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[Cerium]

It's really strange to me how much effort they put into these textures considering the hardware would just murder them. No I don't think the 3DS is trash, but this level of detail is so far beyond what was needed that it's kind of puzzling.

Forward thinking. Future proofing.

 

[The Hermit]

I said damn. All that texturework. Destroyed on the 3DS.

It's quite a shame actually

 

[pretty done]

Lots of PSP games hide some great looking models and textures under that resolution. It's not surprising that the 3DS is the same way.

Anyone have those Type-0 PPSSPP pictures? Honestly looks better than the bloom and blur "HD" remaster IMO.

Shit, we don't even need to stop at PSP. Shitty resolution has still been ruining even modern games.

 

[AdropOFvenom]

Makes me think an OoT/Majoras Mask on Switch might actually be pretty easy, if they have some high quality assets there already. Nice.

 

[gnomed]

Damn, I'd kill for an HD bundle with OoT and MM.

Jeez. Nintendo, do a OoT and MM Double Pack for Switch, please. This is future-proof

You'll take full priced stand alones and like it!

 

[ss_lemonade]

I said damn. All that texturework. Destroyed on the 3DS.

Well, you could still see the textures fine on an actual 3ds screen. While IQ can be pretty bad with aliasing, it's not exactly as horrible as what blown up screens can look like on higher res monitors

 

[Whales]

doesnt pokemon models also look really good at high resolution too?

its a shame really

 

[Wamb0wneD]

One of the best changes to Ocarina was the stairs to Ganons bossroom. So good. Would love to see that in 1080p.

 

[cvxfreak]

Curious to see how the two 3DS Resident Evil games would turn out...

 

[Jawbreaker]

Shit, we don't even need to stop at PSP. Shitty resolution has still been ruining even modern games.

Yeah, you'd think it was a texture mod with all the detail being hidden by the low resolution.

 

[Deleted member 20920]

I hope Nintendo will release a Switch 3D in the near future. And port 3DS software over or have virtual console versions that can upscale the resolution.

 

[Kallor]

which emulator is this? I've been itching to replay it on 3ds.

 

[robotrock]

compare mario's jeans in smash bros brawl 480p to brawl emulated via dolphin at 1080p....your mind will be blown

 

[SURGEdude]

Curious to see how the two 3DS Resident Evil games would turn out...

Ohhhh, me too.

 

[AwakenedCloud]

doesnt pokemon models also look really good at high resolution too?

its a shame really

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qX5dcyQHes

 

[Weltall Zero]

Mother of god that's beautiful. Talk about complete overkill with model / texture detail. Which seems to be a theme with 3DS games, the system is quite powerful for its resolution.

 

[James Scott]

Curious to see how the two 3DS Resident Evil games would turn out...

...but they're already out in HD, though
Edit: well, not Mercenaries, but that game is bad anyways

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qX5dcyQHes

Pokemon needs some texture work more than the Zelda games do. Not sure why they're so low res.
Would be nice if they added in WWHD's lighting. Would fit the tropical setting and compliment the visuals quite well.

 

[Mister Wolf]

1080, 30fps, Hero mode at start, and as much super sampled antialiasing as the switch can handle. Instant cash grab and over a million seller.

 

[Triforce141]

You'll take full priced stand alones and like it!

I will be the idiot who will pay $200 for all 5 of the previous 3D Zelda remasters on Switch

 

[Fou-Lu]

My god. It's beautiful.

 

[Neiteio]

I imagine they made everything at much higher resolutions so they can future-proof this game and sell it again in the future.

 

[Vulcano's assistant]

It's really strange to me how much effort they put into these textures considering the hardware would just murder them. No I don't think the 3DS is trash, but this level of detail is so far beyond what was needed that it's kind of puzzling.

even if they were in lower res it is the same effort, since one doesn't draw with more ease in lower resolutions, in fact it may be quite difficult to get things to look right without enough resolution to see what you are doing.

 

[XandBosch]

Shit, Nintendo should just out a new "collectors edition" that has these versions of OOT and MM and throw in those remakes of Wind Walker and Twilight. Toss in a Skyward Sword remake and you've got yourself one hell of a fuckin' Zelda collection.

 

[Wamb0wneD]

I will be the idiot who will pay $200 for all 5 of the previous 3D Zelda remasters on Switch

You're not alone lol.

I imagine they made everything at much higher resolutions so they can future-proof this game and sell it again in the future.

Lets hope you're right...Ocarina 3D is 6 years old by now.

 

[James Scott]

Shit, Nintendo should just out a new "collectors edition" that has these versions of OOT and MM and throw in those remakes of Wind Walker and Twilight. Toss in a Skyward Sword remake and you've got yourself one hell of a fuckin' Zelda collection.

Don't think they're going to sell that for quite awhile. They can probably sell collections with 2 games included for years.

 

[ZeoVGM]

the 3ds is a fucking piece of shit

No.

 

[Xandremi]

From 6 years ago lol.

Even 6 years ago it was shit(hardware)

 

[gnomed]

I will be the idiot who will pay $200 for all 5 of the previous 3D Zelda remasters on Switch

Good news, everyone in this thread will probably do the same.

 

[HotHamBoy]

If the 3DS has issues with framerate why use the higher res textures? They're pointless unless they future-proofed the game.

 

[requiem02]

I need this game on Switch so badly. I wonder if Nintendo are willing to put DS and 3DS games on VC that don't absolutely require the second screen.

 

[HotHamBoy]

No.

Please produce a compelling argument for how the 3DS hardware and OS is not shitty, especially at its price point.

I'm pretty sure that's what he meant.

 

[DylanEno]

argh I wish I knew how this sort of thing worked

Seeing the power of the Citra makes looking at the 3DS soooo difficult.

 

[Prof. Bathtub]

Is having better textures than the resolution can show really that uncommon? Seems to be the case for a lot of games post-64/PS1 (at least, the ones that are popular enough to upres.)

 

[RoboPlato]

I am shocked at how well the textures hold up.

 

[pa22word]

Is having better textures than the resolution can show really that uncommon? Seems to be the case for a lot of games post-64/PS1 (at least, the ones that are popular enough to upres.)

It's uncommon for uh, decently thought out designed games on the software side. Like, that sounds mean but if you asked any software engineer to waste VRAM on stupidly high res textures in a game that's locked to a 240p screen they'd probably want to strangle you.

There might be weird production issues we don't know about, but really there's no reason to ever do this. You're just wasting optimization passes and VRAM for nothing. Like even the forward compatibility thing makes no sense because there's nothing keeping you from drawing them at x high resolution, compressing and downscaling them to 240x240 ( or lower) then leaving the raw textures on a server somewhere for the next thousand years.

I mean I'm not going to complain or anything because obviously it makes emulating them a nice treat, but there's no reason to actually leave them in the gold master wasting resources like that. My guess is they were way under their VRAM budget and in a rush to ship so instead of scaling down the textures and using that memory for something worthwhile they just said fuck it and shipped it.

 

[Kouriozan]

Remind me of that DS Idolm@ster game that also had crazy models.

 

[Ahasverus]

I think it might work if they added a lighting engine.

 

[hateradio]

I don't think I would replay this game, but if I had a choice, I would use the emu.

 

[BigEmil]

I imagine they made everything at much higher resolutions so they can future-proof this game and sell it again in the future.

Sounds about right

 

[Zekes!]

I think it might work if they added a lighting engine.

This is my thoughts

 

[Lynd7]

I really want an HD Hero of Time collection.

 

[SmokedMeat]

Nintendo, you know what you must do.

I don't think they're going to release their older catalog on PC. Would be nice though.

 

[ShadowFox08]

Insane what a resolution bump can do, that looks gorgeous.

Nintendo really should port both OoT 3D and MM 3D to Switch. Seems like it'd be easy money.

Unless they bump textures and polygons, I'm not buying them.

 

[andthebeatgoeson]

I'll be entering the quintuple dip territory.

 

[kc44135]

I said damn. All that texturework. Destroyed on the 3DS.

Holy shit, this looks amazing!

 

[NOLA_Gaffer]

Honestly I'll take the stereoscopic 3D any day of the week instead.

 

[Mister Wolf]

I really want an HD Hero of Time collection.

That's a good name for it. Nintendo would split them up to maximize profit.

 

[dallow_bg]

Honestly I'll take the stereoscopic 3D any day of the week instead.

Can't you do both with this emulator?
I know other emulators were capable of doing 3D.

 

[nhlducks35]

Honestly I'll take the stereoscopic 3D any day of the week instead.

You'd take 240p 3D over 4K?

 

[ArchedThunder]

Damn, the game looks surprisingly good in HD.