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curl-6 on 17 November 2014
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mZuzek said:
curl-6 said:

The level of graphics we saw at E3, which dwarfs Wind Waker HD, and indeed almost anything released on the system so far, rules out 1080p in my view. With even Xbox One struggling to hit 1080p in many cases, I just can't see one of Wii U's best looking games hitting it, especially when they've demonstrated a clear preference for 720p.

They've demonstrated a clear preference for 720p only when trying to achieve 60fps, which definitely won't be the case on this game, I'd guess. Yeah, 720p 30fps could definitely happen, but I think 1080p is nowhere near ruled out at this point - I don't think they've pushed the Wii U as hard as they can yet. Xbox One struggles to hit 1080p but in most cases it's either because they're aiming for 60fps or just bad optimization.

Oh I agree, it's not even been out for two years yet, it's full power is yet to be fully tapped.

If we look at their 1080p games so far though, they all had a clear reason for being so; WWHD may have had upgraded lighting, textures, and shadows, but it still had a GCN level of geometry and scope. Smash Bros had less detailed graphics than its 720p stablemates. I don't see any such tradeoffs in what we've seen of Zelda Wii U.