Question about upscaling PS1/PS2 games...

Does upscaling those games actually make them look smoother, not in terms of texture quality obviously, but just in terms of overal sharpness?

If this is the case, and these games were not originally made in these resolutions so it is basically just a firmware feature, does it mean it is theoretically possible for Nintendo to release a small update in the future that could at least let it's Wii games run in a higher resolution on TVs that could support it?

They look a hell of a lot of better on a HDTV, I can actually see Carl Johnson's face instead of a jaggy mess that he was before. CHRIS_K_UK

So, if a similar feature was implemented on Wii, and I assume it is possible since the Wii can also have updates, then I suppose it would be possible to slilghtly clean up the low resolutions and pixelated/jaggy look of most Wii games.

It probably will never happen but at least I can hope! I mean it's not as if this feature means developers will have to worryqbout this when making Wii games, or that the cost and time of development will go up, or that they will have to worry about memory and power restrictions etc.

That being the case I really think it is something that Nintendo should just add as an update later on, unless there is some reason I am missing why this would be a huge hassle to implement...

[QUOTE="CHRIS_K_UK"]They look a hell of a lot of better on a HDTV, I can actually see Carl Johnson's face instead of a jaggy mess that he was before. freeload

So, if a similar feature was implemented on Wii, and I assume it is possible since the Wii can also have updates, then I suppose it would be possible to slilghtly clean up the low resolutions and pixelated/jaggy look of most Wii games.

It probably will never happen but at least I can hope! I mean it's not as if this feature means developers will have to worryqbout this when making Wii games, or that the cost and time of development will go up, or that they will have to worry about memory and power restrictions etc.

That being the case I really think it is something that Nintendo should just add as an update later on, unless there is some reason I am missing why this would be a huge hassle to implement...

Uh Wii doesn't have a hardware scaling chip in it.

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[QUOTE="CHRIS_K_UK"]They look a hell of a lot of better on a HDTV, I can actually see Carl Johnson's face instead of a jaggy mess that he was before. NobuoMusicMaker

So, if a similar feature was implemented on Wii, and I assume it is possible since the Wii can also have updates, then I suppose it would be possible to slilghtly clean up the low resolutions and pixelated/jaggy look of most Wii games.

It probably will never happen but at least I can hope! I mean it's not as if this feature means developers will have to worryqbout this when making Wii games, or that the cost and time of development will go up, or that they will have to worry about memory and power restrictions etc.

That being the case I really think it is something that Nintendo should just add as an update later on, unless there is some reason I am missing why this would be a huge hassle to implement...

Uh Wii doesn't have a hardware scaling chip in it.

Thats what people said about the PS3 a couple months back :P Who knows lol. The Wii might have one. 

Does upscaling those games actually make them look smoother, not in terms of texture quality obviously, but just in terms of overal sharpness?

If this is the case, and these games were not originally made in these resolutions so it is basically just a firmware feature, does it mean it is theoretically possible for Nintendo to release a small update in the future that could at least let it's Wii games run in a higher resolution on TVs that could support it?

freeload

As awesome as that'd be for those of us using Wii on HDTV monitors, I don't think Wii actually has the processing power to upscale most games. I'm sure some could be pulled off, but something like SSX running at 60fps I'm not so sure.  

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[QUOTE="CHRIS_K_UK"]They look a hell of a lot of better on a HDTV, I can actually see Carl Johnson's face instead of a jaggy mess that he was before. NobuoMusicMaker

So, if a similar feature was implemented on Wii, and I assume it is possible since the Wii can also have updates, then I suppose it would be possible to slilghtly clean up the low resolutions and pixelated/jaggy look of most Wii games.

It probably will never happen but at least I can hope! I mean it's not as if this feature means developers will have to worryqbout this when making Wii games, or that the cost and time of development will go up, or that they will have to worry about memory and power restrictions etc.

That being the case I really think it is something that Nintendo should just add as an update later on, unless there is some reason I am missing why this would be a huge hassle to implement...

Uh Wii doesn't have a hardware scaling chip in it.

Uh... Wii is clocked at 480p resolutions and it can go higher if its unclocked!!!

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[QUOTE="CHRIS_K_UK"]They look a hell of a lot of better on a HDTV, I can actually see Carl Johnson's face instead of a jaggy mess that he was before. asdasd

So, if a similar feature was implemented on Wii, and I assume it is possible since the Wii can also have updates, then I suppose it would be possible to slilghtly clean up the low resolutions and pixelated/jaggy look of most Wii games.

It probably will never happen but at least I can hope! I mean it's not as if this feature means developers will have to worryqbout this when making Wii games, or that the cost and time of development will go up, or that they will have to worry about memory and power restrictions etc.

That being the case I really think it is something that Nintendo should just add as an update later on, unless there is some reason I am missing why this would be a huge hassle to implement...

Uh Wii doesn't have a hardware scaling chip in it.

Thats what people said about the PS3 a couple months back :P Who knows lol. The Wii might have one.

Wii doesn't even do HD res.  N blatantly said no HD so why are you calling them liars?