Unfortunately, it doesn't. Or at least it doesn't do so fully. Instead, it does so in fits and spurts.
Its first few pages are a perfect reflection of that. Although the spread seen below features three really nice illustrations, the rest of the acreage on hand is mostly white space and black text.
That's less true when it comes to the spreads that follow, but even then it'd be hard to argue that there's a whole lot more black and white on those pages than there are colorful pieces of art.
At least the pieces of art that are there are easy on the eyes. Granted, I've rarely come across a drawing of a collectable in-game item I didn't like, so maybe I'm alone in finding them appealing.
(Speaking of game items, my friend, Jess, recently published a great blog post about Capcom's long history of silly, strange and intriguing power-ups. I'd definitely recommend reading it if you find such things interesting.)
I also really like the enemy depictions that are showcased in the scan above. The only thing I don't like about them is there are only 11 of them.
Oh, well, at we got those 11, right?
See also: previous 'Manual Stimulation' posts about Don Doko Don, Parasol Stars and Parodius Da!
No comments:
Post a Comment