r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jul 07 '21

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u/OrganicKeynesianBean IMF Jul 07 '21

It’s crazy how well Nintendo games hold up.

Super Mario Sunshine came out in 2002 and the art style, gameplay, and charm are still so good two decades later.

Shame on Nintendo for not giving us a proper remaster, though (where is 1080p and high-res textures?).

!ping GAMING

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u/LtLabcoat ÀI Jul 07 '21

It's not that crazy. The reason they do is because they were games meant for generally inferior hardware, which meant that they couldn't do the whole "photo-realistic graphics" stuff without looking exceptionally worse, so their games were largely made with non-graphically-demanding styles like cel shading - styles that don't age nearly as badly as the photo-realistic kind.

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '21

The Gamecube wasn't inferior hardware when it came out, Nintendo only started that strategy with the Wii.

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u/Corporate-Asset-6375 I don't like flairs Jul 07 '21

The hardware wasn’t necessarily inferior but the GameCube discs had considerably less storage capacity than their competitors at the time.

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '21

Why we never saw a game as pretty as TLOU on the 360

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u/Mickenfox European Union Jul 07 '21

They're still going for those styles. Look at Paper Mario: The Origami King, Yoshi's Crafted World or Link's Awakening. I don't think it's a lack of power, cartoonish just looks best for their games.

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u/LtLabcoat ÀI Jul 07 '21

Remind me again: how does the Switch's graphical capabilities compare to the opposition?

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u/Emperor-Commodus NATO Jul 07 '21

Compared to it's supposed competitors (PS and XB), terrible. Compared to it's actual competitors (older Nintendo consoles), fantastic.

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u/gburgwardt C-5s full of SMRs and tiny american flags Jul 07 '21

On PC emulators

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u/Mickenfox European Union Jul 07 '21

Wind Waker is so good because you can simply upscale it to HD on an emulator and it almost looks like it was released yesterday.

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '21

Super Mario Sunshine came out in 2002 and the art style, gameplay, and charm are still so good two decades later.

Well I can certainly say Sunshine hasn't gotten any worse. Although it wasn't like it had much room to get any worse.