Lol that metascore post is so cherry picked even George Washington is smiling. There is a lot of games that didn't get a meta score as they were maybe too niche but fantastic. Esp RPGs. I don't see Dragon Quest or Shin Megami Tensei. Hotel Dusk? Meteos? lol whatever you do you.

I'm not a developer so I'm basing it off PC experience.  Meaning games chasing photorealistic graphics push my PC way more the art style games. 

Photorealistic, I am not always locked at 120 fps, fans are running and the temps are up.

Compared to when I run art style games...  120 fps locked with ease, fans barely spin and low temps.

Based on experience photorealistic games are technically more demanding.  I could be wrong, but it seems that way.  

And for the record I prefer art games over photorealistic.  

My comment wasn't a knock at Nintendo, I just don't think their style of graphics will eat up hardware like other games (photorealistic) will.  

It really depends on the game; it's entirely possible for a game with a stylized look to push very demanding effects; TOTK for example throws around a ton of interactive systems, volumetric lighting, physics-driven particles, realtime reflections, grass rendered down to individual polygonal blades, etc.

Meanwhile something like Skyrim on Switch has a more realistic art style but uses simpler and less intensive effects and techniques.

Skyrim is also a ps3 game.  Not quite a fair comparison.  That game is super old and of course uses old techniques.

And to be clear I mean this as a compliment to Nintendo.  Their games look great, play great, are small in file size and don't require stupid hardware to play.  Nintendo is leagues ahead of everyone with the balance they have found.  

And I prefer the look of LM3 over Hellblade. 

The Switch version of Skyrim isn't the PS3 version though, it's based on the 2016 PS4/XBO version.

Realistic games built from the ground up are rare on Switch, but if you want to compare games on the same hardware, then I'd point to BOTW on Wii U which was more demanding than other Wii U games like ZombiU or Xenoblade Chronicles X which looked more realistic.

Skyrim on the ps4 was lazy, imo.  It wasn't remade, it was a simple remaster. 

Either way, have to agree to disagree.  PC specs for photorealistic is way higher than artist games.  My PC temps and voltages are way different too. 

The Switch version does have a number of upgrades over the PS3 one though; better textures, more foliage, improved water effects, it's not just the 2011 version.

In most cases a high end realistic game will be more demanding than a cartoony game, just not all cases. Games like Luigi's Mansion 3 and TOTK may be stylized but they're still highly technically accomplished, at least by the standards of the hardware.

Fair enough, I just don't view Skyrim as a ps4 game in general.  It has nothing on Horizon, RDR2, GoT, etc.  It was a bit lazy, IMO.  I was disappointed with my double dip.

That is all I was saying.  And from my perspective I prefer cartoony looks...  and they take less storage and run better...  in my book it is a win/win/win.  Nintendo has mastered their balanced.  Again, it wasn't a dig at Nintendo, it was compliment.  If feels like you took it as a dig, which absolutely wasn't the intent.  I hate how much storage 7 Remake takes, but yet still has lower resolution textures all over the place.    

On a different note, anyone buying the rumors of a Switch 2 announcement incoming?

Luigi's Mansion 3 is great example of stylized realism that mimics 3D animated films (I've started hearing about stylized realism with Toy Story 1, before that I knew such art style as illustrated realism) - that style can be equally demanding as photorealism, since, while geometry and textures don't try to be photorealistic, lighting and shadows are as demanding as photoreaslitic games, given that they are trying to replicate same physics of light.