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Forums - Gaming - Wii U graphics power finally revealed - "we can now finally rule out any next-gen pretensions for the Wii U"

archbrix on 10 February 2013
ninjablade said:
yes twilight princess looked better overall but it took 6 years and it was still inferior in some things. what if nintendo pulls off a cell shaded zelda again, which a real possibilty, since they that with sky sword and WW

I didn't care much for Skyward Sword's look, but if they go with young Link and it retains the cel shading style of Wind Waker (which was much better than SS), I'd love that. I doubt it though since they are already doing the WW reboot, but as they also said they were experimenting with different styles it may still differ from the WiiU demo.

My point though was to emphasize that the graphical prowess of the demos are either matched or exceeded by the end product, so as not to assume that it couldn't hit that level.



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ninjablade on 10 February 2013
archbrix said:
ninjablade said:
yes twilight princess looked better overall but it took 6 years and it was still inferior in some things. what if nintendo pulls off a cell shaded zelda again, which a real possibilty, since they that with sky sword and WW

I didn't care much for Skyward Sword's look, but if they go with young Link and it retains the cel shading style of Wind Waker (which was much better than SS), I'd love that. I doubt it though since they are already doing the WW reboot, but as they also said they were experimenting with different styles it may still differ from the WiiU demo.

My point though was to emphasize that the graphical prowess of the demos are either matched or exceeded by the end product, so as not to assume that it couldn't hit that level.


i was deciding between xbox and gamecube at the time. after seeing WW, i bought a xbox. i still remeber the madness at neogaf, people were very upset, they we calling him powerpuff link.



dahuman on 10 February 2013
ninjablade said:
archbrix said:
ninjablade said:
yes twilight princess looked better overall but it took 6 years and it was still inferior in some things. what if nintendo pulls off a cell shaded zelda again, which a real possibilty, since they that with sky sword and WW

I didn't care much for Skyward Sword's look, but if they go with young Link and it retains the cel shading style of Wind Waker (which was much better than SS), I'd love that. I doubt it though since they are already doing the WW reboot, but as they also said they were experimenting with different styles it may still differ from the WiiU demo.

My point though was to emphasize that the graphical prowess of the demos are either matched or exceeded by the end product, so as not to assume that it couldn't hit that level.


i was deciding between xbox and gamecube at the time. after seeing WW, i bought a xbox. i still remeber the madness at neogaf, people were very upset, they we calling him powerpuff link.


At least it turned out to be a really good game though :D You DID play it right?



Kazus on 10 February 2013
archbrix said:
No, I'm talking about the first reveal of Wind Waker at Space World 2001:

... compared to the final game:

 

What you're talking about is the first showing of the Gamecube at Spaceworld 2000:

... and Twilight Princess trumped that as well overall:

 

And Ocarina of Time/Majora's Mask absolutely dwarfed the original N64 demos shown:

 

So yeah, I think if we get this or better on WiiU, most people will be quite pleased with that:

/endthread

No one is going to care that the graphics of the Wii U can never look as realistic as other offerings when  Zelda (or any Nitnendo IP) looks at the very least, like that ^^^



dahuman on 11 February 2013
pezus said:
archbrix said:

 

So yeah, I think if we get this or better on WiiU, most people will be quite pleased with that:

Watching this video again makes me really question Nintendo. Why couldn't they make Mario look half as good? Amazingly poor effort compared to this. I hope 3D Mario will look this stunning.

If you are talking about NSMBU then I say they made the right choice on that one.



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TheJimbo1234 on 11 February 2013

What?!
An underpowered 4650/4670?!
What the hell were the guys at Nintendo smoking when they put in such old crap? For a solo console, Nintendo have just made sure that no next gen game can multiplatform to it by a huge margin. What idiots.

 

archbrix said:

 So yeah, I think if we get this or better on WiiU, most people will be quite pleased with that:

 

Yet everyone else will be playing at these graphics to begin with:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSXyztq_0uM



archbrix on 11 February 2013
TheJimbo1234 said:

Yet everyone else will be playing at these graphics to begin with:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSXyztq_0uM

First off, we'll see if everyone else will BEGIN at Samaritan graphic fidelity...

Secondly, it does nothing to refute my point, which was that the Zelda demo looks great - and certainly good enough for most people.



ninjablade on 12 February 2013

zelda demo looks like very high end current gen , but its just a demo and just one game, with the power of nextgen, i want play batman, crysis3, dead space, madden, witcher 3, watch dogs and many more third party offering in amazing nextgen graphics, not to mention sony first party offering will out of this world.



BlueFalcon on 12 February 2013
ninjablade said:

zelda demo looks like very high end current gen , but its just a demo and just one game, with the power of nextgen, i want play batman, crysis3, dead space, madden, witcher 3, watch dogs and many more third party offering in amazing nextgen graphics, not to mention sony first party offering will out of this world.

"We've also heard more about how the system apparently works and what it will be like to control it and play games on it, though we've not seen the unit ourselves. Our source even claims to have played some Durango games, describing the graphical leap from current-gen console gaming like going from playing Halo 2 on an original Xbox to playing Crysis on a powerful PC. Our source for this new info goes by the name SuperDaE."

http://kotaku.com/5982986/we-know-all-about-the-next-xbox-from-someone-who-says-theyve-got-one

Halo 2 on Xbox 1

Halo 4 on Xbox 360 (next gen after Halo 2)

Crysis 1 (PC maxed out) - came out in 2007.

Crysis 1 (modded) - Probably how PS5's / Xbox 1080's first party titles would look maxed out by 2024-2025. :)



ninjablade on 12 February 2013
BlueFalcon said:
ninjablade said:

zelda demo looks like very high end current gen , but its just a demo and just one game, with the power of nextgen, i want play batman, crysis3, dead space, madden, witcher 3, watch dogs and many more third party offering in amazing nextgen graphics, not to mention sony first party offering will out of this world.

"We've also heard more about how the system apparently works and what it will be like to control it and play games on it, though we've not seen the unit ourselves. Our source even claims to have played some Durango games, describing the graphical leap from current-gen console gaming like going from playing Halo 2 on an original Xbox to playing Crysis on a powerful PC. Our source for this new info goes by the name SuperDaE."

http://kotaku.com/5982986/we-know-all-about-the-next-xbox-from-someone-who-says-theyve-got-one

Halo 2 on Xbox 1

 


Crysis moded looks amazing, but i don't trust that source.