mario wii in 720p.....

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scruffybunny said:
There are videos on youtube with people running Mario Galaxy on a PC at 1080p too (dolphin emulator)
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=mario+galaxy+1080p&search_type=&aq=f

NSMBW in 1080p Dolphin emulator (Brawl also was ran in 1080p)
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2009/12/this-is-what-new-super-mario-bros-wii-in-1080p-looks-like/

How do they make it that size and still sharp? This is not upscaling I am guessing, its some native resolution resize, like the PC game resolution setting I assume, anyone know?

 

It's because these emulators are not faithfully recreating the Wii's GPU. Instead, they take intercept the rendering commands ("draw this polygon", etc.) and render those commands in whatever resolution they want to.

This means no upscaling is needed.

It's usually called High-level emulation (which started with the Nintendo 64 emulators if I recall correctly). It needs tuning for some games, but it has performance and picture-quality advantages.

PS: BTW, this is also why the 360 improves the graphical quality of Xbox games with backwards compatibility. The games are actually rendered at a high resolution, not just upscaled.

 

It's because these emulators are not faithfully recreating the Wii's GPU. Instead, they intercept the rendering commands ("draw this polygon", etc.) and render those commands in whatever resolution they want to.

This means no upscaling is needed.

It's usually called High-level emulation (which started with the Nintendo 64 emulators if I recall correctly). It needs tuning for some games, but it has performance and picture-quality advantages.

PS: BTW, this is also why the 360 improves the graphical quality of Xbox games with backwards compatibility. The games are actually rendered at a high resolution, not just upscaled.