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Monster Hunter 3 Rendered in 1080p

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People have taken time to render a lot of the Wii's games in 1080p to see the graphical difference in the resolution. Now it has been done with Monster Hunter 3, and you can definitely see the drastic improvements in the visuals and how much more beautiful the game is.
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I don't see any major diffe... - nintendogamer.co.za | By: Fanaticit
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sidar - 37 days 16 hours ago
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a shot of the town would have been a better choice.
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SpoonyRedMage - 37 days 16 hours ago
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It might be because I have a headache but I can't really see the difference. What are the differences?
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SuperMario290 - 37 days 16 hours ago
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The character models are more well defined and crisp (along with everything for that matter). In the upper left-hand corner the The Green and Yellow bars and the text that says "hunter" is a lot more clear and the colors better looking. Not huge graphical improvements but it definitely shows the quality of the graphics in the game.
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SpoonyRedMage - 37 days 15 hours ago
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Oh yes, I can see it a bit now, the outline blends with the background better but it really is a testament to the quality of the graphics that the difference is near negligible.
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HolyOrangeCows - 37 days 14 hours ago
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1.4 - I wish they would release an HD Monster Hunter already...
As much as I enjoyed freedom unite and (Probably) the wii game (if I had a Wii), I'd love a PS3/360/PC Monster Hunter.
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Narutone66 - 37 days 8 hours ago
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1.5 - Bring this game
to the PS3 in full HD. It'll sell like hot cakes.
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Fishy Fingers - 37 days 15 hours ago
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Obviously much less jaggies and the character model looks much better because of that, but just upping the resolution only does so much.
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SuperMario290 - 37 days 15 hours ago
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Yeah, I agree. It really makes you think about what all of these more art-focused games that aren't trying to be realistic would look like if actually designed for 1080p and hi-def.
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raztad - 37 days 12 hours ago
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Agree. Just an increased resolution makes everything look a lot sharper. The AA doesnt make that a difference. I'm begining to think that 2xAA is more than enough when game is running at 720p-1080p, a bigger antialiasing is a waste of resources.
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koehler83 - 37 days 14 hours ago
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That's not rendered at 1080p. It's clearly been bicubically downsampled
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cliffbo - 37 days 14 hours ago
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lol... ther is no difference. you can't take assets from a low res and upgrade them!!! you'd have to up the poly count and put in 1080p textures. this is stupid
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sidar - 37 days 12 hours ago
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" 1080p textures"

...you have no clue what the purpose of RAM is, dont you?
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Neurotoxin - 37 days 14 hours ago
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Way to much time on people`s hands... i mean what is the actual point?? Why make something up to what it will never be!
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Fishy Fingers - 37 days 14 hours ago
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Arent these running on a PC through an emulator? That's why they have an FPS counter in the corner. If so, it is possible to play the game in it's upscaled state.
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Mahr - 37 days 12 hours ago
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"If so, it is possible to play the game in it's upscaled state."

In principle, yes. The problem, though, is that the Dolphin emulator requires some pretty high specs (at least by today's standards) from whatever PC it plays on to work. Even then, some of the games can really make the CPU start to chug, which can, and often does, lead to some pretty crazy lag.

In practice, for a lot of games, this means that the Dolphin can produce some fairly slick screenshots, but calling the resulting experience 'playable' would be somewhat of a stretch.
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Shoko - 37 days 14 hours ago
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I honestly don't see a difference. The only thing I see different is the anti-alaising or whatever it's called.

Regardless though, this is one beautiful game and proves that great graphics can be done on the Wii.
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Software_Lover - 37 days 13 hours ago
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Not too much of a difference to be worried about it. Just goes to show that upscaling really doesn't do that much.
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kaveti6616 - 37 days 13 hours ago
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Makes little positive difference unless they also increased the texture resolution and removed some of the blur.
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earthbounding - 37 days 13 hours ago
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9 - Diferences I noticed...
@SpoonyRedMage

-Normal resolution doesn't allow the display of the character's actual color. With 1080p, it's noticed that the clothes are actually a birghter tone of purple
-The top left corned with "Hunter" is a lot more clear
-The overall color pallet became a lot brighter, though a bit blurry, although it does clear the rough edges, clearly noticable on the middle of the picture (the bars) and the pillar on the middle-left side (impressive change).
-More cracks on the floor are visible
-You can clearly see everything in the tent(?) in front of the character, while normal resolution just makes the thing too dark inside
-Weapon is shinier

Anyway, the changes are pretty big. Not exactly noticeable unless compared, but they are definitely there. 1080p is much, much better.
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lizard81288 - 37 days 7 hours ago
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see too much of a difference, other than a few things being sharper
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knox - 37 days 7 hours ago
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these look awful.........
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fatstarr - 37 days 4 hours ago
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i love the dolphin emulator they should use it for benchmarks. really and truely the blur or bloom effects w/e needs to be taken off to see this game in its true beauty. but it looks nice in 720p considering this game was built for the wii. it looks good. supermario galaxy looks like a 360 game in 720p google it.
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oobob - 37 days 1 hour ago
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13 - Additional Info Addressing Several Comments
The games are natively rendered at 1080p using the dolphin wii/gamecube emulator. The antialising is similar to what was done with Halo and Halo 2. Support at engagdet here: http://www.engadget.com/200...

Dolphin runs well on faster cpus/gpus, depending on the game. Here's a comment from the above thread:

"Dolphin runs Brawl and other Wii games perfectly smooth at 1080p on my computer which is over a year old.

Q6600 @ 3.6Ghz
8800GTS 512mb"

People in the dolphin forums get 60fps running some games in HD (this case muramasa).

Lastly, the people saying they should make this for an hd console need to realize that no big hd console exclusives run native 1080p. It really shows the flaw in relying on graphics to judge console games. A pc using an *emulator* can render a wii game like SSBB or SMG in better native resolution than you can get on a ps3. If you graphics whores demand top quality visuals, you need a PC to experience the best. And if you say they cost too much...well, cost is why the wii appealed at launch to so many gamers. Most console graphics whores are making the same judgment as wii owners as to why they don't buy more expensive hardware! The price cutoff is just different.

Any cutoff is valid if you recognize that individuals have different preferences. Top pc graphics cards cost 300+ and double that to run in tandem with SLI...the point is that individuals have varied cutoffs determining what they're willing to spend, and if you have chosen a console to save money on pc hardware you're a complete hypocrite to rag on the wii for the same reason. Incidentally if you bought a big 1080p hd that drives the console + tv costs close to the cost of a gaming cpu...for the price of a big 1080p hdtv and a hd console you can build a ridiculous pc.

Wii graphics are good enough for me on my hdtv. If the gameplay sucks or rocks I don't care about graphics anyways. Geometry Wars, anyone?

(own a wii, ps3, gaming cpu, degree in CS)
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Omg_Armageddon - 36 days 22 hours ago
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Obviously you know to much lol

All this nonsense talk about 1080p, dolphin, emulator : )
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EvilTwin - 36 days 21 hours ago
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For all of the tech talk, I'm with Spoony, Shoko, Software_Lover and lizard. I just don't see THAT much of a difference.

Yes, looking at earthbounding's list, I can see what he mentions. But these are small, "squint really hard while you pause the game" type of differences.

Tri looks pretty impressive as-is. As oobob said, if the gameplay is there, THAT is what matters most. Not a slightly shinier weapon.
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