My thoughts on "Star Fox Zero's graphics look bad"

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zippy said:

midrange said:

Gamepad definitely affects processing power. The graphics would have changed completely. Literally replacing the gamepad with a map/inventory would have been enough. The game would have improved vastly

Nintendo would have had the art style , character models and environments ready way before they started tinkering with gamepad controls. Plus as somebody has stated, Mario Kart 8 can render on both screens, and that's hardly a bad looking game. Star Fox looks like it does because its Miyamotos vision on how he wants the game to look.

Mario Kart 8 only renders a 2D menu or a mirrored image to the Gamepad, that's much less demanding than having a separate viewpoint of a 3D environment.

Yes, Starfox's art direction would likely be the same without the Gamepad view, but the additional horsepower would allow them to apply a much higher level of technial polish.

And knowing Miyamoto, the Gamepad controls were probably the first thing they came up with, before they even started building the graphics.