Digital Foundary: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: Switch vs 3DS/Wii U

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LivingMetal on 20 April 2017

Barkley said:
It will be a glorious day when Nintendo discovers what Anti-Aliasing is.

That was my biggest problem with Mario Kart 8's visuals, I'd take AA over the bump to 1080p any day.

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Barkley on 20 April 2017

LivingMetal said:

Barkley said:
It will be a glorious day when Nintendo discovers what Anti-Aliasing is.

That was my biggest problem with Mario Kart 8's visuals, I'd take AA over the bump to 1080p any day.

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People need to stop taking that sentence so literally!

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LivingMetal on 20 April 2017

Barkley said:

LivingMetal said:

N64 says "Hi."

People need to stop taking that sentence so literally!

People need to stop thinking that people are taking that sentence so literally.

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LipeJJ on 20 April 2017

Nice comparison. I'd say being 1080p x 720p alone is a great improvement, especially since the Switch just came out, but it also offered some other minor visual upgrades. Not to mention they fixed the fps issue. I didn't knew they improved the loading times, that's a nice addition. This is probably the best port I've seen.

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Jizz_Beard_thePirate on 20 April 2017

The 3ds vs Switch comparison is quite interesting to see. Amazing what having top of the line portable hardware can allow them to achieve and this isn't even made specifically for the switch yet.

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Ganoncrotch on 20 April 2017

Fantastic looking port and great to see Nintendo taking the work they effectively would have wasted on the Wii-U in later years and are bringing that over to the Switch with little strain on their developers.

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Mike321 on 20 April 2017

Funny that they compared it to the 3ds but I guess it makes sense.

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Conina on 20 April 2017

RolStoppable said:

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Does it take that much of a toll on performance? I know Nintendo is all about performance rather than smoothing out rough edges. Must be a choice on their part.

AA techniques do impact performance, yes. The benefit of AA is first and foremost apparent in screenshots as jaggies are a lot less noticeable in motion. It's a question of diminishing returns, so Nintendo doesn't bother.

No, aliasing is more annoying in motion than in a static picture. The "jaggies" wander around on the lines with a moving camera:

But if the decision was stable 60 fps with aliasing or 30 fps with anti-aliasing in a racing game, they made the right choice.

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Conina said:

RolStoppable said:

AA techniques do impact performance, yes. The benefit of AA is first and foremost apparent in screenshots as jaggies are a lot less noticeable in motion. It's a question of diminishing returns, so Nintendo doesn't bother.

No, aliasing is more annoying in motion than in a static picture. The "jaggies" wander around on the lines with a moving camera:

But if the decision was stable 60 fps with aliasing or 30 fps with anti-aliasing in a racing game, they made the right choice.

Yup, In MK8, before race, when image is static and while race is counting, aliasing is very noticeable and greatly affect IQ, but moment race starts, in motion, its not nearly noticeable.