Wii Emulator Allows Games to Run in 720p HD

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WereKitten said:
Objectively, by looking at the HD version of the video, it does look quite better than your usual 480p Wii output. Let's forget for a moment about playing Wii games on a PC, because emulation glitches and framerate and controls could make that spotty...

This video is the simplest proof that games on Wii _could_ have been looking better if Nintendo had put some beefier hardware in their console _without spending a cent more in games development_

Let that sink in, because the usual counterargument to an HD Wii is that "HD development costs 4 times more" an that would have been a deadly weight on the game developers.
Well, here's a game that would have looked better at no extra development cost if only Nintendo had accepted a slightly lesser margin per console sold.
I don't feel comfortable knowing that.

We don't really know what their profit margin was, and whether a faster GPU would erase it or not.

The GPU would have to be quite a lot faster to have this kind of graphics (heavy AA, double the number of pixel computations and more memory). Then the Wii would consume more power, and maybe require bigger fans and a bulkier case.