Its going to be awesome, no doubt about that. But it will also be a bit awkward. Hear me out, I'm all for HD but that cartoony style is Nintendo's trademark.

And I know they know that, so I don't think we will see a massive change. I mean I can't really see too many Nintendo franchises that could use HD. Aside from maybe Metroid and possibly Zelda. But I think we will just see a higher resoultion version of what we already have.

Think about it, are Nintendo going to change the colorful artstyle in Mario, probably not. Zelda is a bit different because on one hand we have 3D rendering and on the other we have cell shading. The 3D rendering version of Zelda will benefit greatly, whereas the cell shaded artstyle from WW is already amazing.

I personally will welcome the HD change but at the same time, do we need it? I mean its nice that its there but is it necessary, and if so will we lose some of the cartoony, colorful, zaney artstyle that is Nintendo?

Why does HD have to equal realism? Disney seem to be doing just fine with their Blu-Ray releases of Up and whatnot, whilst distributing stuff like Tron: Legacy at the same time...

EDIT: Clarified the fact that I was refering to modern day high fidelity, that is, HD. (up to 1080p)

I was surfing some older forums, and I was watching a video of Endless Ocean 2 that gumby_trucker posted, and I was very impressed by the amazing detail in the game (I posted it below for reference). And BANG!!! All of a sudden it hit me and E3 can't come any sooner. I just realized that the Cafe will be the first time we see Nintendo, as a developer, make games with high fidelity graphics in the current technological landscape (in other words HD)! Because Nintendo is bound by the hardware it manufactures, while almost all other companies in the world got their shot at HD graphics, Nintendo has been bound for the past 6 years to make SD graphic games for its clientele... until now.

Behold people, at E3 2011, you will see Nintendo, for the first time, show you its might and serve you with its own take at HD graphics. Takers, muse me with your creative prospections. 

EDIT: Clarified the fact that I was refering to modern day high fidelity, that is, HD. (up to 1080p)

I want the cake, and I want to eat it too.

I want devs to have the choice to choose what suits their budgets and will provide the best for their client-base, be it realism, surrealism, high definition or low definition. And that choice is theirs to keep, no matter how much power the system offers.

The thread is more about the exciting prospect of seeing Nintendo pump out modern high def graphics for the first time in history (at least for us to view).

I would probably crap myself to heaven...