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#51 Shad0ki11
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If I wanted amazing graphics I'd go play outside. I'm tired of "Woah, it looks just like real life! :o"... We sit here debating on how video games is making things you don't do everyday as immersive as real life and it's just stupid.

All Wii needs to be my faveorite system is to have a game starring Zidane Tribal of FFIX ^.^

KeyWii

Uh. Outside is limited to the restraints of real-world rules. Meaning no dragons, no killing cops, no magical fairy people, no awesome over-the-top action sequences. What if I suck at baseball, soccer, football, or snowboarding? What if I suck at racing in reality? When I do these things in games, it's nice that they at least try to mimic reality as much as they possibly can without the restraints of real-world rules. So, your argument that one should just go outside to play games with amazing graphics is well.... impaired.

Escapism....

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[QUOTE="justdog11"]

If I wanted amazing graphics I'd go play outside. I'm tired of "Woah, it looks just like real life! :o"... We sit here debating on how video games is making things you don't do everyday as immersive as real life and it's just stupid.

All Wii needs to be my faveorite system is to have a game starring Zidane Tribal of FFIX ^.^

KeyWii
Uh. Outside is limited to the restraints of real-world rules. Meaning no dragons, no killing cops, no magical fairy people, no awesome over-the-top action sequences. What if I suck at baseball, soccer, football, or snowboarding? What if I suck at racing in reality? When I do these things in games, it's nice that they at least try to mimic reality as much as they possibly can without the restraints of real-world rules. So, your argument that one should just go outside to play games with amazing graphics is well.... impaired.



You're face is impaired.
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#53 Japanese_Monk
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I thought Pokemon Revolution would end that. I guess not.
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#54 Kev_Unreal
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The Link won't work for me for some reason.....:cry:tocool340

Do you want me to C&P?

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#55 deactivated-5967f36c08c33
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[QUOTE="tocool340"]The Link won't work for me for some reason.....:cry:Kev_Unreal

Do you want me to C&P?

Yes,that would be appreciated.The link won't work for me,either........

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#56 tocool340
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I have yet to meet the fan that is happy WITH ONLY A WII, this generation.

The Wii is a great Compliment system, but a terrible ONLY choice.

XTy
I disagree since I was able to live off the GC alone than any other console....(Though I have a PS2, I don't play it much....)
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#57 Teuf_
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That thread is supposed to end the Wii graphical debates?  :?
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#58 XTy
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[QUOTE="XTy"]

I have yet to meet the fan that is happy WITH ONLY A WII, this generation.

The Wii is a great Compliment system, but a terrible ONLY choice.

tocool340

I disagree since I was able to live off the GC alone than any other console....(Though I have a PS2, I don't play it much....)

The fact you own a PS2 proves my point.

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#59 Kev_Unreal
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[QUOTE="tocool340"]The Link won't work for me for some reason.....:cry:VGobbsesser

Do you want me to C&P?

Yes,that would be appreciated.The link won't work for me,either........

Wii GRAPHICS MYTHS DEBUNKED!
So, as we know there has been a lot of talk about Wii's graphics, the competition, the previous generation e.t.c and there have been a lot of myths too, I got a little fed up so I decided to debunk them.



1. "Wii can't do Normal Mapping."

- Oh yes it can! Really, Who actually said it couldn't? That's something I've always wondered. The Xbox did normal-mapping to great effect in games like Doom 3 & Splinter Cell: CT, and the Wii's programmable TEV (Texture Environment Engine) can do any effect XGPU could so why shouldn't it be able to? More proof?


Digital-Legends proved that even the N-Gage! which didn't even have a 3d accelerator chip let alone shaders or h/w bump mapping did normal-mapping too.




and so can the Nokia N93's *Dreamcast* based PowerVR MBX graphics chip.

Furthermore, Konami will use Normal-mapping technology in Dewy's adventure for Wii and Factor 5 have already expressed their displeasure of developers not using normal-maps on the system.

2. "Even though the Wii's ATI Hollywood GPU has a higher clock speed than the Xbox's XGPU, it still isn't capable of as many pixel fillrate calculations. Wii isn't capable of pixel shading. Nor is it capable of graphical effects such as stencil shadows, self-shadowing and light scattering".



This is wrong. The 'shaderama' that was Rogue Squadron II did these effects on Gamecube back in 2001, light scattering was an excellent addition in Rebel Strike in 2003.

The ATI Hollywood can actually produce "insane fillrates" to use Factor 5's words. Hollywood is capable of a pixel fill-rate of almost 972 mega pixels. Having such a high fill-rate capability means that the Wii can perform advanced shaders, advanced texture filtering and advanced multi-layer texture effects without much hassle, especially as it only has to produce graphics @ 480p.

3. "Wii is hardly anymore powerful than the Gamecube. In fact its not much more capable than the PS2."

Don't make assumptions by what early Wii games display.

Wii has both more graphical power and processing power than the previous generation of consoles. In terms of processing calculations, did you know? IBM Broadway >> GC Gekko + XB Celeron put together!?
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4. "The Wii cant produce anything near photo-realistic visuals."

Who said photo-realism meant that graphics have to look EXACTLY like real-life? Besides Gran Turismo 4 on PS2 (a much much lesser system) did a fine job of re-creating near-photo-realistic cars.



5. "The Wii is incapable of good physics."

Really? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSWlZ...elated&search=
Wait til they switch the Vacuum Laser on, physics allover the place.

All those interactions at once? Wii was having a picnic, hardly touched Hollywood for graphics functions too. Broadway used a fraction of the CPU to compute those physics. The system is capable of even more. Btw, AGEIA Physics are already in use for current & future Wii titles.

6. "The controller interactions require huge amounts of processing power, that's holding back Wii graphics."

Incorrect. It doesn't have a performance hit. If it did this (below) wouldn't run in 60 frames per second with so many advanced effects.



I think that will do for now...
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#60 godhandiscen
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[QUOTE="justdog11"]

If I wanted amazing graphics I'd go play outside. I'm tired of "Woah, it looks just like real life! :o"... We sit here debating on how video games is making things you don't do everyday as immersive as real life and it's just stupid.

All Wii needs to be my faveorite system is to have a game starring Zidane Tribal of FFIX ^.^

KeyWii

Uh. Outside is limited to the restraints of real-world rules. Meaning no dragons, no killing cops, no magical fairy people, no awesome over-the-top action sequences. What if I suck at baseball, soccer, football, or snowboarding? What if I suck at racing in reality? When I do these things in games, it's nice that they at least try to mimic reality as much as they possibly can without the restraints of real-world rules. So, your argument that one should just go outside to play games with amazing graphics is well.... impaired.

OMG, I am actually amazed by you this time. I totally agree with you. If I shotgun a friend in real life I am afraid he wont respawn. Thats why we play videogames, to scape the rules of reality, not to stare at crappy Wii graphics.

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#61 lzorro
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[QUOTE="tocool340"][QUOTE="XTy"]

I have yet to meet the fan that is happy WITH ONLY A WII, this generation.

The Wii is a great Compliment system, but a terrible ONLY choice.

XTy

I disagree since I was able to live off the GC alone than any other console....(Though I have a PS2, I don't play it much....)

The fact you own a PS2 proves my point.

Yeah it does.........:|
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#62 darth-pyschosis
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i know this thread won't end the debate. but it'll prove that Wii's graphics are that bad and if it can get popular on system wars and everybody reads it  it'll cut down on it. it won't stop it in general until Mario Galaxy and more come  out.
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#63 tocool340
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[QUOTE="tocool340"]The Link won't work for me for some reason.....:cry:VGobbsesser

Yeah,it won't work for me,either.......

Nevermind. It works now. And I read everything he said. I actually, think he is exaggerating. Unless he also tried developing a game for the Wii, and have physical proof of what the Wii can do, I can't go with what he said. Nor do I go with the complaints about the Wii's graphics either.....
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[QUOTE="VGobbsesser"][QUOTE="Kev_Unreal"]Do you want me to C&P?Kev_Unreal
Yes,that would be appreciated.The link won't work for me,either........

GRAPHICS MYTHS DEBUNKED!

Thank you.:DThat certainly proved some haters wrong..........

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#65 darth-pyschosis
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[QUOTE="XTy"][QUOTE="tocool340"][QUOTE="XTy"]

I have yet to meet the fan that is happy WITH ONLY A WII, this generation.

The Wii is a great Compliment system, but a terrible ONLY choice.

lzorro

I disagree since I was able to live off the GC alone than any other console....(Though I have a PS2, I don't play it much....)

The fact you own a PS2 proves my point.

Yeah it does.........:|

how? if you own a mountain dew but drink coca cola does that make you a mountain dew fanboy?

if he didn't play his ps2(which i sold mine after a year for a xbox) then it really is non-existent in his house and he prefered his GC.

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#66 beat89
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[QUOTE="XTy"]

I have yet to meet the fan that is happy WITH ONLY A WII, this generation.

The Wii is a great Compliment system, but a terrible ONLY choice.

VGobbsesser

Hello,I'm VGobbsessor.I'm a proud Wii and DS owner,and I am perfectly happy with my Wii.I don't plan to buy a 360 or PS3 or any other console unless there are enough games that I want on them,but unfortunately,it doesn't seem like that will happen.The Wii is a great primary console,and I am perfectly satisfied.

I also only have a Wii this gen. It's a great system so far, and I see no need o pick up another console to support it.
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[QUOTE="KeyWii"][QUOTE="justdog11"]

If I wanted amazing graphics I'd go play outside. I'm tired of "Woah, it looks just like real life! :o"... We sit here debating on how video games is making things you don't do everyday as immersive as real life and it's just stupid.

All Wii needs to be my faveorite system is to have a game starring Zidane Tribal of FFIX ^.^

bloodychimp
Uh. Outside is limited to the restraints of real-world rules. Meaning no dragons, no killing cops, no magical fairy people, no awesome over-the-top action sequences. What if I suck at baseball, soccer, football, or snowboarding? What if I suck at racing in reality? When I do these things in games, it's nice that they at least try to mimic reality as much as they possibly can without the restraints of real-world rules. So, your argument that one should just go outside to play games with amazing graphics is well.... impaired.



You're face is impaired.

That would be "Your face is impaired" if *you're* going to insult someone, at least be grammatically correct.
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#68 tocool340
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[QUOTE="tocool340"][QUOTE="XTy"]

I have yet to meet the fan that is happy WITH ONLY A WII, this generation.

The Wii is a great Compliment system, but a terrible ONLY choice.

XTy

I disagree since I was able to live off the GC alone than any other console....(Though I have a PS2, I don't play it much....)

The fact you own a PS2 proves my point.

I own a PS2 because I wanted to see what all the fuss is about. Most of the games don't have a lasting feel to them in my opinion, and I'm afraid to use it again because of it's weak durability, even though the games on it don't seem to get more than two play through from me.......
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How does this end anything? The Wii's graphics are still terrible compared to 360, PS3 and PC. Congratulations, the Wii has more processing power than last-gen. That must've been tough to accomplish...
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How does this end anything? The Wii's graphics are still terrible compared to 360, PS3 and PC. Congratulations, the Wii has more processing power than last-gen. That must've been tough to accomplish...MyopicCanadian
  SMG will show everyone that the Wii is a large step from last gen.
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#72 metalmonkey268
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All this proves is that the Wii will at least match the Xbox. Which won't be saying much by the time it happens.
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[QUOTE="MyopicCanadian"]How does this end anything? The Wii's graphics are still terrible compared to 360, PS3 and PC. Congratulations, the Wii has more processing power than last-gen. That must've been tough to accomplish...darth-pyschosis
  SMG will show everyone that the Wii is a large step from last gen.

But nowhere near the current-gen. Which is the entire problem in the first place :P
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[QUOTE="flamingschmoes2"]I saw that crappy link before, and all the guy does is point at other systems and goes, "See, if they can do it, Wii can do it!" Just show me the Wii games or you be quiet before you tell me to shut up. It's March 2007 and this is what Wii is doing:

I am in full agreement here. He brings systems like the N-Gage and Dreamcast into the debate without references to Wii games actually using these processes.
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I saw that crappy link before, and all the guy does is point at other systems and goes, "See, if they can do it, Wii can do it!" Just show me the Wii games or you be quiet before you tell me to shut up. It's March 2007 and this is what Wii is doing:flamingschmoes2

Pretty much you can't read?...... right?

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[QUOTE="flamingschmoes2"]I saw that crappy link before, and all the guy does is point at other systems and goes, "See, if they can do it, Wii can do it!" Just show me the Wii games or you be quiet before you tell me to shut up. It's March 2007 and this is what Wii is doing:

No one should take you seriously after your SD card fiasco.
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I saw that crappy link before, and all the guy does is point at other systems and goes, "See, if they can do it, Wii can do it!" Just show me the Wii games or you be quiet before you tell me to shut up. It's March 2007 and this is what Wii is doing:  flamingschmoes2

So are you saying that, that is the best screenshot for any game on the Wii that displays it's graphical abilities? I won't beable to find anything better than that no matter how long I searched? Since what you said was "this is what the Wii is doing".

So that must be the peak of the Wii as far as we know...according to you. Tell me, yes or no, and we'll see if your right.

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[QUOTE="darth-pyschosis"][QUOTE="MyopicCanadian"]How does this end anything? The Wii's graphics are still terrible compared to 360, PS3 and PC. Congratulations, the Wii has more processing power than last-gen. That must've been tough to accomplish...MyopicCanadian
  SMG will show everyone that the Wii is a large step from last gen.

But nowhere near the current-gen. Which is the entire problem in the first place :P

But it's a good thing graphics isn't the only determining factor when it comes to the quality of the game.

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[QUOTE="Kev_Unreal"][QUOTE="VGobbsesser"][QUOTE="Kev_Unreal"]Do you want me to C&P?VGobbsesser

Yes,that would be appreciated.The link won't work for me,either........

GRAPHICS MYTHS DEBUNKED!

Thank you.:DThat certainly proved some haters wrong..........



It doesn't prove anything wrong.  In fact, it didn't say anything of any importance or that we didn't know already.  We knew the Wii could do bump-mapping and light bloom (the GCN could do it), and pixel fill-rate numbers aren't too useful when you're working on a 480p console that you have no clue what sort of programmable shader abilites it has.  As for anything else, nobody that isn't a developer is really too sure.  I hang out at b3d and lots of people have tried to piece together the puzzle, but there's no definitive answers. 
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#80 wavebrid
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Well, the proof is in the pudding.  When the wii stops making games look like wing island, mabye i'll believe that guy.agentfred

its developrs wii just sits there :|

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[QUOTE="MyopicCanadian"][QUOTE="darth-pyschosis"][QUOTE="MyopicCanadian"]How does this end anything? The Wii's graphics are still terrible compared to 360, PS3 and PC. Congratulations, the Wii has more processing power than last-gen. That must've been tough to accomplish...88Ghost89

  SMG will show everyone that the Wii is a large step from last gen.

But nowhere near the current-gen. Which is the entire problem in the first place :P

But it's a good thing graphics isn't the only determining factor when it comes to the quality of the game.

Well of course, but this is the same for any system. Graphics provide possibilities, and good graphics are never a hindrance to gameplay.
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[QUOTE="flamingschmoes2"]I saw that crappy link before, and all the guy does is point at other systems and goes, "See, if they can do it, Wii can do it!" Just show me the Wii games or you be quiet before you tell me to shut up. It's March 2007 and this is what Wii is doing:  88Ghost89

So are you saying that, that is the best screenshot for any game on the Wii that displays it's graphical abilities? I won't beable to find anything better than that no matter how long I searched? Since what you said was "this is what the Wii is doing".

So that must be the peak of the Wii as far as we know...according to you. Tell me, yes or no, and we'll see if your right.

Ownage Approved.

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You can't defend something that was intentionally designed as a cheap gimmicy alternative.  The hardware of Wii cannot dream of facilitating a forth of the games on the market, yet alone even dream of being able to process some of the DX10 stuff that will come out over the next few years.  Nintendo took the low road, and sold Nintendo fans out in the same process. FoamingPanda

Funny considering the PS3 and 360 will never be able to compete with DirectX 10 video cards on PC once it is fully utilized in games within the next couple of years. The Gamecube had some amazing looking games during its lifespan, the Star Wars games were a prime example. Looking at Metroid Prime 3 videos, I can safely say that the Wii is going to easily top the GC in terms of graphical performance. GC titles looked great and the Wii will too once games get rolling and the hardware is fully utilized

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#84 Perception1
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The Wii is a POS.
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#85 akif22
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it will have great graphics, but only a few devs will reach that quality .. like nintendo (and retro) and capcom
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Yeah, I think I posted that once, but I'm sure that I wasn't the person who originally found it. But yeah, it at least debunks the "Wii can't do normal mapping" and "Wii has the graphics level of a gamecube" myth. I mean seriously, who would be dumb enough to believe the Wii couldn't do that?
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So are you saying that, that is the best screenshot for any game on the Wii that displays it's graphical abilities? I won't beable to find anything better than that no matter how long I searched? Since what you said was "this is what the Wii is doing".

So that must be the peak of the Wii as far as we know...according to you. Tell me, yes or no, and we'll see if your right.

88Ghost89



Actually, he didn't say that at all. He said that it's March 2007, and that is what the Wii is doing. Which is correct, the game is running on the Wii. Nowhere does he say that it's the peak of the Wii's graphical capabilities. You may be able to find something that looks better, but that image is just an example of some of the sub-par graphical showcases that we are given by developers.
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#88 wavebrid
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[QUOTE="tocool340"][QUOTE="XTy"]

I have yet to meet the fan that is happy WITH ONLY A WII, this generation.

The Wii is a great Compliment system, but a terrible ONLY choice.

XTy

I disagree since I was able to live off the GC alone than any other console....(Though I have a PS2, I don't play it much....)

The fact you own a PS2 proves my point.

the fact is that it dosent prove anything at all

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[QUOTE="88Ghost89"]

[QUOTE="MyopicCanadian"][QUOTE="darth-pyschosis"][QUOTE="MyopicCanadian"]How does this end anything? The Wii's graphics are still terrible compared to 360, PS3 and PC. Congratulations, the Wii has more processing power than last-gen. That must've been tough to accomplish...MyopicCanadian

  SMG will show everyone that the Wii is a large step from last gen.

But nowhere near the current-gen. Which is the entire problem in the first place :P

But it's a good thing graphics isn't the only determining factor when it comes to the quality of the game.

Well of course, but this is the same for any system. Graphics provide possibilities, and good graphics are never a hindrance to gameplay.

Right, they compliment any game. But the fact that SMG looks to be better than anything last gen is a good thing. Even if it isn't as good as 360 and PS3, doesn't mean it's horrible. Cause if it is, I wonder how we made it threw last gen.

I just find it silly that every gen we say that last gen games looked like caca. When the super nintendo was out we were like omg teh nes is teh ugly. With the N64, omg teh snes looks so bad. And so on and so on.

Our expectations gets higher and higher every gen, and the visuals that made our jaws drop the gen before, makes us vomit now. Once we get past photo realism and get into high-def photo realism. The life we see through our own eyes will look bad and we will all have to kill ourselves.

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#90 88Ghost89
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[QUOTE="88Ghost89"]


So are you saying that, that is the best screenshot for any game on the Wii that displays it's graphical abilities? I won't beable to find anything better than that no matter how long I searched? Since what you said was "this is what the Wii is doing".

So that must be the peak of the Wii as far as we know...according to you. Tell me, yes or no, and we'll see if your right.

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Actually, he didn't say that at all. He said that it's March 2007, and that is what the Wii is doing. Which is correct, the game is running on the Wii. Nowhere does he say that it's the peak of the Wii's graphical capabilities. You may be able to find something that looks better, but that image is just an example of some of the sub-par graphical showcases that we are given by developers.

Every system has sub-par games, why should they be brought out to show "what the system is doing". The best visuals should be the showcase, or atleast the average. I mean...It would be harder to find a game that looked worse than that...

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#91 MyopicCanadian
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[QUOTE="MyopicCanadian"][QUOTE="88Ghost89"]

[QUOTE="MyopicCanadian"][QUOTE="darth-pyschosis"][QUOTE="MyopicCanadian"]How does this end anything? The Wii's graphics are still terrible compared to 360, PS3 and PC. Congratulations, the Wii has more processing power than last-gen. That must've been tough to accomplish...88Ghost89

  SMG will show everyone that the Wii is a large step from last gen.

But nowhere near the current-gen. Which is the entire problem in the first place :P

But it's a good thing graphics isn't the only determining factor when it comes to the quality of the game.

Well of course, but this is the same for any system. Graphics provide possibilities, and good graphics are never a hindrance to gameplay.

Right, they compliment any game. But the fact that SMG looks to be better than anything last gen is a good thing. Even if it isn't as good as 360 and PS3, doesn't mean it's horrible. Cause if it is, I wonder how we made it threw last gen.

I just find it silly that every gen we say that last gen games looked like caca. When the super nintendo was out we were like omg teh nes is teh ugly. With the N64, omg teh snes looks so bad. And so on and so on.

Our expectations gets higher and higher every gen, and the visuals that made our jaws drop the gen before, makes us vomit now. Once we get past photo realism and get into high-def photo realism. The life we see through our own eyes will look bad and we will all have to kill ourselves.

Well once that happens, I'll become a gaming vegetable and never leave my chair :) So I won't have to worry about real-life's last gen graphics.
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this is just the beginning of it. look at sonic. the 1st built from the ground up wii game. mario galaxy will be 60 fps and look better than anything on gc, xbox, ps2.

and that last one was for fun

so mr.flaming schmoes was saying something right?

isn't that screenshot from shrek the third? a game that is a movie game (developers don't care about movie game graphics) that hasn't even been released yet? i mean it looks like shrek.

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Notice all the graphics whores here are really jumping around the main issue. The reason why Wii has not shown alot of great looking games is that Nintendo had to rush the devs. All launch games started off with GC upgraded dev kits so they cant look like much. Then there were lazy devs who just ported old games. Then we are just starting to see some great looking games like Sonic and SSX. These are not even the tip of the ice berg but they are respectable.
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Notice all the graphics whores here are really jumping around the main issue. The reason why Wii has not shown alot of great looking games is that Nintendo had to rush the devs. All launch games started off with GC upgraded dev kits so they cant look like much. Then there were lazy devs who just ported old games. Then we are just starting to see some great looking games like Sonic and SSX. These are not even the tip of the ice berg but they are respectable.coonana
Just about all of these effects were available on the GC, it's just that the Wii has more processing power to do them all. So I don't understand that argument that devs were rushed.
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The Wii bashers are going to be crawling all over this thread like cockroaches, but I guess you gotta repost whats been posted again and again since there are some people out there that just can't grasp that graphics will improve over time on the Wii.

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#96 darth-pyschosis
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i can't believe it! flaming schmoes posted a shrek 3rd pic!!!!!!!!!!!

great example of graphics buddy, gee i wonder if it looks this bad on all the other platforms it'll be on!

seriously, you try to show up a systems graphics and you show a friggin' shrek pic?

credibility= -1000

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#97 geist117
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i can't believe it! flaming schmoes posted a shrek 3rd pic!!!!!!!!!!!

great example of graphics buddy, gee i wonder if it looks this bad on all the other platforms it'll be on!

seriously, you try to show up a systems graphics and you show a friggin' shrek pic?

credibility= -1000

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[QUOTE="coonana"]Notice all the graphics whores here are really jumping around the main issue. The reason why Wii has not shown alot of great looking games is that Nintendo had to rush the devs. All launch games started off with GC upgraded dev kits so they cant look like much. Then there were lazy devs who just ported old games. Then we are just starting to see some great looking games like Sonic and SSX. These are not even the tip of the ice berg but they are respectable.MyopicCanadian
Just about all of these effects were available on the GC, it's just that the Wii has more processing power to do them all. So I don't understand that argument that devs were rushed.

Well they were rushed to get the games out for launch. Red Steel could have been so much better if they had more time. This summer will be a good time to see games with more time put into them. Every system has this.

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[QUOTE="coonana"]Notice all the graphics whores here are really jumping around the main issue. The reason why Wii has not shown alot of great looking games is that Nintendo had to rush the devs. All launch games started off with GC upgraded dev kits so they cant look like much. Then there were lazy devs who just ported old games. Then we are just starting to see some great looking games like Sonic and SSX. These are not even the tip of the ice berg but they are respectable.MyopicCanadian
Just about all of these effects were available on the GC, it's just that the Wii has more processing power to do them all. So I don't understand that argument that devs were rushed.



Yeah, that's what it seems like.  It's certainly not confirmed, and the size of Hollywood suggests that it might be more than just a die-shrink and 50% clock boost of flipper, but from the looks of games it seems that the Wii is still stuck with the same TEV as the GameCube.  And if that's the case, it still lacks any vertex shader capabilites (which the original Xbox had). 
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#100 AvIdGaMeR444
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someone else posted this link, so thank you. I felt it deserved its own thread.

http://forums.gametrailers.com/showthread.php?t=68776

go read it and shut up people.

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I think everyone on this forum knows that Wii's hardware is more powerful than Xbox, GC, PS2...What still remains to be seen is a Wii game that has better graphics than the most graphically intense Xbox games...Until I see a game that is better, I will keep on bashing Wii's graphics