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manmonkee ♂️ [1915571] [2005-09-23 14:45:39 +0000 UTC] "dave" (United Kingdom)

# Statistics

Favourites: 29; Deviations: 68; Watchers: 503

Watching: 53; Pageviews: 53603; Comments Made: 265; Friends: 53

# Interests

Favorite visual artist: The bloke who did the Poster for St Ives, And of course the god of art, Norman Rockwell.
Favorite movies: The Thin Man
Favorite bands / musical artists: Eddie Hinton, Annette Hanshaw
Favorite writers: Jamie Hernandez
Favorite games: Assault Suit Valken
Tools of the Trade: Wacom

# About me

Concept and general artist for the video games industry, going it alone now, will work for food.

Worked for several companies, Perfect Entertainment, IG, KUJU, Did everything from Wolverine on the Mega Drive to BWii on the Wii with Discworld, Fifa, and SEGA Manx TT inbetween amongst several others .

2002 - 2009
KUJU : Sole in house designer working on the Nintendo franchise Battalion Wars and US TV spin-off game Dancing With the Stars

1996 - 2001
Intelligent Games: character visualization development for the FIFA franchise

1992 – 1996
Perfect Entertainment: during this time worked for a short period with SEGA Japan due to Perfect Entertainments relationship with them. I was sent for a three month secondment to the Australian branch of the company as in-house art lead working on high profile games such as Sega Manx TT.


daveswan21@hotmail.com

Current Residence: London Crystal Palace
Favourite style of art: Love and Rockets
Personal Quote: " don't flatter yourself, it's not sticking out!, it's hanging out"

# Comments

Comments: 90

bluebomy17 [2023-11-18 01:51:45 +0000 UTC]

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manmonkee In reply to bluebomy17 [2023-11-19 00:18:54 +0000 UTC]

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JSP3Dart [2023-01-25 01:09:06 +0000 UTC]

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manmonkee In reply to JSP3Dart [2023-01-25 15:15:05 +0000 UTC]

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Razzbow [2019-07-11 15:36:31 +0000 UTC]

Knight Wars, Advance Wars: UnderFire, Battalion Wars, Battalion Wars 2. Never got to play half of these games but I still love them more than anything.❀️

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moldy23 [2018-06-11 23:21:30 +0000 UTC]

hey ya still here where have ya been lately. had a few breakthroughs in modding recentlyΒ 

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DeviantPony1337 [2018-05-31 02:46:20 +0000 UTC]

Question, what was Ferrock based off of?

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Reidawen [2018-05-30 19:30:19 +0000 UTC]

Excuse me Manmonkee may i ask you a pair of questions?

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moldy23 [2018-03-25 02:34:57 +0000 UTC]

Do you know anything about Battalion Wars 2 and its development that we dont already know

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manmonkee In reply to moldy23 [2018-03-25 13:43:02 +0000 UTC]

Christ I could write a book on what you don't know, We wanted Aircraft carriers but Nintendo veto'd it, Originally the game was meant to be more open and freeform but Nintendo wanted a more Level by Level aproach, So many things and I can't remember half of them. John Kerry was the original inspiration for Colonel Austin, he had a pipe that blew bubbles ( pipe veto'd by Big N), then people started argueing about him, I said " If we make him black nobody will complain" ( Sarcastically), the lead loved that Idea. And so on and so on, The F1's about to start so maybe I can try and remember stuff latter, Sooo many years ago .

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moldy23 In reply to manmonkee [2018-04-01 18:40:36 +0000 UTC]

do you remember anything about the online co-op mission that had tundra and the solar empire in it with the solar dreadnought and spy blimps that was cut it was named MP16 in the files it just skips over it leading me to believe it was cut late in development it goes MP15,MP17

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moldy23 In reply to manmonkee [2018-03-27 02:25:59 +0000 UTC]

and the only reason battalion wars is dead is because Nintendo wouldn't let you innovateΒ 

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manmonkee In reply to moldy23 [2018-03-27 14:38:31 +0000 UTC]

Well it's hard to critisize a company like Nintendo, The real reason BWii failed was there was no advertising for it, nobody knew it was out, It did get a few bad comments about being too level based and guiding the player too much but at the time Nintendo were more interesting in developing party games for casual Wii buyers. Expensive to make games like BWii didn't fit with there market.
Β Β Β Β Β  By the time BWii had been commissioned BWii was completely owned by the Big N, we had sold the game to them completely so they could do what they liked with it, even give it to another company. Remember Core owned Tomb Raider?,,,

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moldy23 In reply to manmonkee [2018-03-27 20:50:33 +0000 UTC]

Or rather do you know what they did to remove it

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moldy23 In reply to manmonkee [2018-03-27 19:50:41 +0000 UTC]

well what about the 4 player mode why was it cut and what idea did you have (and how can i make it work again)

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moldy23 In reply to manmonkee [2018-03-27 02:14:05 +0000 UTC]

why isnt nintendo just errrggghhhh what about the 4 player mode ive been trying to get that working again

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manmonkee In reply to moldy23 [2018-03-28 10:48:24 +0000 UTC]

Oh I do remember a story about Nintendo staff all trying to read the writting on the side of the Solar Empire fighter, It was Japanese text and the couldn't read it so they phoned up to ask what it said, I'd done it, I'd just made it up out of bit's of Japanese text but it meant nothing. They were quite dis-apointed. Oh and the Iron Legion was meant to be a hoard of demons conjured by Xylvania, I managed to find the concept for there leader.

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moldy23 In reply to manmonkee [2018-03-28 14:32:25 +0000 UTC]

Here is where you will find the remaining battalion wars communitydiscord.gg/3c2XqSs it would be nice to hear about this there and im sure they would like to hear this to even if it is just storys

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moldy23 In reply to manmonkee [2018-03-27 02:11:10 +0000 UTC]

hahaha WOWΒ 

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mrgoomboss [2017-10-17 03:33:33 +0000 UTC]

Battalion Wars 2 turns ten years old this month.


it's surreal that it came out that long ago.

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manmonkee In reply to mrgoomboss [2017-10-23 15:18:49 +0000 UTC]

Bloody hell, that was the last console game I did,,, oh well, unlike BW I'm not dead yet

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spawn112 [2017-05-25 16:19:43 +0000 UTC]

I absolutely love your works!

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manmonkee In reply to spawn112 [2017-06-20 11:52:54 +0000 UTC]

Thanks very much, that's very kind of you

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Lord-Of-The-Guns [2016-10-31 06:52:18 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the watch! Love your work.

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manmonkee In reply to Lord-Of-The-Guns [2016-10-31 09:39:09 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, Liked your Omikron pic, Not enough Omikron stuff on Deviantart.

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eclipse561 [2015-06-02 01:37:57 +0000 UTC]

What ever happened to the battalion wars games? Will there never be a BWiiu? I was such a big fan of the games when they came out, it's so sad to see the franchise die.

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manmonkee In reply to eclipse561 [2015-06-02 08:30:36 +0000 UTC]

Never say never but the chances of BW3 are VERY VERY slim, BW just didn't sell the numbers that'd prompt a sequel, you and all it's fans should have bought 2 copies .

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eclipse561 In reply to manmonkee [2015-06-02 13:13:31 +0000 UTC]

I'D BUY FIFTY RIGHT NOW IF IT'D MAKE A DIFFERENCE

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manmonkee In reply to eclipse561 [2015-06-02 15:48:23 +0000 UTC]

Too Late, Though I saw one in a second hand shop for a pound so you could probably buy 50 for not much more that it would have cost you to buy a new one at the time.

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koopanique [2015-05-15 20:35:30 +0000 UTC]

Hello
Just want to thank you for your work on Battalion Wars 1 and 2
It's one of the game that has the most effect on me, and I'm sure the design of the units are a great part of it.
So simply, many thanks

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manmonkee In reply to koopanique [2015-05-17 17:25:46 +0000 UTC]

Β Thats very nice of you, Thanks, I think Battalion wars has become a Cult Classic.

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mrgoomboss [2015-04-17 03:13:19 +0000 UTC]

nintendo is hosting a ballot system on their website for who will become DLC as a fighter in super smash bros for Wii U/3DS. if the rifle grunt got a spot (though i doubt it, sadly.) do you think we could get BW3? and what would the little guy be like as a fighter?

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manmonkee In reply to mrgoomboss [2015-04-17 09:14:11 +0000 UTC]

Hmmm, you never know, Nintendo didn't do BW3 for 2 reasons, 1, it didn't sell well and 2, they wanted to concentrate on Milder family orientated products, the kind of stuff that sold Millions of Wii's. Now however there returning back to proper games again but it being a low selling franchise is a massive cross for it to bear.
Β As for how well would the Grunt fight, He'd get killed in a second, He's cannon fodder , Can you vote for Brigadier Betty or General Herman?.Β 

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mrgoomboss In reply to manmonkee [2015-04-18 00:37:03 +0000 UTC]

by standard means, characters like duck hunt and R.O.B. would also die easily, but sakurai has his ways. i kinda imagine the grunt playing like a cross between snake and bowser jr., using various vehicles/weaponry in combat. i imagine his final smash either being a battlestation, or a heavy tank.

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mrgoomboss [2014-07-27 01:12:40 +0000 UTC]

have you heard of "wolfenstein: the new order?" because i was wondering, what if the xylvanians managed to get their hands on the same technology the nazis did in that game? what would they look like?

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manmonkee In reply to mrgoomboss [2014-07-28 11:14:01 +0000 UTC]

Haven't seen it yet, they got cut from the original game but the Iron Legion were meant to be Demons, we had concept art and a Satan style General so I think maybe Xylvania would make an alliance with the forces of Hell and their technology might have a Germanic/ Demonic fusion. Huge giant Demons with Turrets on there back?, Jet fighters with dragon tails and breath fire?.

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Ephraim225 [2014-05-20 04:35:27 +0000 UTC]

I sense a Legion Purple Heart will soon adorn your uniform. <3

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manmonkee In reply to Ephraim225 [2014-05-21 09:03:28 +0000 UTC]

I don't like the sound of that, don't you get a Purple Heart when your wounded?.

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Ephraim225 In reply to manmonkee [2014-05-21 20:04:12 +0000 UTC]

Well not in this case that's just my favorite line from BWii when you're about to win as the Legion.

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manmonkee In reply to Ephraim225 [2014-05-21 22:37:55 +0000 UTC]

Β Weirdly I never actually played it, I don't think I've played many games I've worked on .

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Ephraim225 In reply to manmonkee [2014-05-22 06:26:10 +0000 UTC]

Heh. I'd honestly say you missed out, it was IMO one of the Wii's best titles, both for its gameplay and its character design. :3

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mrgoomboss [2013-10-29 01:47:03 +0000 UTC]

I've been thinking, if the iron legion was about conquer almost the entire world, thenΒ how were they able to do so with any sort of transports?Β  and why don't they have any sort of navel units? was this done on purpose to leave it up to the fans to answer this question?

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MasterKnightDH In reply to mrgoomboss [2014-05-20 05:00:08 +0000 UTC]

Maybe because the IL are bad guys, so they probably think they just need to spam combat units, leaving them stuck with Bombers for attacking at all. That earned them a memorable case of All There In The Manual where Solar turned things around with a Frigate picket line.

What I don't get is why doesn't the IL have a navy? I know certain elitists who shall remain nameless here think that navy is inherently flawed just by failing to interact well with land forces. Never mind that the Bazooka Vet can continuously sniper-shot the freaking already self-explanatory Battleship, which is what allows the Bazooka Vet to solo Ice Station X aside from the Bomber destroying the Concrete Barricade. (Yes, including the Battlestation.) Still, you'd think that they'd consider something that can traverse water, and also either doesn't have a freaking silver bullet weakness, could use a weapon that would avoid needing to rely on an Air Impact damage type (yes, I hacked the game to find this sort of stuff, sue me) to pound land forces, or both.

Ironic that those elitists would come up with an idea in an amphibious hovercraft that lugs around a cannon to blast things. That would most certainly have been useful, because the thing can then blast both land and sea units alike, which means it can be a land unit that hits sea AND a sea unit that hits land.

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manmonkee In reply to mrgoomboss [2013-10-29 10:17:13 +0000 UTC]

Β To Be honest I didn't write it, I just drew the characters, It was written by a guy called Tancred Dyke Wells and I'm not sure he really thought of that. Most likely we might just not have had the time and budget to build those assets, ie The fans are gonna have to come up with a plausible reason .
Β  Some Assets did get designed or made and then dropped but I don't remember that happening with the Iron Legion.

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AntediluvianWhovian [2013-03-05 00:43:05 +0000 UTC]

Hi. Would you be interested in collaborating on a Doctor Who fan project? Totally non-commercial, of course, as I've no intention of upsetting the BBC. You'd get points for your effort tho! Please look at [link] for details. Thanks for your time.

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Krag7 [2012-11-02 02:37:16 +0000 UTC]

i would like to see more battalion wars 2 stuff please!

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Henskelion [2012-09-25 04:31:58 +0000 UTC]

pretty awesome seeing one of the concept artists for BWii on here. I always adored the game's goofy, whimsical stylization of WWII weaponry and soldiers.

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dannysulca [2012-08-31 14:56:51 +0000 UTC]

Good job!

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Starhover [2012-05-31 21:35:55 +0000 UTC]

Sorry to bother you again, but did you ever find the front and back shots you were telling me about?

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manmonkee In reply to Starhover [2012-06-03 11:07:42 +0000 UTC]

Had a look for them and can't find them, there's lots of the old BWii stuff I just don't have anymore, Sorry.

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