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- Themes of the Week -
Ayurumina's Animated Miku
So first in the list is a Miku theme and honestly it's pretty bad in terms of quality. I mean literally everything about the theme is bad quality. From the sound effects to the bgm to the backgrounds to the animation. As you can probably tell from the disgusting amount of aliasing happening on the top screen, it's a huge render that was scaled and slapped on with little care. That should be avoided...always. Aside from the actual bottom background doing an upward shuffle in the middle frame, I don't hate the idea of the dancing Miku. The renders are poor though. To summarize this theme: I liked the idea, but aside from that, this theme is pretty bad.
Route's Chocolate Insomnia
A Bakemonogatari theme with an animation. The animation itself isn't amazing given it's unedited rips of a couple of frames from the OP. With some work, it could have probably been something rather fantastic (alternating chocolate blocks in the background, making the clouds actually look like they are moving, and maybe drop out the middle falling frame so Hanekawa doesn't look like she is floating). Colorwise, it's mostly seifuku (school uniform) colors though I really don't like the black on pink, or the heavy pink folder colors. Both the folder and icon background images are nothing special. No sfx, a nice top background, and the great Yui Horie song. Not the greatest, but it could be worse.
Bulls' D.Va Theme
So another tasteful theme from Bulls featuring D.Va. A nice scrolling background with D.Va's logo and even a large version of the logo in the middle to spice things up. There is a shit-ton of pink, which I never liked, but meh, I can't say it doesn't match. The folder is sort of a rehash of the background and the icon border isn't anything special. Comes with Overwatch music and...super smash brothers sound effects.
Ayurumina's Ever Afther High
So it's another Ayurumina theme and....it's still pretty shit quality, so I'm only going to mention the reason it's actually even here. That top screen? That is a marvelous idea. It's a frame around anything that shows up on the top screen. Not many people do that (I probably wouldn't since I've always got more pictures that I want up there than I can deal with), but it's not a bad option if you have nothing or use the bottom screen for the main...eyecatch...which would be kind of distracting.
(@Tephie) Metalknuxx's Fire Emblem Fates - Corrin Female
Most of the colors for this theme are good except for the folder stuff which seems to just ditch the blue color theme entirely...for gray colors. Still no special folders, icon borders, or sound effects. The song choice isn't exactly my favorite, but it isn't a poor choice. The main point is the bottom screen which also features an animated background. I like that even though there is the title, it's not overly opaque. The bubbles animation could have been better with some more realistic paths, but overall it's not a bad theme.
@StormThunder's LiEat 3DS Theme
A theme for a game I would like to try. No folder icon, icon borders, or sound effects. Just your standard backgrounds, music, and colors. The colors are pretty good on this theme. The backgrounds also provide borders for the various UI elements (though the bottom screen isn't close-cut to the buttons for some reason). It's an alright theme.
link15's Metroid
A dark samus theme with some matching music. There isn't too much to say about this theme. It's not bad, there aren't any particularly offending colors (except for the folder arrow). The bottom screen is a simple logo that surprisingly enough isn't too distracting. No sound effects, and folder icons/icon borders aren't something to write home about.
Volga's Metroid Theme
Another Metroid theme that is about the same as the previous one. The folder icon is at least discernible though I dislike the straight black. The color choices are somewhat more preferable than the generic black colors though the glaring white sun behind the logo does make this bottom screen a little bit more distracting. And...it might just be me, but the music quality doesn't sound the greatest.
@piplupwater's Pokemon Sun/Moon Rowlet
A piplupwater theme featuring some icon work from Ryumaru. Both of them are among the better themers so most of it looks pretty decent. It has some fancy fan-made pokecenter music and even has the pokecenter jingle for the openlid sound effect...though no other sound effects. The gap looks like it might be too short between the screens, but I'm only guesstimating.
SuicideMoon's Pokemon WiFi Connection
A second pokemon theme, this time with a primary focus on the WiFi connection screens. Nothing much to say about the colors, they are black. Folder and icon borders are alright considering there isn't much material to work with. The same pokecenter jingle for the openlid sfx and the wifi connection music. Honestly the default colors of the screens were good already so there isn't much to say about them except for the bottom screen. The bottom screen's characters look like they were scaled and have anti-aliasing around them. Normally that isn't a problem, especially when dealing with renders, but in this case, the images are actually semi-pixel art and so the anti-aliasing actually makes it look fuzzy and less crisp. Sometimes not much can be done about it, but it's something to note.
Stellacate's Stella Glow - Mother Qualia
This theme has both great and really bad qualities. The folder icon, icon borders, arrow button colors, and the folder background color to some extent....are all kind of bad. The top screen is a throw away image. Almost anything could go there and it wouldn't really change anything. With that said, The bottom screen background (sans blatant logo) and most of the button colors are actually really nice. It has sound effects and some "battle" music.
SorkyEXE's (w/ additions from @Favna) The Legend of Zelda: Breath of The Wild
A Zelda theme for the up and coming game featuring some weird brown color with BRIGHT NEON SKYBLUE. Honestly most of the actual theme is just meh with the only redeeming factors being the background screen thanks to them being more or less open scenery (with a non-looping Link on a mountain that just vanishes at some point). Favna's additions only changed the BGM and added some sound effects, both of which are nice enough (though the sound effects went through a blender). Too bad the original theme just isn't great.
NarutoRenegado's The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
The final Zelda theme I have based on the new game, this one is actually...really good. The folder looks pretty great, the icon border has something going on that isn't TOO busy, and there isn't much I want to harp about the color choices. The top screen is a fantastic scrolling screen and the bottom is a static screen with a matching pattern. There are some clean crisp Zelda sound effects, and probably the only thing I find questionable is the BGM pick (a very slow, quiet piano song). It's a really well done theme and deserves some actual props.
@Ryumaru's Tokyo Ghoul
So I didn't find Tokyo Ghoul to be something like AOTS, but at least I didn't hate all of the characters...though I do hate that falsetto opening song. The top and bottom screens look fine separately, though they don't really have much else in common besides having Kaneki in the picture. All of the colors are fine, the icon border looks good, and the folder icon is alright (though I still don't get the red spots that are supposedly...eyes). The sound effects are gorey, but great quality.
@Ramzh's Yahari. - Yui Yuigahama
So I had the option of choosing between showing the Yuigahama theme or the Yukinoshita theme, but Yui is best girl so fuk you. Anyways, I like how the top screen was done. When in doubt of what image you want to use, use more of them, though the art style is different between them. There's a color play between the two themes inverting the colors of the buttons which is a nice idea (I did it myself too), but it's using black and white (which I don't like). The folder icon and icon borders are both lacking and the bottom screen background could do without the speech bubble. No sound effects, but there is Yanagi Nagi's glorious voice to listen to, so it doesn't really matter.
Ayurumina's Animated Miku
So first in the list is a Miku theme and honestly it's pretty bad in terms of quality. I mean literally everything about the theme is bad quality. From the sound effects to the bgm to the backgrounds to the animation. As you can probably tell from the disgusting amount of aliasing happening on the top screen, it's a huge render that was scaled and slapped on with little care. That should be avoided...always. Aside from the actual bottom background doing an upward shuffle in the middle frame, I don't hate the idea of the dancing Miku. The renders are poor though. To summarize this theme: I liked the idea, but aside from that, this theme is pretty bad.
Route's Chocolate Insomnia
A Bakemonogatari theme with an animation. The animation itself isn't amazing given it's unedited rips of a couple of frames from the OP. With some work, it could have probably been something rather fantastic (alternating chocolate blocks in the background, making the clouds actually look like they are moving, and maybe drop out the middle falling frame so Hanekawa doesn't look like she is floating). Colorwise, it's mostly seifuku (school uniform) colors though I really don't like the black on pink, or the heavy pink folder colors. Both the folder and icon background images are nothing special. No sfx, a nice top background, and the great Yui Horie song. Not the greatest, but it could be worse.
Bulls' D.Va Theme
So another tasteful theme from Bulls featuring D.Va. A nice scrolling background with D.Va's logo and even a large version of the logo in the middle to spice things up. There is a shit-ton of pink, which I never liked, but meh, I can't say it doesn't match. The folder is sort of a rehash of the background and the icon border isn't anything special. Comes with Overwatch music and...super smash brothers sound effects.
Ayurumina's Ever Afther High
So it's another Ayurumina theme and....it's still pretty shit quality, so I'm only going to mention the reason it's actually even here. That top screen? That is a marvelous idea. It's a frame around anything that shows up on the top screen. Not many people do that (I probably wouldn't since I've always got more pictures that I want up there than I can deal with), but it's not a bad option if you have nothing or use the bottom screen for the main...eyecatch...which would be kind of distracting.
(@Tephie) Metalknuxx's Fire Emblem Fates - Corrin Female
Most of the colors for this theme are good except for the folder stuff which seems to just ditch the blue color theme entirely...for gray colors. Still no special folders, icon borders, or sound effects. The song choice isn't exactly my favorite, but it isn't a poor choice. The main point is the bottom screen which also features an animated background. I like that even though there is the title, it's not overly opaque. The bubbles animation could have been better with some more realistic paths, but overall it's not a bad theme.
@StormThunder's LiEat 3DS Theme
A theme for a game I would like to try. No folder icon, icon borders, or sound effects. Just your standard backgrounds, music, and colors. The colors are pretty good on this theme. The backgrounds also provide borders for the various UI elements (though the bottom screen isn't close-cut to the buttons for some reason). It's an alright theme.
link15's Metroid
A dark samus theme with some matching music. There isn't too much to say about this theme. It's not bad, there aren't any particularly offending colors (except for the folder arrow). The bottom screen is a simple logo that surprisingly enough isn't too distracting. No sound effects, and folder icons/icon borders aren't something to write home about.
Volga's Metroid Theme
Another Metroid theme that is about the same as the previous one. The folder icon is at least discernible though I dislike the straight black. The color choices are somewhat more preferable than the generic black colors though the glaring white sun behind the logo does make this bottom screen a little bit more distracting. And...it might just be me, but the music quality doesn't sound the greatest.
@piplupwater's Pokemon Sun/Moon Rowlet
A piplupwater theme featuring some icon work from Ryumaru. Both of them are among the better themers so most of it looks pretty decent. It has some fancy fan-made pokecenter music and even has the pokecenter jingle for the openlid sound effect...though no other sound effects. The gap looks like it might be too short between the screens, but I'm only guesstimating.
SuicideMoon's Pokemon WiFi Connection
A second pokemon theme, this time with a primary focus on the WiFi connection screens. Nothing much to say about the colors, they are black. Folder and icon borders are alright considering there isn't much material to work with. The same pokecenter jingle for the openlid sfx and the wifi connection music. Honestly the default colors of the screens were good already so there isn't much to say about them except for the bottom screen. The bottom screen's characters look like they were scaled and have anti-aliasing around them. Normally that isn't a problem, especially when dealing with renders, but in this case, the images are actually semi-pixel art and so the anti-aliasing actually makes it look fuzzy and less crisp. Sometimes not much can be done about it, but it's something to note.
Stellacate's Stella Glow - Mother Qualia
This theme has both great and really bad qualities. The folder icon, icon borders, arrow button colors, and the folder background color to some extent....are all kind of bad. The top screen is a throw away image. Almost anything could go there and it wouldn't really change anything. With that said, The bottom screen background (sans blatant logo) and most of the button colors are actually really nice. It has sound effects and some "battle" music.
SorkyEXE's (w/ additions from @Favna) The Legend of Zelda: Breath of The Wild
A Zelda theme for the up and coming game featuring some weird brown color with BRIGHT NEON SKYBLUE. Honestly most of the actual theme is just meh with the only redeeming factors being the background screen thanks to them being more or less open scenery (with a non-looping Link on a mountain that just vanishes at some point). Favna's additions only changed the BGM and added some sound effects, both of which are nice enough (though the sound effects went through a blender). Too bad the original theme just isn't great.
NarutoRenegado's The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
The final Zelda theme I have based on the new game, this one is actually...really good. The folder looks pretty great, the icon border has something going on that isn't TOO busy, and there isn't much I want to harp about the color choices. The top screen is a fantastic scrolling screen and the bottom is a static screen with a matching pattern. There are some clean crisp Zelda sound effects, and probably the only thing I find questionable is the BGM pick (a very slow, quiet piano song). It's a really well done theme and deserves some actual props.
@Ryumaru's Tokyo Ghoul
So I didn't find Tokyo Ghoul to be something like AOTS, but at least I didn't hate all of the characters...though I do hate that falsetto opening song. The top and bottom screens look fine separately, though they don't really have much else in common besides having Kaneki in the picture. All of the colors are fine, the icon border looks good, and the folder icon is alright (though I still don't get the red spots that are supposedly...eyes). The sound effects are gorey, but great quality.
@Ramzh's Yahari. - Yui Yuigahama
So I had the option of choosing between showing the Yuigahama theme or the Yukinoshita theme, but Yui is best girl so fuk you. Anyways, I like how the top screen was done. When in doubt of what image you want to use, use more of them, though the art style is different between them. There's a color play between the two themes inverting the colors of the buttons which is a nice idea (I did it myself too), but it's using black and white (which I don't like). The folder icon and icon borders are both lacking and the bottom screen background could do without the speech bubble. No sound effects, but there is Yanagi Nagi's glorious voice to listen to, so it doesn't really matter.
[06/19/16] Ayurumina's Animated Miku
[------^-----] Route's Chocolate Insomnia
[------^-----] Bulls' D.Va Theme
[------^-----] Ayurumina's Ever Afther High
[------^-----] (@Tephie) Metalknuxx's Fire Emblem Fates - Corrin Female
[------^-----] @StormThunder's LiEat 3DS Theme
[------^-----] link15's Metroid
[------^-----] Volga's Metroid Theme
[------^-----] @piplupwater's Pokemon Sun/Moon Rowlet
[------^-----] SuicideMoon's Pokemon WiFi Connection
[------^-----] Stellacate's Stella Glow - Mother Qualia
[------^-----] SorkyEXE's (w/ additions from @Favna) The Legend of Zelda: Breath of The Wild
[------^-----] NarutoRenegado's The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
[------^-----] @Ryumaru's Tokyo Ghoul
[------^-----] @Ramzh's Yahari. - Yui Yuigahama
[06/12/16] @Sakitoshi's Mononobe no Futo
[------^-----] @nh6574's Munna's Dream Mist
[------^-----] Valkion's Chrono Cross
[------^-----] Farukon's Luma3DS
[------^-----] @RandomKid150's GameGrumps Theme
[------^-----] Kazu's RAINBOW DAISUKI
[------^-----] Themanon's 3ds -System Settings Theme
[------^-----] Late's Saratoga
[------^-----] @FlameSpeedster's Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
[------^-----] shmazu's Samurai Champloo: Battlecry
[------^-----] Chrisblue's Mitchiri Neko Theme
[------^-----] @Ryumaru's Re- Zero Kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu 2
[------^-----] @Ryumaru's Hatsune Miku Mirai
[------^-----] wil007's Link The Legend of Zelda
[------^-----] @Ryumaru's Shantae and the Pirate's Curse 3DS
[06/05/16] @HenryLeonheart's Zinnia
[------^-----] Yuffie's Triforce and Pearls
[------^-----] @LittleXiao's Reimu Hakurei - Sky High
[------^-----] @Ryumaru's Pokemon Red Special Edition
[------^-----] @PedroKeitawa's Cross Game Theme
[05/29/16] DrkRicardo's Hatsune Miku - Dream Dream
[------^-----] Some Anon - Hatsune Miku - LOL
[------^-----] McGuffin's Fragile Dreams Main Menu
[------^-----] @Ryumaru's The Amazing World of Gumball
[------^-----] @CompC's Wind Waker - The Legendary Hero
[05/22/16] @HoneySPG's Hoshii Miki
[05/15/16] maxieman's Re: Plus - Nighttime
[05/08/16] @SunBurger's Super Danganronpa 2 Title Theme
[05/01/16] @Tyrann's Classic Spiderman theme
[04/24/16] @FlameSpeedster's Kirby Theme.
[04/17/16] @SunBurger's Xenoblade Minimalistic Theme
[04/10/16] @leonmagnus99's Sailor Moon
[04/03/16] RaiTo19's Black★Rock Shooter
[03/27/16] @FlameSpeedster's One Punch Man
[03/20/16] LinkedUp's Minimalistic Lucas Theme
[03/13/16] Albireo's Champion Cynthia & Garchomp
[03/06/16] @LilLeafy's Fragile Dreams - Ren V2
[02/28/16] Kirikizan's [ StH ] Blaze the Cat
[02/21/16] @LittleXiao's Warm Flandre
[02/14/16] @Ryumaru's Pokemon Ghost Theme
[------^-----] Route's Chocolate Insomnia
[------^-----] Bulls' D.Va Theme
[------^-----] Ayurumina's Ever Afther High
[------^-----] (@Tephie) Metalknuxx's Fire Emblem Fates - Corrin Female
[------^-----] @StormThunder's LiEat 3DS Theme
[------^-----] link15's Metroid
[------^-----] Volga's Metroid Theme
[------^-----] @piplupwater's Pokemon Sun/Moon Rowlet
[------^-----] SuicideMoon's Pokemon WiFi Connection
[------^-----] Stellacate's Stella Glow - Mother Qualia
[------^-----] SorkyEXE's (w/ additions from @Favna) The Legend of Zelda: Breath of The Wild
[------^-----] NarutoRenegado's The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
[------^-----] @Ryumaru's Tokyo Ghoul
[------^-----] @Ramzh's Yahari. - Yui Yuigahama
[06/12/16] @Sakitoshi's Mononobe no Futo
[------^-----] @nh6574's Munna's Dream Mist
[------^-----] Valkion's Chrono Cross
[------^-----] Farukon's Luma3DS
[------^-----] @RandomKid150's GameGrumps Theme
[------^-----] Kazu's RAINBOW DAISUKI
[------^-----] Themanon's 3ds -System Settings Theme
[------^-----] Late's Saratoga
[------^-----] @FlameSpeedster's Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
[------^-----] shmazu's Samurai Champloo: Battlecry
[------^-----] Chrisblue's Mitchiri Neko Theme
[------^-----] @Ryumaru's Re- Zero Kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu 2
[------^-----] @Ryumaru's Hatsune Miku Mirai
[------^-----] wil007's Link The Legend of Zelda
[------^-----] @Ryumaru's Shantae and the Pirate's Curse 3DS
[06/05/16] @HenryLeonheart's Zinnia
[------^-----] Yuffie's Triforce and Pearls
[------^-----] @LittleXiao's Reimu Hakurei - Sky High
[------^-----] @Ryumaru's Pokemon Red Special Edition
[------^-----] @PedroKeitawa's Cross Game Theme
[05/29/16] DrkRicardo's Hatsune Miku - Dream Dream
[------^-----] Some Anon - Hatsune Miku - LOL
[------^-----] McGuffin's Fragile Dreams Main Menu
[------^-----] @Ryumaru's The Amazing World of Gumball
[------^-----] @CompC's Wind Waker - The Legendary Hero
[05/22/16] @HoneySPG's Hoshii Miki
[05/15/16] maxieman's Re: Plus - Nighttime
[05/08/16] @SunBurger's Super Danganronpa 2 Title Theme
[05/01/16] @Tyrann's Classic Spiderman theme
[04/24/16] @FlameSpeedster's Kirby Theme.
[04/17/16] @SunBurger's Xenoblade Minimalistic Theme
[04/10/16] @leonmagnus99's Sailor Moon
[04/03/16] RaiTo19's Black★Rock Shooter
[03/27/16] @FlameSpeedster's One Punch Man
[03/20/16] LinkedUp's Minimalistic Lucas Theme
[03/13/16] Albireo's Champion Cynthia & Garchomp
[03/06/16] @LilLeafy's Fragile Dreams - Ren V2
[02/28/16] Kirikizan's [ StH ] Blaze the Cat
[02/21/16] @LittleXiao's Warm Flandre
[02/14/16] @Ryumaru's Pokemon Ghost Theme
Request post - User - Themer
Batman - @Zech
Card Captor Sakura - @SlimPortable - @Marty2003
Deadpool - @Cherry Pie
Deemo - @Potato hoarder
D. Gray Man - @leonmagnus99
Dragon Quest - @leonmagnus99
Leon Magnus - @leonmagnus99
MGS2 - @Robfozz
Nekopara Azuki - @andzalot55
Nekopara Coconut - @andzalot55
Pink Guy - @MrMario123
Rurouni Kenshin (Samurai X) - @qi_synergist
Super Mario World - @MSearles
Tales of Series - @leonmagnus99
Talonflame - @BadBoyXxX
Undertale - @justinbug2
Zelda 30th Anniversary - @Naked_Snake
Batman - @Zech
Card Captor Sakura - @SlimPortable - @Marty2003
Deadpool - @Cherry Pie
Deemo - @Potato hoarder
D. Gray Man - @leonmagnus99
Dragon Quest - @leonmagnus99
Leon Magnus - @leonmagnus99
MGS2 - @Robfozz
Nekopara Azuki - @andzalot55
Nekopara Coconut - @andzalot55
Pink Guy - @MrMario123
Rurouni Kenshin (Samurai X) - @qi_synergist
Super Mario World - @MSearles
Tales of Series - @leonmagnus99
Talonflame - @BadBoyXxX
Undertale - @justinbug2
Zelda 30th Anniversary - @Naked_Snake
- Usagi 3DS Theme Editor -
[@jurassicplayer] Creating Custom 3DS Themes
- Yata+ Guides -
[@misterb98] How to make a Custom 3ds Theme
[@exelix11] Creating a 3ds custom theme from scratch with YATA+ v1.1
[@Tommyco13] How to add Sound Effects to Custom Themes
[YT: xXSonicBrawlerXx] 3DS Homebrew: How to make and install custom 3ds Themes!
[YT: ThatRareGamer] How to Create a Custom Theme for 3DS: Top and Bottom Screens
[Reddit] Theme Creation and Application Tutorial
- BCSTM Conversion -
[@Xenon Hacks] How to make BGM.bcstm files for 3DS Themes
[@jurassicplayer] Creating Custom 3DS Themes
- Yata+ Guides -
[@misterb98] How to make a Custom 3ds Theme
[@exelix11] Creating a 3ds custom theme from scratch with YATA+ v1.1
[@Tommyco13] How to add Sound Effects to Custom Themes
[YT: xXSonicBrawlerXx] 3DS Homebrew: How to make and install custom 3ds Themes!
[YT: ThatRareGamer] How to Create a Custom Theme for 3DS: Top and Bottom Screens
[Reddit] Theme Creation and Application Tutorial
- BCSTM Conversion -
[@Xenon Hacks] How to make BGM.bcstm files for 3DS Themes
So this thread might possibly be redundant to some people, but those people don't matter to me. As the thread title suggests, this thread is (in theory) a thread where people can post up requests for themes and all of the requests will end up in the first post so finding requests isn't a hunt.
There is also a theme of the week...mostly because I want it there. There wasn't really any reason for it. If anything, maybe it can be used to highlight different themers and their fancier themes. Honestly though, this is going to be biased to all hell since I'm the one picking.
Also, in the hopes of people making more quality themes, you can ask for some opinions about what you currently have (maybe you can't decide on a color, or just want a second opinion, etc.) or give your own opinion about other people's work in progress.
Themers, try not to take each and every comment as someone hating on your theme, and if you feel that others opinions aren't needed, then there is little you can obtain from this thread.
Opinionated bystanders, try not to be reserved in your critiquing, this thread is for improving themes, not pandering to themer ego. Worst case, I might reply and give my own opinions.
Lastly, tying in with the quality themes, you can ask for some ideas or advice. Maybe you aren't good at coming up with good folder icons, icon borders, or something else. Then we can all sit and wiggle around your issues too until you get something you are satisfied with.
tl;dr: A thread for chatting about Work in Progress 3ds themes
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