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Another title with N64 graphics? Thrillville: Off the Rails

LucasArts has released the first set of screenshots for Thrillville: Off the Rails on the Nintendo Wii, and, compared to the multi-format stills from the Leipzig Games Convention, they're a low-res, blurry mess.

The growing examples of Nintendo Wii developers underperforming in the graphics stakes is quite a concern. Yes, the drive has been in 'gameplay/controls over graphics,' but surely there is no reason to deliver such completely sub-par aesthetical efforts as this.

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Published: 793 days 9 hours ago | Screenshots | Wii

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xplosneer - 793 days 18 hours ago

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FLAMEBAIT ARTICLE!

Also, as it said, gameplay over graphics is precisely the case.

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WAR_MACHINE77 - 793 days 8 hours ago

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I agree that its kinda flamebait, but gameplay over graphics only goes so far. I'm not saying I need a game to look uber, but decent graphics do enhance the experience, while bad graphics can detract from it

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risk - 793 days 9 hours ago

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but do you really want your eyes to bleed??

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zerolinkgannon - 793 days 8 hours ago

3 - dammit

Word to developers, if you don't try we won't buy! We will teach you a lesson about making cheap pieces of $hit when your game sells less that 1,000 units its entire life span! >:O

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NRG - 793 days 8 hours ago

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People are typically too drunk when playing Wii to really care about quality.
But yeah, what's up with some of those screenshots. For example, the one the article used has some horrible image-interlacing going on.

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tikku - 793 days 8 hours ago

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It's games like this that led me to sell my Wii..

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sidar - 793 days 7 hours ago

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So you sold your Wii because of games like these?
so you admit that you are ignoring all the other games that are worth it?
=/ and the fact you haven't played the game yet and don't even know if its fun or not .....

All consoles are going to have some crappy games.

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tikku - 793 days 5 hours ago

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I sold my Wii when I realized that Nintendo could have just released a WiiMote for the Gamecube and the results would have been similar. It's breathtakingly disappointing how bad the graphics are on this system. I really enjoyed Twilight Princess, but couldn't help but feel like I was playing a Gamecube game and to see releases that look so very last gen and in this case(2 gens ago) I feel my decision to sell it was justified.

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KeiZka - 793 days 5 hours ago

4.3 - I sincerely doubt

that you'll ever see graphics like SMG nor MP3 with gamecube only. An upgrade is an upgrade, and would you be crying out loud "insolence" as well if you were to upgrade your 7600GT to 8600GT? Difference, minimal at best, is still difference.

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Rooftrellen - 793 days 3 hours ago

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"I really enjoyed Twilight Princess, but couldn't help but feel like I was playing a Gamecube game"

You were.

Let's see what happens when people push the Wii, though. Mario Galaxy is quite possibly the most beautiful game this year. All systems will have their share of bad looking games, and when people try to rush to cash in on the system they didn't plan for games to go on, it ends up looking like...well...this.

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crck - 793 days 7 hours ago

6 - Who cares how it looks!

Its all about gameplay right? Viva la revolution!!!

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Nth RooCH - 793 days 6 hours ago

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Whilst gameplay over graphics is obviously the way to go, there are limits. The fact is, we are at a stage now where the bar for games is raised. For instance, if you release something nowadays with PS1 graphics, no matter how amazing the gameplay, the game will look like it was developed by lazy c***s. This game, if you check the screenshots, looks absolutely abysmal. It makes the devs look totally lazy, like they didn't even try. No matter how underpowered the Wii is, you can squeeze better graphics than that out of it.

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Darkiewonder - 793 days 6 hours ago

8 - Cop out

Major.

It works if the graphics style fits the game.

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sidar - 793 days 3 hours ago

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@tikku
" I really enjoyed Twilight Princess, but couldn't help but feel like I was playing a Gamecube game "

Zelda: TP is a GAMECUBE game......in the end it was ported to the Wii.
=/

And like keizka stated, games like SMG and Metroid prime 3 could not be played on a gamecube.

im not saying you have no rights to sell your Wii, i think your arguments are a bit narrowminded.

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BulletToothtony - 793 days 2 hours ago

11 - really not trying to offend

and it's all on the devs hands.. and it's really messed up for them to be doing this, but they're not only trying to cash in.

but the fact is that the wii has sold sooo much because a lot casual gamers have bought it, in the times that i have gone to walmart and gamestop i have seen 2 old ladies buying a wii, a 40 y/o lady was asking for a good game for her, and the other one was an older guy,

when a game comes out all the company has to do is make a commercial for tv that looks like fun like they did with boogie, and people will buy it..

it's really sad but that's a big truth to it.. they figured that people bought it cause it's cheap and they won't care if they get cheap games..

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ItsDubC - 793 days ago

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Did Boogie do well sales-wise? The reviews were pretty bad but the type of person to purchase Boogie probably doesn't read game reviews.

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jackdoe - 793 days ago

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Boogie did pretty bad sales wise. That's why EA made such a hubbub about it a while back. Anyway, if this game passes Nintendos QA, those guys need to be fired. Nintendo cannot let this game be published on its platform in its current state.

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synetic - 793 days ago

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WOW xbox 360 and ps3 will never have a game with this graphics lol

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DeckUKold - 792 days 15 hours ago

13 - even if they increase the graphics

that game would still suck

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game-over - 792 days 13 hours ago

14 - hey.....

not so fast, those are at least 64 graphics with the expansion pack

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Iceman100x - 791 days 15 hours ago

15 - yeah right

huh ps3 has alot of cheaply made games like this, and this sorry excuse for a company alone with ea is the reason real games don't exist anymore.

P.S psp has tons of games way worse than even this lol as it can't even emulate the n64 :)

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