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Wii U Nature Graphics Demo (Extended video + better looking segments in thread)
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Iwatas Magic Sports Coat
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nice. i want to see the Zelda HD demo though.
disappeared
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I've been watching birds out my back yard for the last few weeks, strangely, and this demo struck an oddly pleasant chord with me. It'd be nice if they threw that in with the U as just a little thing to fuck around with.
NEOPARADIGM
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Yup, those are modern graphics.
I'm not particularly impressed by this tech demo, to be honest. While it doesn't look bad per se, it's not a major leap over current consoles. For example, the water reflection effect is pretty bad, and the textures of the tree when the bird lands are very sub-par. But I guess it's the sum of all things that matter, and it's quite better than Wii anyhow.
theinfinityissue
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Something about the Wii system music that played on the channel screen always made me think that Nintendo should really make a "relax" channel. This reinforces that idea in my mind.
Stumpokapow
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From the hands on thread:
"Nintendo played an interactive cinematic that put all my fears to rest. The difference in quality between that sequence and this was light years apart, making me wonder why I watched the hawk video in the first place."
hahaha weird.
"Nintendo played an interactive cinematic that put all my fears to rest. The difference in quality between that sequence and this was light years apart, making me wonder why I watched the hawk video in the first place."
hahaha weird.
Zoramon089
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This is also from an early version of the hardware, according to Reggie
Warrior_Keoni
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I thought the water ripples were done very well, now to see what's going on at the developer's roundtable later on tonight.
Iwatas Magic Sports Coat
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Albino_Samurai
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My money is on Epic.
It seriously had this "unreal" thing to it.....
That and Mark Rain's ".... water meet fish...." Tweet had me thinking...
That or a Epic Ocean with UE3 would be rather nice!
It seriously had this "unreal" thing to it.....
That and Mark Rain's ".... water meet fish...." Tweet had me thinking...
That or a Epic Ocean with UE3 would be rather nice!
http://kotaku.com/5809555/zelda-games-on-wii-u-could-look-this-stunning
This could be the interactive cinematic
This could be the interactive cinematic
Granger Danger
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The bird should be a Newcomer in Super Smash Bros 4.
CoffeeJanitor
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I wasn't really impressed by this. All I could think of was that it looked like a nice 360/PS3 game.
AceBandage
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Bert said:
Sounds like the Samaritan Demo.
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Kozak said:
I jizzed in my pants.
MisterHero
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lol some people thought this was Shenmue 3
Jesus Carbomb
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Reminded me of the "Rebirth" Gamecube tech demo. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QPaBCthCDc
According to one of the write-ups, the nature demo was actually a bit longer than what we saw during the conference. It continues after the koi jump. There is a hawk or larger bird that hops around in the snow.
Found it (Kotaku):
The sparrow dropped that blossom into the lake, drawing the attention of a school of koi. The fish emerged from the surface, splashing, scales glistening wet. A bright orange koi leapt from the pond, again kicking in a dramatic slow-motion pause.
The "Garden" demonstration then refocused its attention on another bird, a falcon gliding over a softly rippling lake. The demo dramatically slowed to zoom in on the bird as it flew by, offering a detailed look at its plumage, each feather rendered in a photorealistic style. It soared over a rock garden, magically drawing concentric circles in the dry sands with a powerful mystic wind. Snow began to fall, at first whipping in the wind but eventually collecting. The Falcon landed. It hopped through the piling snow, leaving impressions on its surface in real-time.
Found it (Kotaku):
The sparrow dropped that blossom into the lake, drawing the attention of a school of koi. The fish emerged from the surface, splashing, scales glistening wet. A bright orange koi leapt from the pond, again kicking in a dramatic slow-motion pause.
The "Garden" demonstration then refocused its attention on another bird, a falcon gliding over a softly rippling lake. The demo dramatically slowed to zoom in on the bird as it flew by, offering a detailed look at its plumage, each feather rendered in a photorealistic style. It soared over a rock garden, magically drawing concentric circles in the dry sands with a powerful mystic wind. Snow began to fall, at first whipping in the wind but eventually collecting. The Falcon landed. It hopped through the piling snow, leaving impressions on its surface in real-time.
Ehhh I thought this and the Zelda video looked like the best graphics and animations of any thing shown ever for videogames (besides that Unreal Next Gen tech) so far. At times (streaming though) it looked like CG because the animations were so good. I probably need to see it in HD. The next Sony and Microsoft consoles will surpass it and it is a tech demo devoted to one specific thing.
This was a very nice demo. The one demo that, to me, looked appreciably 'more' than what we've seen on PS3/360. Not sure how anyone would laugh at this after seeing Zelda, from what I've seen anyway - it wasn't as good as this, I think there was some serious franchise sentimentality going on there.