1-D_FTW said:You can't really believe any rumors when it concerns Nintendo. But that sure would have been nice, wouldn't it? That SMG video is stunning.
EatChildren said:See, who I heard it from was someone I considered quite reliable, to the point where I'm inclined to believe that at the time I was told Nintendo were humouring the idea of a WiiHD mini upgrade for release this year, likely with a M+ bundle, and ultimately decided to pull out and ride the year out with just M+.
I just hope whatever system Nintendo releases next is indeed HD, but more importantly will render old Wii games in HD.
1-D_FTW said:Brain_stew has posted this link before and I've ordered it successfully. Just a word of caution for someone who's never used dealextreme, it takes forever to arrive. I had pretty much written off my adapter ever arriving. And for under 3 dollars, wasn't even gonna bother getting upset about it. Then it arrived. Not sure how they can ship from Asia for that price, but no complaints that they do.
1-D_FTW said:Emulation sucks. It requires tons of raw horsepower and is buggy even in the best cases.
But since it's Nintendo, they wouldn't have to emulate the hardware to accomplish this. They could simply make WiiHD a super powered Wii that rendered the games at higher resolutions (and AA & AF.) Think of how a PC renders games at higher resolutions the more powerful the hardware.
yesTheGreatDave said:Is there any way I can try this without having to download ISOs? I have Smash Bros, I have a PC. That's about it.
brain_stew said:I've always got my stuff delivered within about a week to the UK, either way, at that price its worth the wait imo.
brain_stew said:As far as I'm aware this is pretty much impossible. PC games are specifically coded to support multiple resolutions, Wii games aren't Wii games are free to program to the metal as well, there's no driver in the way to intercept calls and add filters (AA/AF/SSAO) like you have on the PC side.
It "may" be possible but its not as trivial as you make it seem and Nintendo need to be getting away from their archaic fixed function architecture anyway, not expanding upon it.
This has to be one of the best releases we have done in a long time! With Super Mario Galaxy and Zelda Wind Waker both having functioning sound. Also, Super Mario Galaxy having its Graphical issues fixed and is now completely playable!
ant1532 said:so apparently none of these games really run at full fps with sound?
Yup. Very disappointing.ant1532 said:so apparently none of these games really run at full fps with sound?
yanhero said:Yea pretty much, they just look good in screenshots :lol
vazel said:Yup. Very disappointing.
Cday said:
ant1532 said:so apparently none of these games really run at full fps with sound?
It says right there in the Dolphin box with nearly all the games I've put in that it's 'broken' or 'intro' or 'problemsther'. Like I said the only game I was able to run was Luigi's Mansion and that was with no sound. And even though Dolphin's framerate counter said it ran at 50-60fps it was definitely not, it was more like 15fps(I have an e5200@2.8GHz and 4850). You can read at the Dolphin forum that when people get games running reasonably well it's still with glitches in the video or audio.bee said:completely wrong, your pc probably just isn't fast enough or you've set it up wrong
jett said:Depends on your PC. This will not run even remotely well on a low-end or even mid-end gaming PC.
vazel said:I have an e5200@2.8GHz and 4850.
bee said:completely wrong, your pc probably just isn't fast enough or you've set it up wrong
ingame means what it is, ingame, rendering the game itself with decent visuals, while perfect means you can complete a game from beginning to end.vazel said:It says right there in the Dolphin box with nearly all the games I've put in that it's 'broken' or 'intro' or 'problemsther'. Like I said the only game I was able to run was Luigi's Mansion and that was with no sound. And even though Dolphin's framerate counter said it ran at 50-60fps it was definitely not, it was more like 15fps(I have an e5200@2.8GHz and 4850). You can read at the Dolphin forum that when people get games running reasonably well it's still with glitches in the video or audio.
Edit: Apparently there's another indicator beyond 'ingame' called 'perfect' as per this list. I'll try some of those games.
beautiful Zelda screens.
swear to God, if Nintendo would just make a Wii that rendered the same games we already own on our Wii's in HD like this, I'm fukin SOLD.
Dreams-Visions said:beautiful Zelda screens.
swear to God, if Nintendo would just make a Wii that rendered the same games we already own on our Wii's in HD like this, I'm fukin SOLD.
I feel different. Then again, I'm not thinking about a completely new console that plays games that the regular Wii wouldn't play.Mithos said:I have owned all Nintendo consoles except the Virtual Boy, and I can say for a fact, that if Nintendo even thinks about releasing that WiiHD you seem to want, I hope they all crash and burn.
Unless the next homeconsole from Nintendo at least are up to par with PS360, Nintendo should not release it.
Mithos said:I have owned all Nintendo consoles except the Virtual Boy, and I can say for a fact, that if Nintendo even thinks about releasing that WiiHD you seem to want, I hope they all crash and burn.
Unless the next homeconsole from Nintendo at least are up to par with PS360, Nintendo should not release it.
bridegur said:For a console to output Wii/GC games at 720/1080p, wouldn't it have to be at least as powerful as a 360/PS3?
Mithos said:Not if you want the current Wii graphics but in 720p/1080p.
darkwings said:that's the point though, if you want HD on Wii, then the hardware must be much better...
.:Wesker:. said:More:
http://i31.tinypic.com/289h3s2.jpg
http://i29.tinypic.com/2eb4i7k.jpg
http://i32.tinypic.com/2uihvy8.jpg
Sorry for the strange resolutions, I was 'freestyling'.
darkwings said:yeah looks great
whats your setup?
K' Dash said:WTF I only care about WW and TP with sound, is this true? I'm working right now
Zenith said:better but not as powerful as PS360 if it's last gen textures, geometry, lighting, etc but at a higher resolution.
It's like could a PC that runs Path of Neo at 1280 run Mass Effect at 640?
WTF I only care about WW and TP with sound, is this true? I'm working right now
Cday said:Dolphins compatibility list still labels them as being able to go in game but may crash randomly. This usually means that there's little chance you'd be able to actually finish the game from start to finish. At this rate it won't be long before they're perfected though.
Zenith said:better but not as powerful as PS360 if it's last gen textures, geometry, lighting, etc but at a higher resolution.
It's like could a PC that runs Path of Neo at 1280 run Mass Effect at 640?
darkwings said:okay I uploaded a quick video when I play Wind Waker in 720p with good fps and sound
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2txdad7Qw0