02-14-2016, 11:24 AM
(This post was last modified: 02-14-2016, 11:44 AM by Jermungandr.)
But the Bowser logo is literally always red, or black on red.
![[Image: bowser_emblema.png]](https://vallent371.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/bowser_emblema.png)
So you gotta assume that that's the color that Bowser associates with himself ... and that Nintendo associates with him.
In my personal opinion, I'd say use red for the bad guys, and yellow for the good guys. Mario & Pals be all about that gold after all. Gold coins, gold crowns, gold stars.
Green would be a good color for power-ups, a reference to 1ups, flowers, and yoshi eggs. Or perhaps just green for healing items, and another color for offensive items? Orange would be a good reference to Mario's fireballs, feathers, the leaf power-up in modern games, and even the carrot from SML2 (the only issue being that orange might be too similar to red). Blue or Brown would be good choices for equipable items, as a reference to Mario's boots or overalls.
Also, I think the solid color around the edge serves another purpose than just making the cards look good in IRL card games. It also makes it difficult to tell what kinds of cards are located where in your deck when viewing the deck from the side or an angle. Have you ever looked at the side of a deck of cards that do not have uniform borders, and notice that all the different colors are visible on the edge? I think it's probably a safety measure to keep people from cutting the deck in their favor.
So you gotta assume that that's the color that Bowser associates with himself ... and that Nintendo associates with him.
In my personal opinion, I'd say use red for the bad guys, and yellow for the good guys. Mario & Pals be all about that gold after all. Gold coins, gold crowns, gold stars.
Green would be a good color for power-ups, a reference to 1ups, flowers, and yoshi eggs. Or perhaps just green for healing items, and another color for offensive items? Orange would be a good reference to Mario's fireballs, feathers, the leaf power-up in modern games, and even the carrot from SML2 (the only issue being that orange might be too similar to red). Blue or Brown would be good choices for equipable items, as a reference to Mario's boots or overalls.
Also, I think the solid color around the edge serves another purpose than just making the cards look good in IRL card games. It also makes it difficult to tell what kinds of cards are located where in your deck when viewing the deck from the side or an angle. Have you ever looked at the side of a deck of cards that do not have uniform borders, and notice that all the different colors are visible on the edge? I think it's probably a safety measure to keep people from cutting the deck in their favor.