You got your Aardman in my DSi
The house that Wallace and Gromit built go DSi
In a pretty smart marketing move on Nintendo's part, Oscar-winning animation house Aardman Animations is set to create twelve Flipnote Studio toons for the weeks leading up to Christmas.
Tim Ruffle, one of Aardman's animators, will be the one behind the stylus. The first of these Flipnote shorts, "The Sandwich Twins," will premiere Wednesday, September 16 on the Hatena site, with a new one each week until Santa comes.
Said Ruffle:
I had a lot of fun making these. Flipnote is so simple to use that it’s easy to make short, fun animations – but there’s a surprising amount of features there too, meaning you can make your creations more complex as your confidence grows. Budding animators will find this a great way to get creative!
The characters starring in these animations have been created exclusively for this Flipnote project, so don't keep your hopes high for your favorite Aardman toonies.
If the studio name doesn't ring any bells, you're most likely familiar with their output; besides creating Wallace and Gromit, the English studio is behind the movies Chicken Run and Flushed Away, shows Creature Comforts and Planet Sketch, and Purple and Brown on Nickelodeon.
User Comments
1. cryptonic
10 Sep 2009, 23:31 BST
HOLY BAZOOKA!!
pretty cool
2. Nero
11 Sep 2009, 00:05 BST
That's very cool. I love what those guys do.
3. Odnetnin
11 Sep 2009, 00:08 BST
Wallace and Gromit are SO awesome. I wonder if they will cameo in the Flipnotes?
4. Machu
11 Sep 2009, 00:11 BST
Yay, I love Aardman's stuff and you can bet these will be really high quality, and really funny!
5. RevolverLink
11 Sep 2009, 01:10 BST
Every time I think of Wallace and Gromit, I think of cheese.
Mmm, cheese.
6. minial100
11 Sep 2009, 02:02 BST
YUUUUUUUUUS!!! CHACHING $$$$
7. Odnetnin
11 Sep 2009, 02:03 BST
@minial I...I see what you did there.
8. WiiGuy
11 Sep 2009, 02:41 BST
Cool!!!
I can't wait to see them!
9. Hardy83
11 Sep 2009, 02:52 BST
I'm sure it'll be neat....But... This just seems like a lame way for Nintendo to get some quality content on Flipnote, which I don't know if you checked last, doesn't really have a lot of good videos. It's mostly petitions and a simple images where someone is talking.
There are good stuff, but.. how about a aardman art directed DSiWare game. I'd pay a ton of points for that!
10. Jave
11 Sep 2009, 03:15 BST
This'll be great. I love Aardman studios.
11. Kid_A
11 Sep 2009, 03:30 BST
Oh man I LOVE Aardman Studios! Flipnote Studio just got a whole lot more awesome.
12. Popyman
11 Sep 2009, 04:14 BST
That is very awesome of those amazingly awesome people.
13. Damo
11 Sep 2009, 08:58 BST
This is pure genius.
14. Terranigma
11 Sep 2009, 09:25 BST
I love their works so I have hope that these will be good
15. Chunky Droid
11 Sep 2009, 09:28 BST
Wow, that's incredible, I can't wait to see them!
16. LEGEND MARIOID
11 Sep 2009, 09:43 BST
Clever sons of guns. I am a fan of their work too, I think we may own some of their dvds in our collection.
17. Nintendogames1000
11 Sep 2009, 13:15 BST
Oh yeah. I remember Aardman. They had Wallace & Gromit in it. I use to watch that program all the time before in the past. That program was funny! I might want to watch it again since I still got the DVD's of those & they still run just like new.
One question though, aren't they going to continue making Wallace & Gromit again through out the future years? They made loaf & death this year. Still haven't watch that one yet. I did watch The Curse of the Were Rabbit. That was funny as well.
18. DSiFanCJV
11 Sep 2009, 22:45 BST
sweet i love aardman for Wallace and Gromit
19. sonicmaster
12 Sep 2009, 17:36 BST
I also love Wallace and Gromit. I wonder what the flipnotes will look like.