The latest hit from acclaimed developer Fromsoftware,Armored Core 6: Fires Of Rubicon, introduces a comprehensive decal customization system for the game’s war mechs and battle robots. And the online world is currently awash with imaginative decal designs paying homage to nearly every popular mecha franchise (Among other wacky and cool designs we couldn’t help but swoon over).
Of course, it’s not at all surprising that we see a design that mimics the iconicGundamdesign (thanks to@chronokatan). This blue and red hybrid decal seems to be very close to the original RX-78-2 Gundam (the first actual non-protoype Gundam mecha and the most famous across all Japanese media). Another iconic anime design is the Evangelion, courtesy of@BruunoAsking, with its very recognizable mix of green and purple decals.
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Some fans are turning to American cartoons instead, as we see rjsbrowse sharing the yellow and blueMegas XLRdesign from the show of the same name, and@STsougkranismaking a “discount Optimus Prime” from Transformers. Some are going extra hard into Western media territory, with thatguy01220 making an amazingBatman Beyonddecal on Reddit, and moyu2099 literally making aVenommecha that looks both as stunning and deadly as the comic book villain himself.
Needless to say, video games are not exempt from the decal craze. We have adecalinspired byDark Souls' Solaire of Astora, andanotheras pink as Kirby, and even aHello Kittydesign, but the one that feels like a real blast from the past is thePepsi Man designby YambagMcgee. This is definitely a design that you don’t see everywhere, and probably not many people know that this game even existed at one point.
It’s really a little bit of everything.FriezafromDragon Ball. A design inspired by the cyberpunk movieAkira. SomeHalo Arbiterstuff. EvenWall EandSamusdesigns are there. The only downside is that the Share ID that allows you to download the design into your game is not cross-platform. That means you won’t be able to recreate many of the designs you see right away (and not every player actually shares their ID), but hopefully fans will come up with a decent and easy way to share IDs with each other soon.
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