Topic: dolphin can even make wii sports look good

this is getting ridiculous: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?s=60410a4b15ff3128bc...

even the the antithesis of fancy graphics, the wii's bare bones pack in game, looks pretty amazing in HD. there are also some more twilight princess/crossbow training shots, although zelda looks so good already that the change isn't as impressive: http://www.abload.de/img/dolphin2010-04-1921-54vrs5.jpg

one thing that you'll notice with the HD emulating is that water in particular looks amazing: http://public.blu.livefilestore.com/y1pFrs7LwYd31iDq5ODqEUW7q...
water is something that has to be smooth to be convincing. a rough and jaggedy looking waterfall isn't very pretty to look at, probably one of the best examples of something that looks great in HD that the wii can't really do in SD. really good example here- i don't think i need to tell you which one's HD and which one isn't.

http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/3193/supermariogalaxy.jpg

http://i39.tinypic.com/71k940.jpg

there's your graphics whoring for the day.

That's incredible. Is this some illegal HD add on?

Mario and Zelda look like Xbox 360 games to some extent... but need more textures for Mario Galaxy and better polygon work for Zelda on the overall figures. IMO.

Dolphin is a PC emulator that can run Wii games, and "upscale" to HD. This is probably as far as this post is going to go.

But yes, I'd be the first one in line if Nintendo had a WiiHD or an HD add-on.

They could possibly update it to 720p at the least... i think. I mean after all I believe, right?

They COULD, but again, look at it from their point of view: Why waste time designing and troubleshooting an HD solution for a 4 year old system? And again, while old games will look good upscalled, the resolutions are what they are. In order to truly get the bang you have to redesign the games. So, look for HD in the next system.

alright. 3d id making it's 'huge' debut so maybe that will be cool if Nintendo decides to incorporate that. I just hope I don't need a 3d tv. I hate glasses too but if it makes it look cooler or something then I'll be fine with that.

Unfortunately this thread won't last long

Is HD really that necessary? I've been playing SD on my TV and honestly find an upgrade unnecessary

So it's prettier. Does it really matter?

Whatever happened to playing is believing?

Oh that's right, it's what Nintendo has lived by for how many years now.

Sure, it looks sharper, but there isn't going to be any more detail than the normal version.