A rumor stemming from a quote: "We're not working on HD RIGHT NOW.." has sparked rumors that the Wii could be patched to HD. Digitaljournal.com contacted a Nintendo rep to clarify, and while they said that Nintendo is absolutely not currently announcing any plans to upgrade the maximum resolution from 480p, it shouldn't be impossible in theory.
The rep noted that Microsoft was able to patch the Xbox 360 to support 1080p.
After all, continued the rep, Nintendo has already released a patch to allow Wii gamers to transfer game saves to SD cards.
This could be good news for Wii gamers looking for a sharper image on their HD sets.
The Wii is now a retro console. Let’s get nostalgic about an often maligned system.
Crazy to think the WII is to the Switch 2, as the NES was to the WII back then. 20 Year difference.
My wife asks me to bust it out (heh) everyone once in a while to play bowling and tennis with the kids. There was a ton of slop on it but some good stuff as well.
Wii was great but boy howdy did it cause Microsoft to go on a dark walk with the Kinect and the disastrous XBox One launch that they arguably never recovered from.
Not nostalgic for me.. I was there.. anyone who wasnt a little kid realized it was a gamecube with shit tacked onto it, it was the "joke" system and was well below even the switch in terms of comparing it to the latest machines at the time. The machine was well loved by young people and "casual gamers" who now remember it 20 years on, or in most cases more of its sales came in the 15-20 years ago range not right at launch- but again its not nostalgic for people who were "gamers" then really, just for those who ended up with one in their house, the games , graphics, interface and online features were archaic already in 2006.
Dash Rendar, Prince Xizor, the Battle of Hoth, and one of the boldest Star Wars multimedia projects ever made. Here’s why Shadows of the Empire still matters.
This game along with Rogue Squadron got me into to Star Wars. The release of special edition VHS Star Wars collection was perfectly times on top of all that. 😆
But it wasn't. Although I do agree that some of the tie-in media, like the novels and comics, were pretty good.
Still, games like Dark Forces, Jedi Knight, Rogue Squadron, and the space sims were peak 90s Star Wars. Shadows fell flat because of the abysmal controls and unimaginative levels. And if you wanted to really experience the seedy side of the universe, Jedi Knight: Dark Forces 2 was peak, and it wasn't even close.
Regardless, and much to my dismay, we got the better version thanks to Ubislop in Outlaws, which is what Shadows should've been, albeit at a smaller scale.
As a kid me and my cousins loved this game . I have great memories with this one and the Star Wars pod racer game .
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if you higher the resolution, then that also means more GPU calculations will be needed.
and isnt 480P already a lil bit of HD'ism?
I wouldn't doubt this is true. Nintendo is know for doing this. They did it with the gameboy, they did it with the DS, why wouldn't they do it with this. I believe they will released like 4 different wii versions. First they will start with the colors; some idiots will buy into this and own 2-3 version of the same machine (including pink), then they may reduce the size of the console and some idiots which already own the original and the pink one will buy the smaller version. After that they will released a wii that supports 480P, then 720P, 1080i and finally 1080P, after that they will start the multi-color thing again... ohh yeah.. they will do the same with DVD playback support. lol.
That's how Nintendo makes their money. I personally know people that own 2 DS (fat and lite).
wii can not do HD above 480p. The statement above was taken out of context, and was meant for their next console. 360 was able to patch up because the hardware is capable of it. Wii can not do that, even 780p is too much for it to handle. They stated this a while back, im just too lazy to look it up
Nintendo has a history of bettering their last console,but not worrying much about what the competition is doing. This is a huge, mistake, I think and if Nintendo isn't careful, it could be their ultimate downfall. There is no doubt in my mind that Wii is more powerful than Gamecube just as Gamecube was more powerful than N64, but Sony and Microsoft are putting out 900 pound gorillas while Nintendo tries fighting them off with Bubbles the chimp. Sony's foul ups with PS3 will probably allow Nintendo to stay in it until the next generation, but barring another major mistake from the competition, just exceeding their own previous product won't save them next time. Now that the rant is over, I don't believe Wii has the horsepower under the hood to handle resolutions greater than 480p.
people have been saying it all along, it's a beefed up gamecube, and the Xbox could. However even if it can do some form of HD it seems a bit against the current philosophy nintendo has taken, and it will never be capable of the graphics people see on the other 2 consoles.
I do however think that there will be some good looking games on wii (standard def), mostly due to artistic merit. wii sports looks like it was drawn on mario paint (but i can't wait to play it). Zelda looks pretty cool and it's a gamecube game.
I suppose I don't desire much though as I am fully immersed in ff4 again.