Yeah wow lol, what most people don't know is that the Wii version is not in a true 16:9 widescreen format and just stretches and crops to fill the screen, Capcom shortcut the port onto the Wii.
This is why it looks bad compared to the Gamecube version on almost any TV you play it on.
I had to hook my Wii up to a Sony Trinitron non-widescreen CRT TV with component cables then set the Wii to 480i, 4:3 and the TV to 4:3 for it to even look remotely close to the gc version but it still didn't brush up as nice.
If I hook the Wii/Wii U up to a widescreen TV whether it be my 50" HDTV or an older LG Flatron CRT TV and set the Wii/Wii U to 16:9 and either HDMI/Component or normal cables and set the TV to 16:9/14:9/4:3 whatever it all looks like shit, I have to letterbox the heck out of it by changing it to 4:3 on both just to make the jaggies less apparent.
I have heard that its better to buy the RE4 gamecube version and play it on a 4:3 CRT TV as the gc version hasn't been messed with so is still crisp without jaggies.
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Re: Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition is Shuffling Onto the North American Wii U eShop on 4th February
Yeah wow lol, what most people don't know is that the Wii version is not in a true 16:9 widescreen format and just stretches and crops to fill the screen, Capcom shortcut the port onto the Wii.
This is why it looks bad compared to the Gamecube version on almost any TV you play it on.
I had to hook my Wii up to a Sony Trinitron non-widescreen CRT TV with component cables then set the Wii to 480i, 4:3 and the TV to 4:3 for it to even look remotely close to the gc version but it still didn't brush up as nice.
If I hook the Wii/Wii U up to a widescreen TV whether it be my 50" HDTV or an older LG Flatron CRT TV and set the Wii/Wii U to 16:9 and either HDMI/Component or normal cables and set the TV to 16:9/14:9/4:3 whatever it all looks like shit, I have to letterbox the heck out of it by changing it to 4:3 on both just to make the jaggies less apparent.
I have heard that its better to buy the RE4 gamecube version and play it on a 4:3 CRT TV as the gc version hasn't been messed with so is still crisp without jaggies.
I'm after a copy on Ebay.