Capcom Announces Embrace the Dark, a Darkstalkers Resurrection Character Design

[O Ilusionista]

One of the biggest things that the Darkstalkers series is known for is its creative character designs. Now, Capcom is challenging fans of the series to see if they can come up with designs that match the creativity of the originals with their “Embrace the Dark” character design contest for Darkstalkers Resurrection. At stake is some pretty cool Darkstalkers swag as well as the chance to have your creation drawn by Stanley “Artgerm” Lau, the artist who lent his skills to the new artwork for Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike Online Edition and the upcoming Resurrection bundle.

The prize structure reads as follows:

1st Place: A custom made drawing of your character by Stanley “Artgerm” Lau, the artist for Darkstalkers Resurrection, along with one copy of the UDON Darkstalkers Tribute art book and one copy of Pop Culture Shock’s Lord Raptor statue.
2nd-3rd Place: One copy of Pop Culture Shock’s Lord Raptor statue
4th-8th Place: One copy of the Darkstalkers Tribute art book by UDON.

To join, fans can simply hop to this page and fill out the form with the name, monster type, physical description, fighting style, and any additional info for their character. Fans are encouraged to add as many additional details as possible, including their own artwork. Collaborations with other fans are allowed and entries from the unofficial contest held previously by Capcom-Unity moderator Esipiownage are still eligible.

The contest runs up until January 20, 2013 and is open to residents of the United States, Canada, and the European Union only, so get in there as soon as possible and show off your creativity.

http://shoryuken.com/2012/12/20/capcom-announces-embrace-the-dark-a-darkstalkers-resurrection-character-design-competition/

 

[NickyP]

Knowing Crapcom's track record, they'll probably pick a few really good designs. Then they'll render them in 3D, making everyone drool. And just when everything looks like it's going smoothly, they'll cancel the game. Then their world class PR employees will be like: "Nah, bro. There wasn't enough fan interest in the game. By the way, you guys want more versions of Street Fighter IV, or what?"

Off-topic: what game does the sprite in your avatar come from, Ilusionista? It looks Konami style, so I'd guess Contra, but I wouldn't know.

 

[O Ilusionista]

I expect a great game.

About the sprite, depends who you are talking about, because my avatar is random.

 

[zankurous]

Sigh, sounds like Megaman Legends 3 all over again if you ask me. Hope this is not the case since I really dig the Darkstalkers franchise and it would be nice if Capcom simply did not ignore & abandon it in favor of more Street Fighter games, just like it happened with promising yet forgotten franchises such as Rival Schools & Star Gladiator.

 

[O Ilusionista]

A new Rival Schools or Star Gladiators game would be great too.

 

[TheGrimmjow]

i might try this out

so ahn they do out country delivers right cause i am at brazil XD