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Revolution Downloads To Recieve Graphic Upgrades

Posted by Zonk on from the plumbers-new-clothes dept.

Joystiq reports that certain Revolution-downloadable games will be recieving graphical upgrades, ala the classic NES titles released for the GBA. From the article: "...[Nintendo] did not divulge the nature of the enhancement, nor did he hint at whether the technology would be integrated into the Revolution's hardware or be a part of the downloaded game itself. Theorists speculate that it may entail reskinning some or all of the classic games in Nintendo's lineup, as was done for the compilation Super Mario All-Stars for the SNES..."

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  1. Graphics are good, but... by MagicDude · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I hope they also upgrade the sound as well. They can do so much with the scores to Zelda or Metroid if they can escape the limitations of the original NES and its midi sounds.

    1. Re:Graphics are good, but... by SetupWeasel · · Score: 5, Insightful

      I don't know about that. I love the old NES midi. For instance, I have Mega Man Anniversary Collection for the GameCube. Mega Man 2's music was fucking inspired. I don't want anyone messing with it. In fact, I wish more people would use that old synth.

    2. Re:Graphics are good, but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

      Original 8-bit synth sounds(whether from an A203 or a SID or a POKEY) are generally always slightly more abstracted and untextured than a later synth or real instrument - this makes them sound "worse" than any update, but also encourages imaginative listener involvement like a book vs. a movie.

  2. Mixed Feelings by bleaknik · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I, for one, have mixed feelings about this. On one hand, I want the original classics just the way I remember them.

    Then again... I wasn't one to complain about the All-Stars cart graphical upgrades, neither.

    Hmmm.... Vintage games do have small footprints. Maybe the Big N could bundle two different versions of a game's textures with each download...

    That's right. I rock.

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  3. More images by frikazoyd · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Images of Super Mario Brothers 2 a la Super Mario Advance.

    Also, Super Mario 3 a la Su per Mario Advance 4, and Super Mario World a la Super Mario Advance 2. Yoshi's Island (Super Mario Advance 3) has screenshots here.

  4. Filters by dsparil · · Score: 4, Insightful

    They'll probably just bring the NES games to SNES quality graphics then run everything through a filter. That wouldn't neccessarily be a bad thing since Yoshi's Island looks amazing using hq3x.