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Twilight Princess HD officially announced.
- Thread starter Azalean
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Ah, trailer is up on the Nintendo UK account:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ob3oTKYqvxs
EDIT: Awww, still ripped from the Direct.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ob3oTKYqvxs
EDIT: Awww, still ripped from the Direct.
In tuned in late and the first thing I saw was the amiibo which made me roll my eyes a little, but I'm really happy to be able to play this game again in HD soon (even though I personally didn't think it looked that bad in SD). The game has a beautiful atmosphere, it's so nice to play. When I 100%'ed the Wii game I still played it sometimes, just because it's a great version of Hyrule to walk around. Lake Hylia in particular will be great in HD.
THIS? I am not buy physical! DD only.
This isn't a remake
GrotesqueBeauty
Banned
Guess I'll just play the 4K, 4xSAA, ambient occlusion, 16x anisotropic filetered, bump mapped, specular highlighed Dolphin version on my $249 PC.
Incitemaybe
Member
I was expecting an upgrade similar to Wind Waker Hd.
Oh well, I'll just forget about it till it's released and reevaluate how I feel about it then.
Oh well, I'll just forget about it till it's released and reevaluate how I feel about it then.
ArcaneFreeze
Member
First two were complete remakes not remasters. WWHD's artstyle wasn't a drastic overhaul, its artstyle has held up over the years so it being translated to HD of course would look better in modern times than the blocky geometried realistic graphics of TPHD. I was hoping for alot more too but just the fact that I can play this without any fuzziness and with standard controls is enough for me.
Now that is fair. I do think people are overstating WW's changes though.
Theanine3D
Member
This doesn't look much better... No way am I paying $60 for this. Guess I'll stick to my original Wii copy.
Lights and Waves
Member
It looks horrible...what the hell were they thinking...I'd rather them just release it as a Wii download.
Yup, me too... i was waiting for the upgrade, lol. But i was already looking at it /shakes fist.
Guess I'll just play the 4K, 4xSAA, ambient occlusion, 16x anisotropic filetered, bump mapped, specular highlighed Dolphin version on my $249 PC.
Hey, I didn't say it was cheap. I just wanted to make it clear to the people who keep saying it that Dolphin looks way better than this.
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
Wind Waker HD didn't really have any texture or geometry updates. The style just lent itself very well to a HD revision.
Twilight Princess, being more realistic, doesn't scale up as easily.
That's fine by me. Textures and Geometry are two things that rarely bug me when playing Wii/GCN era games, it's mostly the resolution that gets to me.
I am just interested in what Tantalus does with the "game improvements" that were spoken of.
I think that team did great stuff with Deus Ex on WiiU and I am hopeful they are taking this one and fixing a lot of the issues. Cause I don't have the time or patience to slog through TP again, I just ran out of endurance after awhile.
I think that team did great stuff with Deus Ex on WiiU and I am hopeful they are taking this one and fixing a lot of the issues. Cause I don't have the time or patience to slog through TP again, I just ran out of endurance after awhile.
Coffee Dog
Banned
This game is still ugly.
Why did they heavily rework the graphics to the point that they made them worse in wind waker, but not overhaul the graphics on the Zelda that needs it more than any other? Baffling.
Why did they heavily rework the graphics to the point that they made them worse in wind waker, but not overhaul the graphics on the Zelda that needs it more than any other? Baffling.
mentallyinept
Banned
Got my pre-order in via Amazon.
I want more information about the improvements they have made to the game, and I'll cancel it if it's not up to snuff.
I want more information about the improvements they have made to the game, and I'll cancel it if it's not up to snuff.
I'm guessing the one with improved textures and models is Twilight Princess HD.
Robert at Zeboyd Games
Banned
Second quest starring Linkle. Make it so.
OrbitalBeard
Member
The Wind Waker HD is in 1080p, so I would expect the same here.
Godzilla's Left Toe
Member
1 It's a remaster 2 Some people would like to play it with a regular controller
Wind Waker HD had an entirely new lighting, shading and shadowing. I guess this is below even meager expectations. Compared to WW, TP needed much more work than just this. I don't even know if these new and more detailed textures are an actual improvement. It just brings out the game's inherent ugliness. Could've used an artstyle change similar to Skyward Sword, like the Link render cruelly hinted at. As it is, this is definitely a quickie of a port.
Illusive_Juan
Member
Doesn't show up on desktop Amazon site for preorder.
Shows up on mobile, once I checkout, Amazon says it can't sell me the item and removes it from my cart.
WTF?
Edit: Damn, don't tell me it sold out. Guess i'll try Gamestop.
Shows up on mobile, once I checkout, Amazon says it can't sell me the item and removes it from my cart.
WTF?
Edit: Damn, don't tell me it sold out. Guess i'll try Gamestop.
diddykong13
Member
Pretty sure in the EU stream they said that it would be available on it's own at a later date
If your assets lack polygons and texture resolution, you want LOWER resolution not higher. If they came up with a nice 480p CRT visual emulation the game could still look good. To make it look good at 1080p would require a hundred million dollar budget.
Ugh, the remaster is lacking in those floor tiles. Definitely not going to pre-order.
Waiting for it to go up in Canada
Incitemaybe
Member
All I'm saying is Wind Waker looks great in its new incarnation to me compared to its old version. This hd version isn't similar to my eyes.
Yes Shibata confirmed that in the EU Direct. Although i don't recall if it's being sold on the same day. Doubt that.
I'm quite content with the HD remake. Nothing major, but removing the heavy aliasing from Wii games and the really sharp textures go a long way. The scenes i saw, looked already a bit more vibrant to me. I look forward to diving into this great adventure again.
edit: jmizzal just reminded me, that Tantalus were the one who ported DE:HR to Wii U. So we're in for a treat either way. The did an awesome and outstanding job in porting DE in my eyes. (Not talking graphics here)
They ported the best 3rd party game on WiiU Deus Ex HR Directors cut also Mass Effect 3 on WiiU
They are great at ports, the prob didnt get the budget to do a full remake, but I trust that it will be a great port with great gamepad controls full map, plus inventory, prob even more then WWHD
Spyder_Monkey
Banned
Enjoy the worst Zelda game not on CD-I.
Lol to whoever responds with Skyward Sword on that one.
Yeah. Direct confirmed it would be available separately.
I looked again at the footage (because the stream was really shaky at the beginning) and it looks good. There is quite an improvement over the original version. Of course, if you compare it to Dolphin modes and such might not look that way, but seeing what a pain in the ass is to make Dolphin run this decently on a very good PC, I would say that comparison is stupid.
I'm really curious what other changes are there and what amiibo do.
I'm really curious what other changes are there and what amiibo do.
Barrow Roll
Member
Well that was underwhelming. The texture upgrades were immediately apparent and welcome, but I guess I expected something closer to the new Link render that's been floating around, or the upgrades to be as substantial as the work done on OoT3D, MM3D, or WWHD.
I suppose this will be the most faithful version of vanilla Twilight Princess we'll get, if that's what you want. Every texture pack out there for Dolphin messes with original art style, and rendering at higher resolutions in Dolphin ruins the bloom effect and has a few other issues.
If you want a new experience, there's always this to look forward to...
I suppose this will be the most faithful version of vanilla Twilight Princess we'll get, if that's what you want. Every texture pack out there for Dolphin messes with original art style, and rendering at higher resolutions in Dolphin ruins the bloom effect and has a few other issues.
If you want a new experience, there's always this to look forward to...
lol wut
Even if they redid this game from near scratch it wouldn't cost $100 million.
They're also using higher resolution textures so I don't even know what you're talking about.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
I think they forgot how damn ugly TP was.
hahaha, what is this shit