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famousringo on 05 June 2009

Good point. Aligning the emotional content of the art with the intent of the game is very important, and possibly more important than aesthetics.



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sirroman on 05 June 2009

And finally the nonsense "WII HD!!!!1!" shall stop!

Or will it?



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Tecmo on 05 June 2009

if they made a wii hd console i think i would feel cheated because i would hate to have to buy an new one....which i would not do unless mine broke



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Buzzi on 05 June 2009

Iwata is wright, why having Wii HD now? They can go on for a lot of time with this console, they can do like DSi: giving more life to Wii with a HD console, but just in 2-3 years, just to have good sales for other time and start developing the real Wii 2.



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Gamerace on 05 June 2009

Isn't it funny how all the industry pundunts said Nintendo would have to make a Wii HD to remain competitive but instead it's the competition that's now copying Wii to remain competitive.

I agree, while HD would be nice, I don't think it would increase Wii sales much but it sure would increase development costs so why would Nintendo bother?



 

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steven787 on 05 June 2009

Gamerace, it is kinda funny.

I think HD Nintendo games would be nice too, but I don't want to buy another console and there are lots of things way more important than graphics to me... like showing me that my VC and WiiWare games will be movable. That thought pops in my head every time I want to download a game. Ease my mind Nintendo, give me confirmation.



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Mr Khan on 05 June 2009

2011, people. Count on it



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kylohk on 05 June 2009

Well, if what I heard about San Andreas is right, they can simply make Wii games 1080i using some software trick. After all, the Wii is more powerful than the PS2.



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Radziel on 05 June 2009

@kylohk
and Laser Hockey would run 15fps ?

I want Wii2 in 2012 that is capable to output 720p of complicated character models and environments in constant 60fps... and cost no more than $250.
I think it's plausible.



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Non Sequor on 05 June 2009

I agree with the sentiment that resolution is greatly overrated. I have a PC capable of higher resolutions than the PS3 and 360 can handle and I have a 28" wide screen monitor and the effect of increasing resolution to the highest levels in a game is only a marginal improvement in quality.

However, I think the Wii would benefit greatly from a GPU with a more sophisticated shader model.



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