Some HDTVs just don't stretch and fill the screen properly with 480p widescreen. Your TV probably just sucks with component cables, but very much likes the HDMI. Some of my Wii games would play with a black bar around all 4 sides of the screen on my TV, and some would be fine. At my parents place all my Wii games looked fine in 480p. Some TVs just stretch the inner part of the image and not the sides, which makes some kind of fish tank look to it. WiiU doesn't upscale, so it all depends on how your TV handles component vs. HDMI.

This is great news. Super Smash Brothers Brawl always looked like complete shit on my HDTV. Some text wasn't even readable -.-'


And yes, it's in the HD cables. Comparing 480p using HD cables versus 480p using SD cables is a huge difference. Even the X360 showed major improvements.

If it's just the aspect ratio and not the resolution, there was always a setting to change you Wii to properly fit widescreen TV's in the Wii options menu.  If it's clarity, then that's great news for me!

No setting or cables (bought varies ones) would make the image look even slightly decent when my Wii was hooked up. It was game specific as well. Donkey Kong looked great for example. I just tested Skyward Sword (saving hero mode for the wii U) and it looks FAR better.

This will be the first time I accutally get to enjoy wii games where they are not so overwhelmingly disorted that it takes away from the experiance.