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archer9234 on 26 January 2016
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Nuvendil said:
curl-6 said:
bunchanumbers said:
curl-6 said:

While I hope DF cover it, they might not. They didn't do Wind Waker HD until nearly two years after it came out, as part of a separate article on remasters. They also skipped games like Pikmin 3 and Tropical Freeze.

Wii U has already demonstrated that it's capable of handling this calibre of graphics at 1080p, so if it ends up being 720p/900p that will be a rather unflattering statement about Tantalus's technical skills, or lack thereof.

I'm not so sure. TP has a lot more going on than WWHD did. I'm thinking that they might go for a lower resolution and add edge AA like they did with 3D world. If they did that then I'd have no issue with a lower resolution. 

TPHD has simpler lighting and shaders than WWHD, and its still a Gamecube game in terms of complexity, I don't see any reason it couldn't be rendered at 1080p. To use another frame of reference, Monster Hunter 3 is 1080p on Wii U, and it's quite close to TPHD in terms of graphics:

 

I have a sneaking suspicion that it's the Twilight Princess engine giving them some hiccups.  Cause they aren't completely ignoring mesh improvements.  Interiors and dungeons have gotten noticeable improvements to mesh quality, especially with rounded objects like pillars and arches.  I am guessing the very old engine made improvements of the same type across all exteriors troublesome.  And Tantalus isn't Nintendo EAD.  They may have elected to avoid toying with the engine code too much.  

Yes. That could be another reason. No matter how strong your computer is. If the game engine is outdated. It can only handle so much. Its imitations could just be forcing them to cherry pick what is improved or fixed. They could of had the better lighting. The engine went to hell, and ran at 10 fps. Or the engine has a poly limit. And only Link/Midna can be focused on.

Take Train Simulator. I know most don't play that game. But the game, preformance wise, is total horse shit. Because, the game engine is that old. I get 30-40 FPS. When I have a gtx 770 and a i7 CPU and 20GB of ram. It's not my PC. It's just the shit outdated engine. I'm runnning GTA V at max 1080p settings. I get 55-60fps. While this POS train sim engine. I get 20fps drops in cities...