The reason many people think the Wii has bad graphics.

It's because of a lack of effort, for the most part. Okay, I'll explain in an easy way. Resident Evil 4, for the gamecube, was considered one of the most beautiful looking games of the time. The Wii is supposed to be 2 times as powerful as the Gamecube. That means, there should be games with graphics twice as good as RE4's. The closest I've seen to this it The Conduit and SSBB. It's really a lack of effort.

It's because of a lack of effort, for the most part. Okay, I'll explain in an easy way. Resident Evil 4, for the gamecube, was considered one of the most beautiful looking games of the time. The Wii is supposed to be 2 times as powerful as the Gamecube. That means, there should be games with graphics twice as good as RE4's. The closest I've seen to this it The Conduit and SSBB. It's really a lack of effort.

turtlethetaffer

But the materials are all there.

But the materials are all there.

turtlethetaffer

That doesn't mean developers can and will use it properly. Notice how the Wii's 1st party games are better graphically than 3rd party games. Nintendo knows how to use the system's power better than others do.

[QUOTE="turtlethetaffer"]

It's because of a lack of effort, for the most part. Okay, I'll explain in an easy way. Resident Evil 4, for the gamecube, was considered one of the most beautiful looking games of the time. The Wii is supposed to be 2 times as powerful as the Gamecube. That means, there should be games with graphics twice as good as RE4's. The closest I've seen to this it The Conduit and SSBB. It's really a lack of effort.

Teufelhuhn

I think Wii's biggest visual flaw is lack of HD.

The Xbox-like engines don't really bother me, but Nintendo really underestimated the adoption of HDTVs. Even the original Xbox had 5.1 surround sound and 720p support.

It's not because Devs are lazy or else the same devs that make games for MS and Sony would make crap games for those consoles.

The Wii just flat out doesn't have enough power. It' s like the Wii is a Pony and the 360 and PS3 are sports cars, they just don't have a chance in the graphical department.

[QUOTE="turtlethetaffer"]

It's because of a lack of effort, for the most part. Okay, I'll explain in an easy way. Resident Evil 4, for the gamecube, was considered one of the most beautiful looking games of the time. The Wii is supposed to be 2 times as powerful as the Gamecube. That means, there should be games with graphics twice as good as RE4's. The closest I've seen to this it The Conduit and SSBB. It's really a lack of effort.

Teufelhuhn

theres a lot of games that utilize the Wiis graphics. i dont know about maxing out but Mario Galaxy and Metroid Prime...pretty much all the first party games look pretty good as well as a FEW third party games. Definatly not as good as the 360 or PS3 but thats not what the Wii was built for.

No the reason why people think the wii has bad graphics because it does.

Many people think the Wii has bad graphics because of the very little effort many developers put into it. You can clearly see the difference between Nintendo's products (graphically) and third-party products (graphically). It's because Nintendo actually cares about the system, while third-party developers look at the Wii, and all they see is an opportunity to make a quick buck off innocent casuals.

All of Nintendo's products look great, so if you really want to judge the Wii's awesomeness graphically, you should look at their products, and not others'.

I've always thought the Wii's graphical abilities were pretty good, and really nice to look at. i think a lot of people are trying to hard to discredit what the the wii is actually capable of. There's not much difference between the gamecube and the wii, and both are pretty capable of some very pretty graphics, just look at metal gear solid twin snakes, super monkey ball, super mario sunshine, f zero gx and also metroid prime just to name a few. takes more than 'inferior visuals' to put this gamer off games, actually bad game design and gameplay does exactly that.Quadster

The graphics aren't the problem with the Wii.. It's the inaccurate motion controls that is the problem :|

[QUOTE="Quadster"]I've always thought the Wii's graphical abilities were pretty good, and really nice to look at. i think a lot of people are trying to hard to discredit what the the wii is actually capable of. There's not much difference between the gamecube and the wii, and both are pretty capable of some very pretty graphics, just look at metal gear solid twin snakes, super monkey ball, super mario sunshine, f zero gx and also metroid prime just to name a few. takes more than 'inferior visuals' to put this gamer off games, actually bad game design and gameplay does exactly that.slvrraven9

The graphics aren't the problem with the Wii.. It's the inaccurate motion controls that is the problem :|

whitetiger3521

[QUOTE="slvrraven9"][QUOTE="Quadster"]I've always thought the Wii's graphical abilities were pretty good, and really nice to look at. i think a lot of people are trying to hard to discredit what the the wii is actually capable of. There's not much difference between the gamecube and the wii, and both are pretty capable of some very pretty graphics, just look at metal gear solid twin snakes, super monkey ball, super mario sunshine, f zero gx and also metroid prime just to name a few. takes more than 'inferior visuals' to put this gamer off games, actually bad game design and gameplay does exactly that.Quadster

I thought it was because it has barely anymore power then a last gen console...

i want factor 5 back :(redmetal86

The graphics aren't the problem with the Wii.. It's the inaccurate motion controls that is the problem :|

whitetiger3521

[QUOTE="redmetal86"]i want factor 5 back :(Willy105

It's not because Devs are lazy or else the same devs that make games for MS and Sony would make crap games for those consoles

akira2465

The reason many people think the Wii has bad graphics, are the comparatively bad graphics to other consoles. That's how things work. When someone raises the bar then the things below it get judged by the new level of the bar. When you hit a certain distance below the bar you then become "bad". Just like "good" graphics evolve over time so do "bad" graphics because it's all just a comparison between the best and what you're comparing it to.Kantroce

What you say about raising the bar is true, but when talking about the Wii, most games aren't even matching what could have been accomplished with the Gamecube. The best looking launch Gamecube games are still among the best looking Wii games; double the clockspeeds, triple the amount of ram, triple disc storage capacity and plus whatever small hardware optimizations that were made but no one seems to utilize it. Sure, the Wii will always have 'bad' graphics next to the HD consoles, but it's not at the point where a decent looking Wii game would be considered so ugly that it makes the game unenjoyable (though the unfortunate thing is a very small percentage of Wii games would be deemed 'decent looking').

graphics twice as good as RE4's. The closest I've seen to this it The Conduit

turtlethetaffer

Lol. The Conduit does not have some of the best graphics on the Wii.

Yeah, most developers don't use it's full potential (Graphics wise). Super Mario Galaxy looks absolutely breathtaking on some TV's. There are Wii games with great graphics, but most developers figure they can get away with crappy graphics (And it seems to be working for them).

[QUOTE="Willy105"][QUOTE="redmetal86"]i want factor 5 back :(mitu123

[QUOTE="mitu123"]

[QUOTE="Willy105"] They aren't called Factor 5 anymore, they are now called White Harvest and porting the Rogue Squadron Trilogy to the Wii. nintendoboy16

It's because of a lack of effort, for the most part. Okay, I'll explain in an easy way. Resident Evil 4, for the gamecube, was considered one of the most beautiful looking games of the time. The Wii is supposed to be 2 times as powerful as the Gamecube. That means, there should be games with graphics twice as good as RE4's. The closest I've seen to this it The Conduit and SSBB. It's really a lack of effort.

turtlethetaffer

It's because of a lack of effort, for the most part. Okay, I'll explain in an easy way. Resident Evil 4, for the gamecube, was considered one of the most beautiful looking games of the time. The Wii is supposed to be 2 times as powerful as the Gamecube. That means, there should be games with graphics twice as good as RE4's. The closest I've seen to this it The Conduit and SSBB. It's really a lack of effort.

turtlethetaffer

The Wii's power advantage it has over the Gamecube is about 2x more ram and a faster processor. What that means in terms of an actual performance boost is it can play gamecube quality graphics at 480p( 800x600) resolution while the gamecube ran games at 480i(640x480 res). The best looking wii games look how they should which is good looking gamecube games at a slightly higher res.

No, it's because it has bad graphics.

[QUOTE="akira2465"]

It's not because Devs are lazy or else the same devs that make games for MS and Sony would make crap games for those consoles

lazybum131

So your saying the Wii is just a training exercise for B squad developer noobs?

[QUOTE="turtlethetaffer"]graphics twice as good as RE4's. The closest I've seen to this it The Conduit

randomwiiplayer

Lol. The Conduit does not have some of the best graphics on the Wii.

[QUOTE="nintendoboy16"][QUOTE="mitu123"] I will buy that in a heartbeat, that's like one of my favorite Star Wars series, I didn't know about that.

mitu123

Look at a game like killzone 2 or gears 2 then look at some outdated Wii game then tell me the Wii doesn't have bad graphics. It's not question, the Wii has the crappiest graphics this generation, games from the psp get ported onto the Wii. The Wii isn't a graphical powerhouse, so don't try and make it seem like one. Gangstah-Fresh

[QUOTE="Gangstah-Fresh"]Look at a game like killzone 2 or gears 2 then look at some outdated Wii game then tell me the Wii doesn't have bad graphics. It's not question, the Wii has the crappiest graphics this generation, games from the psp get ported onto the Wii. The Wii isn't a graphical powerhouse, so don't try and make it seem like one. Willy105

[QUOTE="Willy105"][QUOTE="Gangstah-Fresh"]Look at a game like killzone 2 or gears 2 then look at some outdated Wii game then tell me the Wii doesn't have bad graphics. It's not question, the Wii has the crappiest graphics this generation, games from the psp get ported onto the Wii. The Wii isn't a graphical powerhouse, so don't try and make it seem like one. Gangstah-Fresh

The main reason is because it's processor and videocard are no wear comperable to the PS3 and XBOX 360 hardware.

[QUOTE="Willy105"][QUOTE="Gangstah-Fresh"]Look at a game like killzone 2 or gears 2 then look at some outdated Wii game then tell me the Wii doesn't have bad graphics. It's not question, the Wii has the crappiest graphics this generation, games from the psp get ported onto the Wii. The Wii isn't a graphical powerhouse, so don't try and make it seem like one. Gangstah-Fresh

PSP, no, that was a stupid thing to say. Just because the Wii has the worst graphics this gen on consoles, doesn't mean that they are bad.

[QUOTE="Gangstah-Fresh"][QUOTE="Willy105"] I do that all the time. Gears 2 sure looks detailed. But sorry, the Wii still doesn't have bad graphics.randomwiiplayer

PSP, no, that was a stupid thing to say. Just because the Wii has the worst graphics this gen on consoles, doesn't mean that they are bad.

The jump in power does'nt do anything when it is still just outputing 480p. Sony stated with the PS2 that they did'nt need a lot more power in the PS2 because of the resolution on the tv's. They were'nt far from the truth. The Wii can do a lot of next gen effects but it will still look like a last gen game.

I remember one time I used my old TV on my computer and I played Quake 4. It looked allmost the same on high and low settings.

Not even if they put down more time than "Duke nukem forever" can they make graphic good enough to be compared with Ps3/360, not developers fault hardware for it is crap.

[QUOTE="turtlethetaffer"]graphics twice as good as RE4's. The closest I've seen to this it The Conduit

randomwiiplayer

Lol. The Conduit does not have some of the best graphics on the Wii.

Technical wise, it kinda does. It's best is much better than anything on Wii. It's the art direction that fails.

Gladiator A.D.