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@Moroboshi876

NES and SNES are 240p (256 x 240).

They just upscale by 3 for a resolution of 720p (240 X 3) or by 4.5 for 1080p ( 240 x 4.5).

So, on screen you get 768 x 720 in 720p or 1152 x 1080 in 1080p.

@Heavyarms55

You know, be cool with Nintendo Life because here in France it's not 5/10 for Cities Skylines but 3/10 on Switch...

@Moroboshi876

The scaling is basically the result of the resolution ^^

If you have 1920 pixels width and 1080 height in 16:9 on modern TV, it means that for a CPS game ratio, it doesn't match.

Now, a CPS game runs at 384 pixels width and 224 pixels height. It means that the ratio of the image is about 1.71 when a standard 4:3 ration is more about 1.33 like the Megadrive/Genesis or 1.14 like the SNES for example.

What does that means ? Simple, the main problem here is, if the original resolution is 384x224, it means that the upscale needs to be X4.821(which is bad BTW ^^). We get 1851 pixels width for 1079 pixels height after upscale.

What do we see on screen with that Capcom Bundle ? We see an upscale resolution at 1542 x 1080 o_O.

So yeah, there is a degraded quality on modern screens. The image is "squashed" compare to the original.

An image will talk better than words ^^

@8bit4Life Play on a CRT dude !

Duh it's ugly on a flat screen, They're not made for 240p sources.

@ClassSonicSatAm said "So why just install a bigger hard drive on this? it's 2018"

Ask to nintendo why in 2018 they put 32Gb on their real hardware then... LOL

@Bunkerneath said :"why 20 games ?"

Maybe because only 1 game on PlayStation has the size of 100's of SNES games for example...

Wild Arms in it... Insta buy for me !

@GameOtaku man I'm sorry but you're not able to understand something really basic...
@sdelfin Totally agree ! But my all time fav' will never change !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSbCu8K0d5U

@GameOtaku

Dude, you really have a problem... Just look at the collector edition... It's a CPS box ! Why they would insert SNES games in it ?

It's THE POINT of the compilation, CPS Arcade games.

What do you read in BIG letters in the official trailer ? LOL

@GameOtaku Man ! Why the hell the collector edition looks like that ? Dunno MAYBEEEE because it's a CPS collection...

@GameOtaku For the Zillionth time it's an ARCADE CPS/CPS2 Beat'em up bundle !

Not just a Beat'em up bundle...

@GameOtaku It's not stupid, it's logic !

I's an arcade games compilation, Not a SNES compilation...

I'm impressed by the honest review. Congrats Mitch !

@jobvd Perfectly fine for a dude like you but for an older man like me, it's just unbearable to look at 224p games on modern TV without a scanlines shader.

Arcade games or old console games don't have blocky pixels on screen.

@SBandy You can have black border but no Shaders for scanlines, no display options, nothing.

Just the games raw with an upscale X4.8 on FullHD TVs and upscale X9.6 on UHD TVs... :/

@MikaelForslind

Yeah, I understand but do not mix view on screen and level_size.

Basically, what you said is that you wanted to "fit" the view to have tiles of 16*16 to cover the view.
I'd say that's almost a non sense, except if the game would play screen by screen ( such as Bubble Bobble for example)

But whatever, you did an AMAZING job because Alwa's Awakening is one of my favorite indie games ever...
From my perspective, you've captured the essence of the 8bit era and have transposed it with your touch.

You know, I'm more into the 32bit graphics era in general (even the game that I'm working on displays that kind of visuals ^^) but I admire how great your game looks even if you have used an 8bit colour palette. Fantastic job.

@clvr Again, clever to say what you just said !

You're 100% right. Have a great day dude.

@MikaelForslind

Yeah, I know that the NES displays 240p, no problem with that BUT why 400 pixels for the width ?

426 pixels are requiered for a 16/9 aspect ratio...
So, two solutions then :

Or, the game won't be fullscreen.
Or, the game is gonna be stretched to fill the 26 missing pixels.

As a developer myself, I don't get the logic behind that choice, except if the plan was to bring the game on the 3DS because the resolution there, is 240x400.

Even If I'm not interested at all by the compilation, Capcom did the minimum of the minimum with it.
No graphics filters like TV-CRT, Arcade, Scanlines etc... Nothing.

Basically, Capcom sells an emulator wih roms with less options than Mame, FBA, Kawaks etc...

@clvr You know if we could meet IRL, I'm sure that you'll see me totally as the opposite of what a lot of people here, think I am.

Thanks for the good night but I'm not gonna sleep, too much work... :/

I wish you a good night too amico mio!

@clvr At least, that's a clever answer !

I liked it but the question that I have is :

Why a resolution of 400 x 240 ? I mean, I can understand the 240 but 400 ???
Maybe because of the 3DS ?

@clvr apparently you're clever... I'm proud of you too...

@bitleman

That's true that Zelda Breath of The Wild, Horizon Zero Dawn, MarioKart 8, Detroit Becomes Human etc... are Americans AAA... LOL

With Bitleman, we're gonna make America great again !

@Mando44646 said "MH on Switch was just a port of a 3DS game"

Yeah, this is the problem since the launch of the Switch :

Ports, ports, ports... The last Nintendo Direct has shown 20 ports for 34 games displayed during 35mn.

So, what to conclude ?

First thing first, I love this game ! I finished it 100%.
Second thing, I respect that man in the video, that's absolutely great what he did.
Third Thing, The Blue Wii U layout is gorgeous, it's almost calming compare to the harsh red now.

@SimplyCinnamon53
Nothing's wrong... Just that I don't own one, so I can't really talk about it, that's all...

@bitleman said :" Long sellers keep selling and bad games disappear from charts on all system."

So, you mean that Octopath Traveler, Dragon Quest XI, Xenoblade Chronicles 2 etc... are bad games then ?

The thing that "shocks" me the most is not the 2% sells on Switch.

It's more when I look at several charts, it's still the same games for the Switch while every months it's new games on PS4/ONE.

Since more than a year, Zelda, Mario Odyssey, MarioKart 8 etc... The other platforms always get new Stuffs, Spiderman, Tomb Raider, Dragon Quest XI etc...

This is sad because I experienced a hole of 7 months of "nothing to play" between Xeno2 and Octopath, and now the same thing again until Yoshi... People can say what they want but you need a PS4 or a strong PC if you want to play new games... :/

So, if I understand good :

_I have to pay to play online when it was free on WiiU but
_Nintendo LEND me some NES roms as a gesture of thanks but
_I have to be connected every 7 days otherwise they don't lend me the NES ROMS but
_Not only the NES roms, my saves on the cloud too but
_I have to buy the NES Controllers for 60$ like that I'd be connected but
_if I stop my subscription, even my NES controllers are not usable... o_O

_At least my smartphone will still work to "VOICE-CHAT" then... LOL

Nintendoooooo come onnnn, it's 2018... :/

@electrolite77 You're absolutely right electrolite !

I personally don't care because I owned already all the NES games that I like but what disturbs me is the fact that those NES games are not offered but Nintendo LEND these games to you.

From my perspective, it's disgusting because we are talking about roms of games from more than 30 years old... It gives really a bad image in terms of communication.

Dragon Quest XI again and again... That's insane how awesome it is...

@ClassSonicSatAm I remember especially that the SNES ports on GBA were surrounded by a prodigious amount of awesome exclusives :

_Advance Wars 1 & 2
_TLOZ Minish Cap
_Golden Sun 1&2
_Metroid Fusion
_FF Tactics Advance
_WarioLand 4
_Megaman Zero 1 2 3 & 4
_Megaman ZX 1 & ZX Advent
_Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga
_Castlevania Aria of Sorrow
_Castlevania Harmony of Dissonance
_Castlevania Circle of the Moon
etc..etc...

I'm sorry but what is happening with the Switch IS TOTALLY different.

The GBA got every months NEW games and AWESOME ONES + SOME SNES ports... The Switch gets Shovelwares like crazy + multiplats in inferior versions most of the time + smarphones ports + PS1/PS2/PS3/PS4/DS/WiiU ports and a ridiculous amount of NEW exclusives.

So, I understand what you mean with the GBA but Geez, to compare the GBA era with the Switch one... you have balls dude... This has nothing to do with.

@Primarina

And I understand your position too you know.
The only difference that we have is basically the way we see the consequences, that's all...

I'm convinced there are at least 10/15 years difference between you and me and I would probably think like you if I was younger.
But, as an old guy and developer too, I'm doubting more and more about the future of gaming if it continues like that.

Ports are not a bad thing when it gives the opportunity to the younger generations to discover old games but when ports are a replacement to new titles, then it becomes dangerous.

We opened the pandora's box some years ago and the results are indisputable now, ports, remakes, remasters, DLCs, lootboxes, microtransactions, day one patches etc...etc...

I play video games since 1980, gosh almost 40 years of gaming ^^, and I experienced in real time the launches of all the systems that gamers consider as retro ( even older than the NES ) and I can tell you that the evolution is fascinating in terms of technicality but step by step we are losing the essential when it's about to create video game, .............the creativity in itself.

@Primarina

If you scroll down, you'll get the idea... it starts at #49 and you're gonna get the full "story" until the end. ^^

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2018/09/guide_everything_announced_in_yesterdays_nintendo_direct#comment4680542

@Primarina Without any kind of disrespect, I think you don't get the point at all...

@Anti-Matter I'm happy for the people who never played those, but like I said, somebody like me played these games already...

Ports are not bad but ONLY when they are an "option" aside of real new exclusive titles...

Basically, some ports here and there, that's fine but when you start to see that the majority of the games shown ARE ports, then it's not good, not good at all...

@diablo2

You're right. I'm really doubting about the future if it continues like that.
When you know how expensive it is to make a game today, hummm... big developers are gonna choose the "ports way" because it cost 100 times less to make.

If we want this industry still alive in 20 years, I think it's important to make sure that new productions (indies, AA, AAA, Whatever...) still come. Just imagine yourself at the head of a big company.
-Choice 1 : invest 10 000 000 to make something new that could potentially flop.
-Choice 2 : invest 100 000 to make a port that be certain to be profitable.

Easy to choose, isn't it ? Espacially when you can finance 100 ports for the price of 1 big AAA...

@Drussa If you read well, I said "MAYBE other people are tired to see that some players encourage the cancer THAT RUIN CREATIVITY IN MODERN VIDEO GAMES."

The meaning of my sentence was more like :

-Who's gonna care to create something new if ports sells like cupcakes ? ^^ Hope it's clearer...

I said too : "You know, I have nothing against ports but only if on the side of them there is a vast choice of new titles."

Basically, if on 34 games 20 are ports, 7 are multiplats and 7 are originals, I think the logic would be 20 originals, 7 multiplats and 7 ports... then NO PROBLEM...

@Drussa This is funny because you have the right to be tired of people who just point FACTS that on 34 games there are 20 ports but you don't understand that MAYBE other people are tired to see that some players encourage the cancer that ruin creativity in modern video games.

Because YES, people like you who defend all these ports and BUY them, you're gonna get what you deserve in some years... meaning ONLY PORTS.

Video games is probably your passion but it's a business...dude
Do you remember some years ago when a lot of Nintendo fans explained how different it was on Nintendo platforms because of original games and different state of mind etc... ?

Look how it is today... I even don't have to demonstrate anything because it's so obvious...

In case you don't get the message, just tell me when in the Nintendo history after less than 2 years a NEW system had more ports than exclusive new games for it from Nintendo ? When ?

So I let you think about the future now, because if today it's already like that, what will be the next step ? 80% of ports ?

You know, I have nothing against ports but only if on the side of them there is a vast choice of new titles. Let me tell you that it's sadly not the case...

@ClassSonicSatAm They don't...

_Pokémon Let’s Go Pikachu & Evoli Remake of Pokémon Yellow
_Cities Skylines Port of 2015
_Capcom Beat’em Up Bundle Ports of arcade games Eshop only
_Diablo III Eternal Collection Port of 2012
_Civilization VI Port of 2016
_Warframe Port of 2013
_Katamari Damacy Reroll Port "remastered" Port of 2004
_New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe Wii UPort of 2012
_Final Fantasy XV Pocket Edition Smartphone Port
_The World Ends With You DS Port of 2007
_World of Final Fantasy Maxima PS4 port of 2016
_Chocobo’s Mystery Dungeon : Everybuddy ! PS1 port of 1997
_Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Remaster Gamecube Port "Remastered" of 2003
_Final Fantasy VII PS1 port of 1997
_Final Fantasy IX PS1 port of 2000
_Final Fantasy X & X-2 PS2 port of 2002
_Final Fantasy XII : The Zodiac Age PS4 Port of 2017 already a remaster of a 2006 game

3ds
_Luigi’s Mansion Gamecube Port of 2001
_Mario & Luigi RPG 3 Remake of a 2009 DS game
_Kirby : Epic Yarn Wii Port of 2010

So, 20 ports on 1 Direct... Period !

They could say it during the Direct... My god this is ridiculous.

https://nintendosoup.com/you-need-to-be-online-every-7-days-to-play-nintendo-switch-online-nes-games/

The only thing I see is : 20 ports in 1 Direct...

I'd like to be in the same state as some dudes here but it's not the case at all.
I didn't know when I bought my Switch that I was buying a retrogaming console, I thought it was a brand new home console with a portable factor... :/

@jcgonzmo

Switch

_Super Mario Party Not a Remake but a Mario Party is a Mario Party...
_Pokémon Let’s Go Pikachu & Evoli Remake of Pokémon Yellow
_Super Smash Bros Ultimate Not a 100% port but really similar to Smash 4
_Cities Skylines Port of 2015
_NBA 2K19 Multiplat inferior
_Capcom Beat’em Up Bundle Ports of arcade games Eshop only
_FIFA 19 Multiplat inferior
_Starlink : Battle for Atlas Multiplat
_LEGO DC Super-Villains Multiplat
_Just Dance 2019 Multiplat
_Diablo III Eternal Collection Port of 2012
_Civilization VI Port of 2016
_Warframe Port of 2013
_Katamari Damacy Reroll Port "remastered" Port of 2004
_NBA Playgrounds 2 Multiplat
_Team Sonic Racing Multiplat inferior
_New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe Wii UPort of 2012
_Town Cool but we saw an idle animation and that's it...
_Deamon X Machina Cool but ugly and framerate problem with multiplayer
_Yoshi’s Crafted World Cool
_Luigi’s Mansion 3 Cool but again we saw almost nothing
_Animal Crossing Not interested at all but again we saw nothing
_Final Fantasy XV Pocket Edition Smartphone Port
_The World Ends With You DS Port of 2007
_World of Final Fantasy Maxima PS4 port of 2016
_Chocobo’s Mystery Dungeon : Everybuddy ! PS1 port of 1997
_Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Remaster Gamecube Port "Remastered" of 2003
_Final Fantasy VII PS1 port of 1997
_Final Fantasy IX PS1 port of 2000
_Final Fantasy X & X-2 PS2 port of 2002
_Final Fantasy XII : The Zodiac Age PS4 Port of 2017 already a remaster of a 2006 game

3ds

_Luigi’s Mansion Gamecube Port of 2001
_Mario & Luigi RPG 3 Remake of a 2009 DS game
_Kirby : Epic Yarn Wii Port of 2010

34 games : 20 ports + 7 Multiplats + 7 New games (only Luigi's Mansion 3 and Town are "new")
When I just focus on facts and I see 20 PORTS on the same Direct, it's just no for me...
I respect the people who think that it's great but me, no I can't applause on that...

Ow, and where are the "famous unannounced Nintendo games for 2018" ?

Do you remember that we got :

_a Metroid Prime 4 teaser, since then, silence.
_a Bayonetta 3 teaser, since then, silence.
_a From Software unknown kind of horror game, since then, silence.

So, yeah I'm really disappointed because the reality is that if you are a newcomer in the wonderful world of video games,
yeah, a lot of games of that list are knew for you but for somebody like me it's just hell on earth.

I already played the majority of these games... I never experienced so much ports in a so short period.

I feel like my Switch is not a new system at all, but basically a retrogaming handheld.

Just be careful with your saves when you use the cloud with Nintendo Switch Online. If you save your datas and you stop to pay one time or another, your saves are gone !

I quote "
Q.

After my Nintendo Switch Online subscription expires, will my Save Data Cloud files and Nintendo Entertainment System – Nintendo Switch Online save data be erased?
A.

Save data stored with Save Data Cloud cannot be kept outside of the duration of your Nintendo Switch Online membership. Nintendo Entertainment System – Nintendo Switch Online also uses the Save Data Cloud, so the same applies. However, if you keep the Nintendo Entertainment System – Nintendo Switch Online save data saved locally on your Nintendo Switch console, then you can use it again if you purchase another membership.
"
https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Nintendo-Switch/Nintendo-Switch-Online/FAQ-1374625.html?awc=12777_1536932855_b288a23611b55991750d9a41e2773047&affil=awin&utm_source=AWIN&utm_medium=digidip&utm_campaign=0b00568erg21&utm%20_content=Sub+Networks

@Balta666 I have nothing of that nature coming from all my sources. I'd be extremely surprised if what you said turns true...

Noone of them mentioned SOTN...

THIS IS IT ! NINTENDO DIRECT !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9xB3jR9eUQ

@electrolite77 Duh ! but it was more to pump up the hype !

ALL ON BOARD !!!!

https://twitter.com/NirtendoAmerlca/status/1039831419789488128

LOL

@andyg1412 said :"The Wonderful 101 incoming for Switch"

I confirm that I heard the same thing too.
Something with Megaman but not Megaman11, something else.
A new Ridge Racer too apparently...