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osed125 on 07 October 2012

Really clever, never noticed that and I played this game a lot



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Salnax on 07 October 2012

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ghost_of_fazz on 07 October 2012

This allows for a better looking character while playing, instead of a model with a lower polygon count.

Optimization at it's finest.



TripleMMM on 07 October 2012

That was a wicked trick, I would've never noticed! XD



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C-M-D on 07 October 2012
aikohualda said:
just give me a donkey kong country in my 3ds already

I second this. Or maybe one on the Wii U.



SvennoJ on 07 October 2012

I never once thought that it would be a 3D character. If there is no reason to make it 3D, why go through the extra trouble. Fixed view, fixed frame rate, fixed resolution, fixed lighting, 2D always looks better.



Mr Puggsly on 07 October 2012

I don't understand whats happening in the picture. It looks like he's being smashed or something.

Either way I'm still reluctant to believe its a 2D model. But I'd be impressed if we can confirm it really is.



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wfz on 07 October 2012

If this is true, wow. I would have never noticed myself.



Red4ADevil on 07 October 2012

I'm quite surprised. Retro pulled a "Rare" on us and utilized similar software that Rareware used for DKC to give the illusion of 3D characters. No wonder they said that the game was using three times the texture and polygons than in Metroid Prime 3. By doing this, the Wii isn't wasting power to fully render the character. Thus making the game look better graphically for other things in the game.

My hats off to Retro Studios.