Did I hear this right? God I hope not. (WiiU upscaling)

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#1 bdmckinley
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So I thought I heard recently that the WiiU will not have the ability to upscale Wii games to 72p or 1080p. I keep seeing internet videos of an open source emulator (Dolphin) that runs Wii and Gamecube in at least 720p. I gotta say looking at these upscaled titles blow my mind. I think Nintendo really needs to look at making this happen on the Wii U. It's kind of a crazy that these games look better on a PC than on the original console they are intended for. I'm buying the WiiU regardless. Come on Nintendo, help us all out!!
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#2 haziqonfire
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I'm indifferent to it. I don't care if it up scales or not.
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#3 Masenkoe
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I'm indifferent to it. I don't care if it up scales or not.Haziqonfire

Why would you not care? Upscaling can be amazing...

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#4 haziqonfire
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[QUOTE="Haziqonfire"]I'm indifferent to it. I don't care if it up scales or not.Masenkoe

Why would you not care? Upscaling can be amazing...

I don't really care if it looks visually better. It's not going to be a huge issue for me if Wii games don't upscale, I couldn't care less.
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#5 D4W1L4H
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I don't need a visual upgrade of older games to help me enjoy them. I'm just fine with playing all of my older consoles, with the graphics they were intended for.

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#6 Peanut04_basic
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It would be very cool, but I am pretty sure this rumor was already debunked.
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#7 so_hai
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Isn't accuracy better than artificial boosting?
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#8 meetroid8
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I don't think Nintendo has said anything about it either way. At least not that I have heard, could you link to where you saw this?
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#9 Gamingclone
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They might deside to do it or they might not, doesnt really matter if you ask me.

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#10 OreoMilkshake
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Reggie confirmed that it won't.
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#11 magnax1
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They're not emulating it, so obviouslt it's not going to be upscaled. In otherwords, they're just sticking a wii inside of the wiiu.

What's more ludicrous is the fact that it isn't supporting GC games even though they don't even have to add anymore hardware to run it since the Wii is just an overclocked GC.

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#12 D4W1L4H
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They're not emulating it, so obviouslt it's not going to be upscaled. In otherwords, they're just sticking a wii inside of the wiiu.

What's more ludicrous is the fact that it isn't supporting GC games even though they don't even have to add anymore hardware to run it since the Wii is just an overclocked GC.

magnax1



This is wrong. On every level.

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#13 magnax1
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[QUOTE="magnax1"]

They're not emulating it, so obviouslt it's not going to be upscaled. In otherwords, they're just sticking a wii inside of the wiiu.

What's more ludicrous is the fact that it isn't supporting GC games even though they don't even have to add anymore hardware to run it since the Wii is just an overclocked GC.

D4W1L4H



This is wrong. On every level.

Except it's not....at all....

Don't know where you're getting your info from

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don't give a sht, as long as a tree doesn't look like a bush i can play any game.
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#15 bdmckinley
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Here's the link for anyone who wants to read it. It was posted last June so who knows what could or already has happened since then. We'll know more at E3.
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#16 D4W1L4H
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[QUOTE="D4W1L4H"]

[QUOTE="magnax1"]

They're not emulating it, so obviouslt it's not going to be upscaled. In otherwords, they're just sticking a wii inside of the wiiu.

What's more ludicrous is the fact that it isn't supporting GC games even though they don't even have to add anymore hardware to run it since the Wii is just an overclocked GC.

magnax1



This is wrong. On every level.

Except it's not....at all....

Don't know where you're getting your info from

First of all, the idea of Nintendo not supporting B/C with a console 2 generations behind it, when its competitors can't even get 1 hardly seems ludicrous. Secondly, having B/C in a system is not as simple as chucking its predecessor into it.

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#17 Gaming4You1990
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Interesting.

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#18 Lach0121
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It would be nice, but I would rather have a decent working VC, than Wii games upscaled.

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#19 Sepewrath
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Except it's not....at all....

Don't know where you're getting your info from

magnax1
Yeah, your actually quite wrong lol. Anyway, Reggie said that awhile back, things change, so who knows what the end result will be. Doesn't really matter either way, I wouldn't be getting the Wii U for upscaled Wii games.
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#20 Jaysonguy
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[QUOTE="magnax1"]

[QUOTE="D4W1L4H"]

This is wrong. On every level.

D4W1L4H

Except it's not....at all....

Don't know where you're getting your info from

First of all, the idea of Nintendo not supporting B/C with a console 2 generations behind it, when its competitors can't even get 1 hardly seems ludicrous. Secondly, having B/C in a system is not as simple as chucking its predecessor into it.

1. It's all disc based, there's not one reason there shouldn't be BC. Unlike it's competitors Nintendo hasn't lost the rights to any hardware, all of their hardware is easily playable on it's own hardware as long as it's disc based.

2. Nope you're very wrong there, it is as simple as putting a chip inside the new machine. The Wii is a souped up Gamecube that's why it's Gamecube playback is perfect. There is nothing stopping Nintendo from doing the same thing with the next console.

It's a money issue, everyone would rather pay 20 bucks up front for a console that goes back to the Gamecube but that doesn't make money at the rate people rebuying Gamecube games will.

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#21 WiiCubeM1
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I think a unifying trait among most sheep is our indifference to graphics capabilities in comparison to amazing game design and control. I would love to see some upscaled Wii graphics, but I honestly wouldn't care if it didn't happen.

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#22 ekalbtwin
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I think a unifying trait among most sheep is our indifference to graphics capabilities in comparison to amazing game design and control. I would love to see some upscaled Wii graphics, but I honestly wouldn't care if it didn't happen.

WiiCubeM1
Agreed. To a Sony or MS fan, having "next gen" graphics is a must, but to a nintendo fan, that train retired after the Game Cube. I wonder if the PS3 will have the same effect. Either way it would be nice to have, but only if it doesn't make the Wii U more expensive.
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#23 AlmightyDerek
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Yeah I wish it upscaled too, that would have given the Wii U another cool feature. But I guess it's hardward compatibility and not emulation so that's why. What's annoying though is that VC including probably Gamecube games now will be upscaled as they will be emulated so Gamecube Games might look better than Wii games.

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#24 Minishdriveby
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I would love this. I'm tired of having to play Wii games on my SD TV.
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#25 nameless12345
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I hope they add full 1080p support with good AA and AF for all Wii titles. Anything else would be a disappointment.

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#26 nini200
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Phantasy Star Online 2, Monster Hunter 5 - WiiU versions. Probably the only games I'd actually mind about Upscaling but if they look good without it, then why bother?
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#27 dontshackzmii
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upscaling does not really make games look that much better.

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#28 magnax1
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[QUOTE="magnax1"]

[QUOTE="D4W1L4H"]

This is wrong. On every level.

D4W1L4H

Except it's not....at all....

Don't know where you're getting your info from

First of all, the idea of Nintendo not supporting B/C with a console 2 generations behind it, when its competitors can't even get 1 hardly seems ludicrous. Secondly, having B/C in a system is not as simple as chucking its predecessor into it.

Why is it ludicrous when they've done it before?

And it pretty much is that simple. The only thing they'd have to add is support for the small discs which is a pretty minute cost. The only reason not to do it is that they're probably going to put GC games on the VC without even having to emulate it lol.

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#29 painguy1
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I think TC means that the wiiu wont nativelyrun wii games in 720 or higher. upscaling just means to stretch out the image which ur TV automatically does.

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#30 Valknut4
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Thinking that emulation is simple thing is HILARIOUS, people have been working on emulation for decades an some of it still doesn't work well. "Oh but its so easy if hardware is alike"

Hardware is so god damn fickle you peopel have either never built your own computer or really have no idea what your talking about. This is like saying every game realesed on PS3 can run on Ps3 firmware 1.0 or whatever the first edition was, an that is false on like all accounts. If a system these days cannot even run the games it designed to run, what would make it run games it isnt designed to run so easy? Oh nothing?

Exactly! Not that I should be arguing with trolly mic troll face but meh.

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#31 -Skeletor-
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quit whining, you can buy a used Wii with GC support for $50 these days.. nearly all game stores don't even carry gamecube games anymore or have a single shelf of dusty used games. A lot of popular gamecube games were rereleased on Wii as well. Your average person who doesn't have a GC collection would have to end up resorting to other methods to play these games.. get over it.

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#32 Jaysonguy
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quit whining, you can buy a used Wii with GC support for $50 these days.. nearly all game stores don't even carry gamecube games anymore or have a single shelf of dusty used games. A lot of popular gamecube games were rereleased on Wii as well. Your average person who doesn't have a GC collection would have to end up resorting to other methods to play these games.. get over it.

-Skeletor-

That's an awesome rant and all but what thread did you mean for it to be posted in?

I ask because it makes no sense in this one

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#33 enrique_marrodz
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I would like the Wii U to have this feature, as much as the 3DS "enlarges" resolution of DS games I think it would be pretty easy to upscale Wii games without losing compatibility with any title

In any case I don't think it is going to happen and, as far as I remember, Reggie told Wii U won't do it

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#34 tjricardo089
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It can be really good but I won't make them upscale it.. If they want good, if they don't want it's not my problem.

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#35 NamelessPlayer
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Technically, that's not upscaling, but re-rendering at a higher resolution (which I would love to see, by the way). Upscaling would be what the 3DS does with old DS games if you don't hold down Select and Start, or what a flat-panel display does when it gets a signal that isn't at its native resolution (and it's not set to a 1:1 pixel mapping mode or anything like that). Usually, the results are atrocious because the visuals are just at their original resolution, stretched to fit a bigger one. If it doesn't do it, though, I won't lose sleep over it anyway. I plan to keep the Wii even with the Wii U coming up, if for no other reason than it doubling as my GameCube now.