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[pixelation]

I am seeing this trend with Nintendo games where the color schemes are washed out and they seem to be overdoing the... bloom lighting? (WW HD), this seems to be continuing with BotW and the new Mario game, i think it does their games a disservice. They would look much better with more contrast while dialing down the bloom lighting.

I am adding a few comparisons between Switch and PS3 games as examples.

Switch:

https://postimage.org/index.php?lang=spanish

https://postimage.org/index.php?lang=spanish

PS3:

https://postimage.org/index.php?lang=spanish

https://postimage.org/index.php?lang=spanish

Thoughts?

 

[Jaded Alyx]

Lol I'm sure the atmosphere and art style have nothing to do with those examples at all...

 

[Vice]

I like it. The bloom really suits the art style. Gives it a whimsical feel for me.

 

[The Lamp]

the washed out colors and bloom in WWHD and BotW are absolutely disgusting. I don't even like how prominent it is in MK8.

 

[Platy]

You are really bad at choosing screenshots to explain your point.

 

[SinCityAssassin]

No. Weren't you the guy that tried to prove that point by badly altering the screenshots enough to crush the blacks.

 

[ivanthebearable]

I see nothing particular about those PS3 pics that looks any better than the Switch screenshots. In fact I vastly prefer what i see in the Switch ones honestly.

 

[Crayon]

We have a few youtube videos of mario. Zelda looks fucking awesome. You trippin.

 

[Jacobson]

Um. isn't the botw screenshot like that because of the weather?

 

[Opa-Pa]

I dunno, I feel like it gives them a kind of "elegant" look. BoTW especially.

I never got the hate for BoTW's look, actually. Aliasing aside, the game's stunning and one of the most gorgeous I've ever played.

 

[andymcc]

Isn't that mario screen from the Switch unveiling before the game was even revealed? 😂

Um. isn't the botw screenshot like that because of the weather?

Another prerelease shot. See: no weather wheel or correct clock placement

 

[SpiceMelange]

For some reason BoTW feels like it plays on limited RBG range (but I don't get this feeling with any other Wii U games). I guess that's the washed out look people are talking about? For me it's just isolated to BotW though, every other Wii U game have great colors IMO.

 

[Jaded Alyx]

Sorry but the only game i see anything approaching "washed out colours" is BotW.

I'm not seeing it in any of their other titles at all. They look very colourful and vibrant to me.

 

[Fularu]

Isn't that mario screen from the Switch unveiling before the game was even revealed? 😂

Not only that, it's a super shitty youtube screengrab compressed to hell and back

 

[CronoShot]

How "washed out" BotW looks is almost entirely dependent on time of day and weather.

And Mario looks plenty colorful already.

 

[Complicated]

Zelda is very colorful and looks fantastic. There are plenty of ultra grimdark and moody games to go around. Zelda and Mario don't need to go that direction.

 

[Neptonic]

What the hell

 

[The Lamp]

why does BotW take place in Beijing

hideous

 

[bananafactory]

Are you the kind of person that likes crushed blacks and dynamic contrast? BOTW looks gorgeous and natural.

 

[Nanashrew]

I think BotW looks great tbh

*Taken from Wii U

 

[Jaded Alyx]

Also that's a Wii U screenshot but whatever...

 

[PensOwl]

Zelda is very colorful and looks fantastic. There are plenty of ultra grimdark and moody games to go around. Zelda and Mario don't need to go that direction.

A lot of people did like Majora's Mask though

 

[DonMigs85]

They went overboard with the bloom in Twilight Princess and Mario Kart Wii, but I think they've toned it down since then.

 

[Fireblend]

I mean, ARMS, Splatoon 2 and MK8 Deluxe are pretty colorful games. It's just a matter of art direction.

 

[BorkBork]

ARMS and Splatoon are not washed out at all.

Edit: Beaten

 

[CO_Andy]

BotW is gorgeous as heck

 

[andymcc]

why does BotW take place in Beijing




hideous

You should play OOT on N64 again if you want to see some truly hideous smog.

 

[akidnamededdy]

A lot of people did like Majora's Mask though

Majora's Mask is more Alice in Wonderland than it is gritty grimdark though. Which works just fine for Zelda.

On-topic: you suck at picking screenshots TC.

 

[Jaded Alyx]

They went overboard with the bloom in Twilight Princess and Mario Kart Wii, but I think they've toned it down since then.

I kind of wonder if OP even owns a Wii U or a Switch.

 

[SolidSnakex]

Odyssey looks fine to me

 

[The Lamp]

I think BotW looks great tbh



*Taken from Wii U

At times yes it's okay, but it's only in foreground/midground that the haze is minimal (just like in Beijing). The background is always a nearly monochromatic smog.

 

[Veitsev]

OP seems like you really like oversaturated colors and crushed blacks. Enjoy that pop.

 

[SpiceMelange]

Also that's a Wii U screenshot but whatever...

Both versions look the same color-wise though, shouldn't matter.

 

[Cyclical]

3 games?

 

[ckaneo]

Zelda is only dark when it's cloudy out.

And Nintendo has the most colorful games out on the market.

What the fuck is OP talking about...

 

[pixelation]

To posters mocking the BotW picture, post one that shows better contrast?. And do you honestly not see how colors pop in the PS3 examples while they look muted in the Switch examples?

Also, and this is important. I am talking about Nintendo 1st party output, not saying that ALL switch games look the same (they don't).

 

[Reptars Revenge]

No. Weren't you the guy that tried to prove that point by badly altering the screenshots enough to crush the blacks.

Damn another Opgenda.

Game looks flawless

 

[Phu]

What an objectively incorrect thread premise.

 

[Jaded Alyx]

At times yes it's okay, but it's only in foreground/midground that the haze is minimal (just like in Beijing). The background is always a nearly monochromatic smog.

It's really dependent on the weather

Spoiler

and if you're using Full RGB or not

 

[TheSkullPrince]

Sorry OP but I ain't seeing it.

 

[Wafflecakes]

OP trolling with the intentionally deceptive images. Pathetic.

 

[Crayon]

washed out majestic mountain.

 

[ShockingAlberto]

To posters mocking the BotW picture, post one that shows better contrast?. And do you honestly not see how colors pop in the PS3 examples while they look muted in the Switch examples?

Also, and this is important. I am talking about Nintendo 1st party output, not saying that ALL switch games look the same (they don't).

Wait then why do you think Splatoon and Arms (and I am guessing Xenoblade 2) are also washed out?

 

[DonMigs85]

If anything, Nintendo should work on their anti-aliasing solution

 

[Fularu]

What an objectively incorrect thread premise.

What were you expecting from someone who's unhappy Nintendo is having success with the switch so far?

 

[Kyou]

washed out majestic mountain.

Where's that mountain, China?!

 

[Maxinas]

Cherry-picking the thread.

 

[EloquentM]

I can't tell if lamp is trolling.

 

[Wafflecakes]

To posters mocking the BotW picture, post one that shows better contrast?. And do you honestly not see how colors pop in the PS3 examples while they look muted in the Switch examples?

Also, and this is important. I am talking about Nintendo 1st party output, not saying that ALL switch games look the same (they don't).

Someone already has....

 

[Jailer of Hope]

washed out majestic mountain.

Needs more color pop.