Brandon Strader

Are you comparing the Wii U to a Corvette stuffed with scantily clad women? With a straight face? This is the Wii u I don't have the nostalgia for Super Metroid that you guys do. So I played it and looked at it objectively. If you disagree, that's fine.

It all comes down to severe lack of games. Super Metroid for 32 cents would be good if it weren't for it being a really, really terrible and dated game. Also Nintendo has been screwing up the last several 32 cent games, the first couple had good volume and then the last several were too quiet. What's up with that? And Kirby's Adventure had a glitch bar on the left. They couldn't put in a tiny bit of work to make any of these releases..... decent?

Man... there are too many devs who dropped the wii u... I think it's gonna end up basically being a console for Nintendo-developed games.. I just hope they don't stop supporting it too soon. Need some ROI on this thing.

http://kotaku.com/first-look-at-hi-res-final-fantasy-viii-for-pc-508161832

Well, have fun.

That's silly. I don't fear opinions and it's not a difference of opinion. Crowbar Man articulated it well enough if you could go back and read his post(s).

I tried playing The Last Story on the Wii U because of all you people saying it upscales but I was met with the same muddy image you'd see on the regular Wii. You guys must get excited over almost nothing. I AM DISAPPOINTED WITH YOU BOTH, AND NOW THE WII U AS WELL! SO CONGRATULATIONS!

I think someone did a really long time ago

ftfy........................

It doesn't upscale the Wii games above 480p, make it HD, or really change anything apart from the clearness lost by using inferior cables on the Wii.. how is it a true upscale?

I think there are a lot of ways it could be better, ...but looking forward to seeing it despite the oversight.

The Wii U doesn't upscale Wii games with component cables, but does upscale with HDMI cables. The term "upscaling" shouldn't be confused with other terms like "uprender" or "re-render", however. Regardless of which region your Wii U hails from, the actual source image of Wii games can't be re-rendered on the new console - and this is the key point to be aware of. The terms "uprender" or "re-render" could involve the use of higher resolution textures and added anti-aliasing/smoothing to produce a visually improved image. These techniques are employed by Wii emulators, like Dolphin, to create a vastly superior image compared to the original Wii and what the Wii U can do. Redoing all the assets within a game to better suit high definition is something that simply requires a great deal of work and better suited to a re-release or dedicated team of fans. But what the Wii U is capable of doing, in theory, is applying a small amount of anti-aliasing to create a smoother image, but Nintendo isn't doing so with Wii games at the moment. Why do Wii Games Look Better using HDMI? Any game in theory should, using HDMI. But looking specifically at Wii games in particular, using HDMI cables allow a digital signal to be transmitted from the Wii U console to the TV, where as older cables like component and composite transmit it an analogue format. Analogue has a varying rate and can degrade when the image and audio signals are zipped along the cable to the TV, where as digital is regarded as a far more consistent and practically loss-less format. The improved signal with HDMI also has the potential to produce deeper colours, improved clarity in places which leads to a generally better picture when playing Wii games. This is why Wii games over HDMI tend to look improved, but they are not a true HD image. HDMI connectivity is certainly something to consider, if not insist on, when purchasing a TV/display for gaming and media playback. If the option is available, then without a doubt - HDMI cables should be used over component, and as for composite, perhaps used as decoration on a Christmas tree.

http://www.cubed3.com/news/17666/1/wii-u-upscale-explained-wii-games-do-in-europe-with-hdmi-doesnt-up-render.html

So in 4 months or so..... xD

Do you mean for the violin? That's a really weird suggestion. If the library doesn't have legato samples, it's better to not try to fake them and instead try to get it to sound natural without legato.

Coming soon? Right before FF6, or a month after FF6?

One sentence and I already know you have bad taste.

Man you got a baby now, you need to be careful, and settle down. When did you last have a tetanus shot?

There's no difference in video quality it's still 480p with no upscaling or any change from the original wii version

I LIKE DIS. Silly is not the way to go, "Miles and Miles Away" is awesome.

because it's one of the secret "few songs" that are left to do! also not listed is chocobo and... hmm I guess that's it... yup, secret!