By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close
curl-6 on 22 April 2025
Edit Thread
sc94597 said:
curl-6 said:

Retro Studios games always run at 60fps, even on Wii Metroid Prime 3 was 60fps. If there's a Prime 5 by them, it will be too.

Heck, even on Wii or Switch 1, a lot of Nintendo games targeted those system's maximum 60fps output, from Mario Galaxy to Odyssey to Splatoon to Metroid Dread to ARMS.

While this was true for their past titles, having the ability to support framerates between 30fps and 60fps (or a variable rate between these two) means Retro isn't constrained to 60fps to achieve their artistic vision, which includes responsive controls/gameplay.

For example, 40fps can get you halfway between 30fps and 60fps in terms of frame-time/latency (16ms/60fps vs. 25ms/40fps vs. 33ms/30fps) without that much performance cost (+33%.) It is definitely a viable option they never had before in the past, and it would be silly for them to ignore it solely to keep up with tradition.

Also I was talking about 120fps when I mentioned high frame-rates being something I wasn't expecting. Sixty is pretty much average these days, although your point stands in that that wasn't necessarily the case in the 6th and 7th generations.  

I'm not sure it's so much tradition as just a commitment to high performance and wanting their games to feel very smooth.

If they targeted 60 even on much more constrained platforms like the Wii I can't see them dropping to 40 now that they have way more powerful hardware. 

That said, if there is indeed a Switch 2 exclusive Prime 5, I wouldn't expect a 120fps mode, or at least I hope not as that would seriously limit what they could do not just in terms of graphics but also gameplay.