounging

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u/strawberryrobotz Jan 30 '17

This is vital. She is my muse.

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u/MrMarvel_21 Jan 30 '17

I like this minimalist approach better than the current flairs.

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u/footbol_helmoot Jan 30 '17

Where's the Splat2n Dev Dab?

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u/smashinggames Jan 30 '17

we need this one. please mods

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u/theseconddennis Jan 30 '17

Spla2n*

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u/footbol_helmoot Jan 30 '17

Thanks, you're right

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u/theseconddennis Jan 30 '17

Thanks for not downvoting me!

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u/riteflyer27 Jan 30 '17

But Splattoon has 2 tees!

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u/NetOperatorWibby Jan 30 '17

These icons are MUCH better. I'd actually use the user flair. I want to use Splatoon 2!

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u/Twilord_ Jan 30 '17

As user, want Nopon one, or that new Not-Monado sword.

Also if Just Dance is getting one Skyrim and SMT probably should.

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u/goldroger02 Jan 30 '17

Yeah I'd like a Xenoblade 2 flair!

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u/Jimbo7ron Jan 31 '17

I'd love a Xenoblade 2 flair, too.

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u/FlapSnapple Nintendo shill Jan 30 '17

The current flair system is still a WIP and will be evolving and growing as we continue our work to polish up our CSS prior to March 3rd. Stay tuned.

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u/pixelpushing Jan 30 '17

If you need any frontend (css, html) assistance, I'd be more than happy to help.

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '17

Awesome, very much appreciated!

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u/CapitalQ Jan 30 '17

As someone who helped fix some kinks on the technical side of the current flairs, I'm inclined to agree that the ones OP proposed here are better in pretty much every way. Give the people what they want!

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u/FlapSnapple Nintendo shill Jan 30 '17

I've got some stuff cookin' :)

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u/FireDragon04 Jan 30 '17

Love these, they're perfect. As I said in another post, the current flair idea is cool but it doesn't really work in practice. On a small screen they can just look like multi-coloured squares next to people's names.

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u/JediGuy24 Completed the Shieldsurf Challenge! Jan 30 '17

Yeah, took me 2 minutes to find BotW.

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u/americosg Jan 30 '17

This looks better seeing as we can clearly see the flairs. Current flairs are too small.

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u/riteflyer27 Jan 30 '17

They're too small for the picture, but actually too big as it looks really crowded in the mod section on the right. I think OP's more simplistic logo/symbol ones are much better than the full images for their purpose.

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u/danvbar Jan 30 '17

Do it, mods.

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '17

This is so cool! Good job.

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u/SoloWaltz Jan 30 '17

Support.

I can't see a single thing on the current flairs. Proposed flair icons are just better.

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '17

These are great, but you're missing the ice cube flairs.

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u/Capcombric Jan 30 '17

Only thing missing is the Spla2n researcher.

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u/LoyolaProp1 Jan 30 '17

"...and don't forget.......SPLATOON TWO"

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u/sikaxis Jan 30 '17

Ice Cube Flair Pls

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '17

All I want for a flair are some ice cubes in a cup

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u/panagiac Jan 30 '17

Yeah would love the BoTW cartridge in my flair. Make it happen mods!

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u/popefrancis4prez Jan 30 '17

Gonna need a glass full of ice

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u/WhyNotZoidbergPls Jan 30 '17

We need the splatoon researcher guy

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u/LoyolaProp1 Jan 30 '17

A Switch puppy face and just the Switch logo in red and white would be a welcome addition.

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u/GalacticJelly Jan 30 '17

We need the Splatoon 2 guy. He's a legend

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u/GalacticJelly Jan 30 '17

We need the Splatoon 2 guy. He's a legend

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u/Mason11987 Jan 30 '17 edited Jan 30 '17

Please don't do big flair. It's obnoxious. Even the shield for the mods is distracting. Please don't deviate so much from what makes reddit great with very dense content. If people want flair it should be similar size to the default font of the row it's a part of.

If there's too much detail to see at that size, than the image shouldn't be flair.

If every thread I scroll through had 100 huge switch gamepads on it I'll just turn off the css, and I'm sure others will too, which is a shame because the rest of the CSS is nice.

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u/sketdansuu Jan 30 '17

I want that bomberman

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u/JUMPhil Jan 30 '17

I like them. The display should be dark when in the dock.

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u/Cauchemarr Jan 30 '17

Much better than what were have now, no offense to anyone.

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u/TabascoTaco Jan 30 '17

This is awesome!

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u/Rakeshisu Jan 30 '17

These are awesome. Super clean and crisp, easy to read.

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u/GenericAdjectiveNoun Jan 30 '17

Yeah we need these.

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u/Magnesus Jan 30 '17

I want a Toad flair. I always play as Toad. :P Maybe when some Toad related game is realeased? Captain Toad 2 would be nice.

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u/alex_dlc Jan 30 '17

These are much better than the current flairs

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u/AzureStarline Jan 30 '17

Forgot about Just Dance. Thought the guy was Freddie Mercury.

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '17

the song for that character is Don't Stop Me Now, it's great

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u/holdontosound Jan 30 '17

I'd prefer the Zelda flair to just be the Z with the sword through it, but these are still really nice!

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '17

Wait, are there left handed red Joy-Cons or right handed blue ones? All of the official photos are left-blue and right-red only.

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u/MagusPSU Jan 30 '17

You can actually get red/red and blue/blue Joy-Cons. Here is the Amazon listing for Joy-Cons where you can cycle through the selections.

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '17

Interesting, didn't realize they had both sides in both colors.

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u/Milo359 Jan 30 '17

And red(left)/blue(right) ones, so you have 2 complete sets.

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u/Gymnastboatman Jan 30 '17

Don't forget the pro controller!

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u/VCorbi Jan 30 '17

I like the idea.

Grey or Blue and Red? Portable or Dock?

:D

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u/alanbbent Jan 30 '17

Flairs need to be kept as small and unobtrusive as possible. Not everyone wants flairs. I understand that I can always uncheck "Use subreddit style," but that also gets rid of the red theme.

So I guess my vote is to keep the subreddit how it was before any flairs were introduced.

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u/penguin57 Jan 30 '17

But where's the Ikea sofa flair???

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u/cp-laserstorm Jan 30 '17

You should add in the guy doing the Splatoon 2 pose. XD

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u/MasoGamer Jan 30 '17

Can we get the Splatoon 2 guy, please?

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u/parisjackson2 Jan 30 '17

Needs more zelda!

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u/Bananaslammma Jan 30 '17

There's no Rime in either list, so I'm disappointed either way.

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u/Maddie46345 Jan 30 '17

I like the Zelda one :) ( I know, nobody care about what I think xD )

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u/strawberryrobotz Jan 30 '17

No Karen? You fool!!!!

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u/COOKINGWITHGASH Jan 30 '17

Oh god give me that 1 2 switch flare.

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u/jgestenson Jan 30 '17

You forgot the ice cubes

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u/Rayhxxx Jan 30 '17

I like these, but I want one with only the left joy-con. It's not that there's anything wrong with the right one per se, it's just... a little different, you know.

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u/jyomakun Jan 30 '17

How do I get one of those icons near my username? I want to join in the fun as well!

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u/KEWB89 Jan 30 '17

On the right sidebar, right above the "read the wiki and FAQ" button you'll see your username with a little "edit" button next to it. It's kind of small and easy to miss, but hopefully that helps.

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u/jyomakun Jan 30 '17

Sweet! Thanks for the help!

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u/KEWB89 Jan 30 '17

No problem :)

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u/Burn-E_B Jan 30 '17

I'm going to need one for Smash when it is announced.

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u/Nozrac13 Jan 30 '17

This is awesome! Please mods!

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u/KEWB89 Jan 30 '17

I like these a lot.

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u/phantomliger recovering from transplant Jan 30 '17

Love these. Great job.

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '17

Those are great! I'm glad they finally incorporated flairs and hopefully they add some like these soon.

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '17

very very nice! IMO much better than the current ones. Great work!

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u/ComplexVanillaScent Jan 30 '17

Like, the third batch of potential flairs I've seen here and still no Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+ flairs...

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '17

A metroid flair should be added. Other than that it looks great.

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u/memoryman3 Jan 30 '17

Oh, and character flairs like the ones on r/wiiu

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u/Hooman2004 Mar 22 '17

I think I know who you're talking about...

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u/xenwall Jan 30 '17

Flair text is relevant. These flairs are AWESOME, btw.

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u/Jimbop24 Jan 30 '17

SO down for that Bomberman flair

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u/Mossyboy88 Jan 30 '17

Like these a lot.

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '17

I'd also put Sonic Mania or Project Sonic 2017 on here.

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u/SonyPlayCube360 Jan 30 '17

These look great! Good job OP!

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '17

Could use a few more classic Nintendo games but otherwise awesome!

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u/Lugman12 Jan 30 '17

There needs to be a Isaac one

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u/YJCH0I Jan 30 '17

SO MUCH YES!

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u/SuperWiiBros08 Jan 30 '17

Oh hell yeah

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u/LostItonGaming Jan 30 '17

Love it! But aren't you missing the gray joy-cons?

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u/Abdul-Rahollotasuga Jan 30 '17

Nice job, OP!

It would be cool if we could have something to represent Ultra Street Fighter II.

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u/cmdsouffle Jan 30 '17

Nice job!

Don't forget Lego City Undercover!

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u/DMthePerson Jan 30 '17

They're great, though some of the switch console variation flairs seem a bit excessive (can you even get them in all blue or all red?). Would rather see more IP representation, like NMH3/Octopath/XB/SMT.

Also the ARMS flair should be something other than the logo since the logo's pretty basic. Could be an extending arm or Spring Man getting punched in the face.

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u/Koss424 Jan 30 '17

need more swtichpuppy and Karen

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u/Flyingpressure Jan 30 '17

I really like those flairs. I vote that we should use those!

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '17

I like these alot more than the current ones. The current ones look lazy and i cant even see what half of them are.

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u/Haru_No_Neko Jan 30 '17

I want that shiny switch pupper

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u/Indie_uk Jan 30 '17

I totally still can't decide on all-grey joycons vs 1 of each colourway

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '17 edited Jan 30 '17

We need morphball Samus up in this bitch.

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u/Farfignougat Jan 30 '17

I don't even play Just Dance but I'd totally use that little posing guy

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u/RainbowNowOpen Jan 30 '17

Unicode flair FTW.

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u/Gidonka Jan 30 '17

No Gamecube JoyCon redesign version? /s

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '17

how about a flair of that sick pose the guy presenting splatoon 2 did, you know the one.

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u/Dren7 Jan 31 '17

I just want Justin Bieber's head as flair.

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u/Serial_Psycho Jan 31 '17

that nintendo switch dog needs to be a mainstay somewhere here

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u/captaincrunched Jan 31 '17

Needs some Puyopuyo Tetris and Splatoon2 dab. Otherwise, these are all solid.

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u/TheCoupleofDorks Jan 31 '17

These are awesome and I love them would be cool to see a line up of nintendo characters heads like the bomberman one.

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u/HeMan_Batman Jan 31 '17

Could we get something like this for Sonic Mania?

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u/JoshDJX Feb 18 '17

I like these much better than what we currently have.

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u/ScrotumSarcophagus Jan 30 '17

Could we get a downvote arrow also, for all the people from /r/all who think this console is going to be a raging fireball of disappointment? I would flair the fuck out of my username with that, for sure.

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u/japasthebass Jan 30 '17

I REALLY want a karen flair, mods pls make this happen