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Khuutra on 09 June 2012
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d21lewis said:


Okay.  Mario Galaxy may be the greatest game ever made but it didn't look like this.  Millions of us played it.  No screenshots can change what we saw.  And even if it did, the backgrounds were static and not a lot was going on.  This was the first 360 game I owned and SMG didn't look anywhere near as good as this:

 

Just watch a few minutes of it.  Keep in mind that I played it in 720p and I played Mario in 480p, too.  Makes a huge difference.  Why not post a video instead of these high res bullshots?  If I purchased SMG expecting it to look like those pics you posted, I'd be mad as hell!

I think that what pokeclaudel means to say is that, when rendered in 720p, Super Mario Galaxy stands up pretty well to launch 360 titles.

Hell, so does Skyward Sword. Or Wind Waker, even.

When using art styles like Nintendo's, resolution ends up mattering a lot more than for other styles. Running in 480p on your 50" screen is eye-burning, but knock it up to 720p and suddenly it's actually kind of nice.

I read somewhere, once, that Nintendo actually made the assets for Mario Galaxy to be in 720p, though the game itself only uses up to 480p. I have no idea what that means, much less if it's true.