Fact: Call of Duty 4 (on consoles) is not technically HD.  It's 600p.  Other non-HD games are Halo 3, Street Fighter IV (PS3), GTA IV (ps3), Devil May Cry IV, there are more than you'd imagine.

The point is, most gamers don't know what HD looks like.  I talked to a PS3 owner who swore Bioshock ran in 1080p, because "that's what my TV says".  PS3 is actually running it at 640p.  Upscaling is enough to fool gamers.

So what does upscaling have to do with HD Wii?

The common complaint I hear about the idea of HD Wii, aside from Nintendo not needing to increase sales, is that it would split the userbase.  People imagine HD games that old Wii owners couldn't play.

But it wouldn't have to be like that.

"HD Wii" could simply mean upscaling the current and future library to 1080p.  No special HD games would have to be made, nobody would have to re-buy HD versions of their games, and compatibility with all Wii's would be maintained.

(mario galaxy upscaled to 720p)

Sure, it wouldn't technically be HD, but it's enough to fool gamers as Sony and MS have been doing for years.  An HDMI Wii would launch nicely alongside Natal.

ps3 and the 360 also have upscaler.
and they can go as high a 1080p.
the thing is maintain the shaders and textures, animations physics. at those resolutions
even with the performance ps3 and not all game are full HD.
mainly GT5 and wipeout HD, and they something 1280x1024p under alot of pressure.
which imo better than average 720p of most HD Games, 600p 570p are not standard. only a few games like COD4 but that game runs at 60fps all the time, and star ocean 4 for 360 go below 720p or 640p
and they can be easily unscaled to 720p or more, something the wii can't do.
there is more in HD game than the resolutions.
ps3 also ahve 7.1 sound to boot.

And really, this is all I want. Please, Nintendo!! Make it so!!

Most Wii games already do get upscaled when put through an HDTV. Not all are good at doing it though. I guess a more dedicated one would be nice, but upscaling isn't anything new, and it is already possible to do.

"something the wii can't do."

As the screenshot above proves, it is possible to upscale Wii games to 1080p.  A new version of Wii would be needed in order to upscale, which is the subject of this thread.

"there is more in HD game than the resolutions."

HD means High Definition, which refers to resolution.  It's also the graphical buzzword of this gen.  An HD Wii would satiate most graphic hungry gamers.

@Soriku It gets rid of the Jaggies though, which I hate more than "edgy" grass. So not all is bad.

Compare for yourself.

Normal / Upscaled

it's a 800x600 jpeg... what do you really expect? it looks much better than that when running, there are full resolution screencaps of dolphin out there and they look great, minus the graphics glitches.

here's a much better one from dolphin (obviously right click -> view image to see it all)

BS