Official Nintendo Fanboy Smugness & Gloating Thread

[Roobarb]

That big bunny's got fur.
Are the shaved bunnies like that for stylistic reasons maybe? They're certainly creeping the heck out of me...

Fox McCloud had some great fur effects on the 'Cube Starfox Adventures, and that was completed in 2002. What gives?

[Roobarb]

New Trauma Center 2 pics:

http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfis ... 16804.html

My excitement for this game has taken a dive since reading it's going to be basically a remake of the the DS Trauma Center with prettier graphics and a few extras. Boo! Give us a new game you cheapskates!
http://www.joystiq.com/2006/07/27/wii-t ... -a-sequel/

[Bubba]

Looking reasonable, but as KB says poor bunnies will be cold without any fur.

Yeah, I was wondering where the fur went myself

Cleverly simplistic is clearly going to be the way to go with the Wii...

Very well put. That's what we're gonna get for better or worse, and the first shots of Raving Rabbids were actually what told me that. It's like this: Take one split-second glance and it looks great, maybe almost like a 360 game. Take a longer glance and...it looks like, well, a Wii game

But I still say Mario Galaxy looks as *attractive* (notice: I didn't say 'technically better') as most any 360/PS3 game I've seen. Feel free to disagree

Yeah, sounds about right, although I don't think Mario looks that pretty, certainly not as good looking as Rayman. It's a compromise, and from the initial E3 shots from various things (tony hawks anyone?!) I was appauled. But if they can achieve this kind of thing at 30fps then as you've said it will hold up alright to the others at SD resolutions.

Cheers

Bubba

[Bubba]

That big bunny's got fur.
Are the shaved bunnies like that for stylistic reasons maybe? They're certainly creeping the heck out of me...

Fox McCloud had some great fur effects on the 'Cube Starfox Adventures, and that was completed in 2002. What gives?

Nope, all the bunnies are lacking fur. The big one just has a fur-esque texture. Previous shots of the game showed the bunnies with a shader like fur effect which is now gone. I still wonder whether the old shots were running on Wii hardware...

Cheers

Bubba

[Kemper_Boyd]

Nope, all the bunnies are lacking fur. The big one just has a fur-esque texture. Previous shots of the game showed the bunnies with a shader like fur effect which is now gone. I still wonder whether the old shots were running on Wii hardware...

You are being too generous, if you ask me they are pulling a Sony.
Some of the stuff that people claim is Wii real-time would test Pixar.

[pasquinelli]

they're raving because the lost their fur.

[disciple]

Very nice Rayman pics

Here's new Rhythm Tengoku vids:

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n08/brij/40kinds/index.html

Bonkers!

:-)

Looks brilliant that, japanese only I bet though.

[namor7]

Looking reasonable, but as KB says poor bunnies will be cold without any fur.

Yeah, I was wondering where the fur went myself

Cleverly simplistic is clearly going to be the way to go with the Wii...

Very well put. That's what we're gonna get for better or worse, and the first shots of Raving Rabbids were actually what told me that. It's like this: Take one split-second glance and it looks great, maybe almost like a 360 game. Take a longer glance and...it looks like, well, a Wii game

But I still say Mario Galaxy looks as *attractive* (notice: I didn't say 'technically better') as most any 360/PS3 game I've seen. Feel free to disagree

Yeah, sounds about right, although I don't think Mario looks that pretty, certainly not as good looking as Rayman. It's a compromise, and from the initial E3 shots from various things (tony hawks anyone?!) I was appauled. But if they can achieve this kind of thing at 30fps then as you've said it will hold up alright to the others at SD resolutions.

Cheers

Bubba

Hmm...

Very low-quality Mario screen grab:



Super high quality RRR shot:



I think Mario looks nicer, a lot nicer. But that's just me.

Yeah, Tony Hawk looks awful. Really bad.

You mentioned 30fps, and the good news is that 60fps seems to basically be the standard for most Wii games right now. I'm an absolute frame-rate junkie, so I sure hope that's true.

Here are a couple new Red Steel pics, released with a 'now we really have improved the graphics' disclaimer at IGN:





I say they look pretty tight

A ton better than what was at E3 anyway. And they're taken straight from the current Wii build.

Here's the blog update: http://blogs.ign.com/red-steel

[D.J.Fudge]

Nintendo Sending Out Free Wii Dev Kits?

Just got word of an interesting (and totally unconfirmed) rumor from one of our insiders. It seems that Nintendo is giving Wii development kits to smaller studios. A developer in a big coastal American city apparently received a mysterious package from Nintendo. Office staff, programmers, and even the president weren't aware what was inside. The box was opened, and viola, Wii dev kit. This could be a ploy on Nintendo's part to get as many companies working on Wii games as possible. If this is true, it certainly shows Nintendo has improved its stance towards third party studios, as opposed to the iron-fisted days of yore. As I mentioned, this is totally unconfirmed, could've been some mix-up or miscommunication on the developer's end, but it does come from a good source. Do what you will with this tidbit. Brian Ashcraft

http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/top/ninten ... 190706.php

[grue]

If that's true then I believe everybody should be happy. I can't find anything negative about it.

[Darkflame]

Fox McCloud had some great fur effects on the 'Cube Starfox Adventures, and that was completed in 2002. What gives?

Indeed.
Only showed up when the camera was near.

For that mater, Donkey Kong Jungle Beat had lovely fur.

Fur can be done on the cube, it can be done on the Wii.
I expect Rayman will have selective fur effects when its released. The fact they some screens lack it now, purhapes shows they have to change how they are doing it.


Oh, and yes, Mario Galaxy looks much nicer imo.
But then, Nintendos had more time with the hardware then anyone.

[Darkflame]

Hmz..
I think I want to play Shenmue again now.

[Bubba]

I say they look pretty tight

Interesting, I think they look pretty pants Everything's so flat - I understand the need for low poly count but I wonder if the Wii can do normal mapping of any kind, cause that would certainly make those scenes look much better. That and it's got incredibly low resolution textures. Miles apart from Rayman, or even Mario. Coupled with the previously reported control issues I think I'll be leaving this one come launch day.

I can't help but wonder what they've actually done to the GPU, wonder if they've added any shader capability. That would be a radical step away from the GC though so who knows... As for 60fps... Well, that'll depend on it's specifications (which of course we still don't know because they're "not important"). Again at a guess if it is just a slightly tweaked GC GPU in there then I'd get used to 30fps.

Cheers

Bubba

[Kemper_Boyd]

Here are a couple new Red Steel pics, released with a 'now we really have improved the graphics' disclaimer at IGN:

Is it really a 'pic' if the console will never output at said resolution?
1000 x 800 is a lot more than SD.

[Bubba]

Haha didn't notice that one. Running on Wii hardware my arse Well, if it is running on Wii hardware then they need to target the correct resolution and increase the sodding poly count / texture res.

Cheers

Bubba