In some examples they were obvious, like the Bosconian ships that appeared in Galaga ’88 and Blast Off. Through the history of Namco the development teams had used a certain aesthetic to connect the various franchises. Seasoned players could tell which development team had worked on a particular title just by looking at the game. Titles like Katamari Damacy and Jet Set Radio had unmistakable aesthetics. Some developers earned a following for how aesthetically pleasing their games were. It had nothing to do with whether the game was sprite or polygon-based. To be clear it was the stylization of the characters, vehicles and environments that made up the aesthetic of the title. Gamers sometimes confused the word graphics for aesthetics when they talked about the look of a game. The games released by the company had a certain aesthetic style associated with them, a Namco “fingerprint” if you will. It was not very hard to separate the designers working at Namco from what they had produced.

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