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According to Digital Foundry very few Wii U launch games have anti aliasing and for some odd reason only outputs limited range RGB. Black Ops 2 appears to have AA and Mass Effect 3 appears to be using the same software based FXAA as the other versions.

From what I've read the Wii U isn't a very next gen machine in the tech department so if that's what you are after best move along. It has twice as much RAM but the RAM is also almost twice as slow as current gen. The GPU is better and it has a decent amount of super fast edram. But the thing that is holding it back apparently is the weak CPU.

Of course as the dev tools get better and developers get used to it, the graphics will certainly improve over time. But tech wise it's probably going to be left in the dust by MS and Sony's next machines.



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^And what exactly have you been reading?



Everything looks great so far. The Wii U seems to upscale everything you throw at it to 1080p, much like the 360.



phenom08 said:
^And what exactly have you been reading?


I'll chime in here: a few developers have commented saying that the CPU and RAM are both lacking, although to what extent, nobody really knows since the system's pieces work together and singling out a certain piece doesn't really tell the correct story.

This translates into:

1) People who hate Nintendo or the Wii U = Wii U sucks and isn't next gen!

2) People who love Nintendo or the Wii U = These developers don't understand what they're talking about!

Rebuttals to the RAM and CPU concerns I've heard are the following:

1) RAM: The edram supposedly makes up for what people are considering poor RAM

2) CPU: Apparently certain traditional CPU functions are being laid over to the GPU on the Wii U

 

I'm not the biggest tech guy, so I can't really comment further.



superchunk said:
Cheebee said:
superchunk said:
All the games are native 720p. The WiiU then upscales it to 1080p or whatever output you set in the settings menu. They even do that for Wii, VC, and WW games.

Thank you!

... But, it actually upscales Wii games, too? I thought they said it wouldn't do that? :O Does that make a noticeable difference to old Wii games?

Yep. When I was playing / testing the Wii functionality, SMB (VC) was at 1080p. Keep in mind, this is upscaling... not up-resing. Just making it so the game looks good on a large HD TV vs like a stretched out piece of ass.

Well, that's good news, then! Wii games look pretty awful on my HDTV nowadays, compared to how they looked on the SDTV I had when Wii launched, so being able to play them upscaled is nice.



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Cheebee said:



superchunk said:




Cheebee said:




superchunk said:
All the games are native 720p. The WiiU then upscales it to 1080p or whatever output you set in the settings menu. They even do that for Wii, VC, and WW games.



Thank you!
... But, it actually upscales Wii games, too? I thought they said it wouldn't do that? :O Does that make a noticeable difference to old Wii games?




Yep. When I was playing / testing the Wii functionality, SMB (VC) was at 1080p. Keep in mind, this is upscaling... not up-resing. Just making it so the game looks good on a large HD TV vs like a stretched out piece of ass.






Well, that's good news, then! Wii games look pretty awful on my HDTV nowadays, compared to how they looked on the SDTV I had when Wii launched, so being able to play them upscaled is nice.





* Brawl and galaxy have an extra crisp to them.



Xxain said:


* Brawl and galaxy have an extra crisp to them.

Cool! I'm looking forward to playing Endless Ocean 2 on it, and finally finishing Xenoblade!



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"muddy graphics or jaggies"? Might have they been talking about Wii games on WiiU? The thing's backwards compatible you know.



I have heard stories of terrible jaggies on Ninja Gaiden 3, and poor ports of the PS360 games. I dont fully believe them hence the reason i wanted confirmation from real gamers who have experienced WiiU.



zippy said:
Does it have muddy graphics or jaggies. Im not a graphics whore, but im getting irritated by articles and forums dissing WiiU and its graphical performances. Since im from England i wont be sampling WiiU delights until at least next week or beyond. So i want to hear it from the good people here on VG chartz who own WiiU, does it stand up graphically and are the reports just fanboys stirring up a bit of trouble.


From what I've seen it's fine.  It will improve over time just like the 360/ps3 did.  I'll probably buy ZombiU tonight and give a detailed review on it soon.