I've always been interested in putting my own concepts and ideas into games, and recently I've been importing characters into Mario Kart Wii by rigging a model over and existing characters bones.
I prefer to do the less common/underused characters as I feel it's more original and unique.
There are a lot of characters I want to import however I am no modeller and some of the characters either have no model or it is too high/low poly for Mario Kart Wii, so I humbly request assitance.
The models need to be under 1000 faces to prevent possible lag. If it goes a bit over then that's fine. Emerl, my most recent import was 1270 faces and I haven't encountered any problems yet. They also need to be a good quality as it's on the Wii so anything above 600 faces is good
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For the texture dimensions 256x256 is good, If there's extra detail that needs to be added and a larger texture is required then up to 256x512 or 512x512 is fine.
*Optional (but would be very much appreciated): Also if it's not too much problem could the eyes be a seperate polygon for blinking and other faces (where appropriate). Here's an example of Mario's different expressions in Mario Kart Wii.
The first face is normal, 2 and 3 are blinking, 4 and 5 are a happy face, 6 is a hurt face and 7 is a sad face
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The list of characters is extensive, and obviously I'm not expecting one person to do all of them but if there's any characters anyone wants to do I would greatly appreciate it.
Sonic Characters:Shade the EchidnaImperator IxNestor the WiseNeo Metal SonicLight Chaos ChaoHero Chaos ChaoDark Chaos ChaoCrash Bandicoot Characters:
Baby TPenta PenguinRipper RooPapu PapuKomodo JoePinstripe PotarooKoala KongRilla RooTrippo (Unused Crash Team Racing Concept)Evil CrashN.Brio (Original outfit)Tawna Bandicoot
In Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex the elemental masks transform Crunch into the relevant elemental version of him. Well, I was wondering what it would look like if Aku Aku or Uka Uka or even the Velo Mask from Crash Nitro Kart transformed Crash. I think it could make for some interesting concepts.
Spyro Characters:
SpyroCynderHunterYu-Gi-Oh! Characters:Exodia the Forbidden One
Here's a video of Emerl importing into Mario Kart Wii, rigged over Mario.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3W-B9fIXRo"][MKWii Hacks] Custom Character: Emerl the Gizoid - YouTube[/ame]
Slawter