Do you like what you've seen so far from Wii U's visuals?

I agree, all these games looks amazing to me! Especially X, SSB and MK8
 
Mario kart looks awesome. Mario world and smash look to be deliberately using flat simple textures that will be crisp but won't have much detail.
 
When you bear in mind that Mario Kart is 60fps, you begin to realise that it really must be more powerful than 360/PS4.

Also, was Smash confirmed to be 1080p?
 
King_Moc said:
When you bear in mind that Mario Kart is 60fps, you begin to realise that it really must be more powerful than 360/PS4.

Also, was Smash confirmed to be 1080p?
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I believe it was. Nintendo seems to be pushing for everything from a first party to be 60fps and 1080p. Which is pretty impressive all things considered.
 
Neo Child said:
mario kart is 1080p and 60fps. also it looks beautiful
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Why are these pics 720p with a ton of aliasing then
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The problem I see with Wii U is not about graphics, we have known about these games for ages - btw X looked much better than I expected whereas Mario land atm is a bit of a let-down when compared to Galaxy 1/2 - and I was expecting some surprises on top of them so I felt very disappointed by the little amount of games announced.
 
Backfoggen said:
Why are these pics 720p with a ton of aliasing then
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Again with this shitty screen? Zoom on Wario, do you really think that's how his nose or the tires of everything jagged to hell is how the game looks?
Compression artifacts. There's fuckin' high quality direct feed videos, what's the point of his shit? I can make every game look awful like that you know.
 
The Wii U games we've seen are not exactly Uncharted. The Nintendo style doesn't benefit a whole lot from great detail.

X has lovely graphics. Mario Kart 8 is a good looking game too.

Still sad I won't be playing MK this Christmas.
 
Was VERY disappointed that Retro is making another Donkey Kong Country. Visually it was awful.

Super Mario 3D World was another disappointment. Not just in visuals but in concept/level design, etc. Most of us wanted a "Super Mario Universe" that built on and expanded on Galaxy.

Legend of Zelda Wind Waker HD looked alright, perhaps even very nice, but (ot) I always preferred Twilight Princess to Wind Waker. Hopefully Zelda U will make me want a WiiU.

Now, Mario Kart 8 looked absolutely f-r-e-a-k-i-n-g incredible. Far better than 3D World.
In IMO, visually, Mario Kart 8 is the new Galaxy and the new F-ZERO GX at the same time! Obviously it's 60fps but if it's confirmed to be native 1080p, I'll **** myself.
Clearly, this is Wii U's first killer-app.

Smash looked good but from what I recall, too much of it was CG.

Right now I cannot really remember what else was shown that either impressed me, or disappointed me. So maybe I'll reply again later after (re)watching footage and finding things I haven't seen yet.
 
Most of the games look much too sterile for me, also the MK does not impress me at all it terms of graphics. The only thing that looks stunning is the "X" project.
 
Auto_aim1 said:
Platinum Games putting that Wii U GPU to good use. Bayonetta 2 was impressive.
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WiiU gpu absolutely destroys 360/PS3 ones by a factor of 3. It's bad when 3rd parties port 360/PS3 games with the same philosophy as those consoles (optimized as much as possible for cpu, then the gpu).

Work giving priority to the WiiU GPU and you get nice results. We are talking about an HD6670 DDR3 which is not much slower than a HD7750 DDR3.
 
Dash Kappei said:
Again with this shitty screen? Zoom on Wario, do you really think that's how his nose or the tires of everything jagged to hell is how the game looks?
Compression artifacts. There's fuckin' high quality direct feed videos, what's the point of his shit? I can make every game look awful like that you know.
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This current build yes. They made add some anti-aliasing but that's what they released now. Also I wasn't talking about how it looks just that it's not 1080p.

Here's a screenshot with barely any compression
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Nintendo's aesthetic is really clean and it shines on WiiU.

All the games impressed me in their own way, except for DK saddly.

i knew WiiU is a good hardware but its even better than i thought :
1080p/60 fps (+ gamepad screen) with those graphics... on 1st year ! wow!
 
Dash Kappei said:
Again with this shitty screen? Zoom on Wario, do you really think that's how his nose or the tires of everything jagged to hell is how the game looks?
Compression artifacts. There's fuckin' high quality direct feed videos, what's the point of his shit? I can make every game look awful like that you know.
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Here is the shot direct from the Nintendo press-kit

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EDIT: Beaten
 
The Nintendo style sure works (going with blank colors).

Maybe it is because we see their IPs for the first time in HD, but I was quite stunned. SSB & SM3DW look great for example.
 
I'm fine with how the game's look. X, Mario Kart, and Smash looked great and impressed me. As did Bayo 2 for that matter. There's not a massive downgrade going from PS4/XB1 games to WiiU titles like there was for PS3/360 to Wii titles. I feel like we are largely at a point where games on all platforms are going to look good to some extent.
 
Instro said:
I'm fine with how the game's look. X, Mario Kart, and Smash looked great and impressed me. There's not a massive downgrade going from PS4/XB1 games to WiiU titles like there was for PS3/360 to Wii titles. I feel like we are largely at a point where games on all platforms are going to look good to some extent.
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this is my feeling too.
not messing aruond with the HUGE difference in terms of HW performance betweenn PS4 and Wii U, but I can't say taht X is so underwhelming when compared to Ryse, for example. At all.
 
Mario Kart look like mid-tier current gen game, X and Bayonetta 2 looks like current-gen game from 2 years ago, and rest games look like upscaled Wii/3DS versions, especially Mario World.

People who say its better than current-gen do not know what they are talking about. People who say that they look on pair with next-gen games are blind.
 
To be honest, i don't find that the next games look that much better.
Don't wan't to discuss about the specs, we know that they are "alot" better.

But if i see ingame gameplay footage from next gen games (no cutscenes) it doesn't look good at all for a console that should be so many times better :

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Look at the grass & threes...

Edit : i'm impressed how mario kart looked like.
But please see this as a opinion.
 
I can see where the "next-gen" term applies to both X and MK8.

Large draw distances with fairly impressive lighting. I doubt that Watch_Dog footage was from the WiiU version though.

I mean... if it was? Ubi is shortchanging the PS4.
 
The Wii U looks wonderful. I don't care if it isn't pushing the boundaries of photorealism. I've always preferred stylized art, and Nintendo are masters in that arena, so I'm pleased as punch with what we've seen from them. The new DKC in particular looks excellent.
 
Μario Kart 8, X, Bayonetta 2 and TW101 all look great.

Also, the video for the 3rd party games shows Watch Dogs, if it is indeed from the WiiU version then it looks amazing.
 
 
KKRT00 said:
Mario Kart look like mid-tier current gen game, X and Bayonetta 2 looks like current-gen game from 2 years ago, and rest games look like upscaled Wii/3DS versions, especially Mario World.

People who say its better than current-gen do not know what they are talking about. People who say that they look on pair with next-gen games are blind.
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LOl no to everything.
 
 
I'm actually pretty surprised that the Wii U turned out like this as I was one of the people that bashed it because of the lack of improvement spec wise over the current gen systems but from what their able to pull off as I believe is their second generation of games they look very good and slightly better than what I've seen on the ps3/xbox 360.... but


all the comparing of the ps4/xone to the these Wii U titles is beyond me as in my eyes they don't come close. Still very nice art styles though.

I Believe these are newer game play videos of both games. While your at it press the HD button.

FFXV
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBilT83Uq4A&hd=1

Infamous SS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uibnf_Q_51s
(those of you who said this game looked bad should be ashamed of themselves.)
 
I'm thinking you're drunk KKRT.

Everything about SM3DW looks better than either Galaxies. Texturing, poly counts, resolution, lighting effects, shadowing, Any framebuffer effects we've seen.

The SMG games are just helped by being some of the best that class of hardware (DX7 1999 design) had ever produced. And then rendering them at much higher resolutions in Dolphin helps as well.
 
I really don't get the people complaining about 3D World graphics compared to galaxy

Yes it's not in space, the levels have a different setup and there is a bit less reliance on the fresnel shader. But overall everything just looks better and theres more stuff on the screen
 
Thunder Monkey said:
I'm thinking you're drunk KKRT.

Everything about SM3DW looks better than either Galaxies. Texturing, poly counts, resolution, lighting effects, shadowing, Any framebuffer effects we've seen.

The SMG games are just helped by being some of the best that class of hardware (DX7 1999 design) had ever produced. And then rendering them at much higher resolutions in Dolphin helps as well.
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Yep, it's not even a contest (of course since WiiU is much more powerful than Wii)

RickyRozay said:
I'm actually pretty surprised that the Wii U turned out like this as I was one of the people that bashed it because of the lack of improvement spec wise over the current gen systems but from what their able to pull off as I believe is their second generation of games they look very good and slightly better than what I've seen on the ps3/xbox 360.... but
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Did WiiU got a first generation of games?
All it got was ports from other systems, good (Need for Speed) or bad, and the first-party showcase was probably Nintendo Land.
 
beril said:
I really don't get the people complaining about 3D World graphics compared to galaxy

Yes it's not in space, the levels have a different setup and there is a bit less reliance on the fresnel shader. But overall everything just looks better and theres more stuff on the screen
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Yup, as good as Galaxy 1/2 look on Dolphin, it can't be compared to SM3DW.
 
Thunder Monkey said:
I'm thinking you're drunk KKRT.

Everything about SM3DW looks better than either Galaxies. Texturing, poly counts, resolution, lighting effects, shadowing, Any framebuffer effects we've seen.

The SMG games are just helped by being some of the best that class of hardware (DX7 1999 design) had ever produced. And then rendering them at much higher resolutions in Dolphin helps as well.
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To be fair I find Mario's subtle difference in proportion cuter in Galaxy awwww
Galaxy looks better overall to me - the art style has a bit more of a roughness to it, whereas 3DWorld is really uniform. It's like if a singer sings a really high note and their voice gives for a split second; there's some HUMANITY TO THAT YOU KNOW?? Galaxy is the soul to 3DWorld's autotune. Galaxy is the photoshop to 3DWorld's Illustrator! Galaxy is a piece of bread covered in piss compared to 3DWorld's pumpernickel and rye with the crusts cut off! There is beauty in that damp bread. beauty

I watched a showfloor MarioKart 8 off screen video - I heard Link in the background and got excited for a second... :(
 
ugly said:
To be fair I find Mario's subtle difference in proportion cuter in Galaxy awwww
Galaxy looks better overall to me - the art style has a bit more of a roughness to it, whereas 3DWorld is really uniform. It's like if a singer sings a really high note and their voice gives for a split second; there's some HUMANITY TO THAT YOU KNOW?? Galaxy is the soul to 3DWorld's autotune. Galaxy is the photoshop to 3DWorld's Illustrator! Galaxy is a piece of bread covered in piss compared to 3DWorld's pumpernickel and rye with the crusts cut off! There is beauty in that damp bread. beauty

I watched a showfloor MarioKart 8 off screen video - I heard Link in the background and got excited for a second... :(
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Yea what possible reason could they have to not expand Mariokart to Nintendocart? Only having Mario characters and track teams is so unnecesary restrictive. Why not use all their IPs in teir cart racer?
 
beril said:
I really don't get the people complaining about 3D World graphics compared to galaxy

Yes it's not in space, the levels have a different setup and there is a bit less reliance on the fresnel shader. But overall everything just looks better and theres more stuff on the screen
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There's a bit of the "What have the Romans done for us?" about it.

"Well, aside from the more detailed geometry, the sharper textures, the improved lighting and the better effects, it doesn't look that much better!"
 
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