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Metroid Prime Remastered Graphics Comparison (Switch vs. Wii/GameCube)
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March Climber
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Oh, this is one of those Bluepoint-esque remasters. Nice.
Pasta la Vista
Member
I'll stick to the original on a crt with a GC controller. The way it's meant to be played.
drotahorror
Member
What in tf kind of comparison is thatIt looks how you remember it looking
So it's totally faithful
But then it also looks way way way better
This is a big improvement
Gorgyles
Banned
What in tf kind of comment is this?
I'm comparing a major environmental element to show the upgrade in geometry and textures
GigaBowser
The bear of bad news
It's bootyful.
Playing it right now. Everything I wanted in a remake because they kept the artstyle really familiar but redid the models, foliage, textures ect.
Playing it right now. Everything I wanted in a remake because they kept the artstyle really familiar but redid the models, foliage, textures ect.
James Sawyer Ford
Member
This game would be a VR masterpiece
One day…
One day…
Sleepwalker
Member
Kataploom
Gold Member
Looks exactly the same bar resolution, literally the same, sure, now I'll keep ignoring any footage or information about the game and move on to most shit posting /s
Keep saying that, but the Switch is the one with an actual Nvidia GPU
MidGenRefresh
*Refreshes biennially
You can play it in VR on Dolphin. It's probably not ideal but still impressive from what I've seen.
Kagoshima_Luke
Gold Member
The real comparison I want to see is Remaster vs 4K dolphin.
Games Bookstore
Member
DenchDeckard
Moderated wildly
Day one physical!
Knightime_X
Member
60fps, improved controls and graphics?
I'm in.
I'm in.
Fart Knight
Al Pachinko, Konami President
Oh they have but Ninty is laughing at the bank
Robb
Gold Member
They should cause I’ll buy all three separately, and then I’d probably end up buying a Trilogy release of these remasters on “Switch 2” as well.
chromhound
Member
Wish they could remaster Metroid Prime Hunter with online mode ...
Majukun
Member
so, better lightning and effects (but with some strangely absent in the switch version) and with a redesigned samus that i guess is more in line with the recent designs.
I still don't pay for something i already played, i have still my copy of prime and a GC (that admittedly have not turned on in years and might just be dead)
I still don't pay for something i already played, i have still my copy of prime and a GC (that admittedly have not turned on in years and might just be dead)
ThatStupidLion
Member
This is going to be reusing MP4 assets isnt it
vodka-bull
Member
Seeing that I have to admit it looks okayish. First reaction to the Nintendo Direct was nah, not worth the money, already played it last week in 4k Dolphin, but now I'd consider it if Nintendo would drop the price to 20€ AND give us a statement whether or not MP2 and 3 remasters are als planned.
Dr. Wilkinson
Member
Worth it just for the Digital Foundry coverage 
. Otherwise I’ll wait for 4
. Otherwise I’ll wait for 4
Lucifers Beard
Member
Looking forward to diving into this on the train ride home today!
It's Nintendo, the price isn't going to be dropping for now. If it does drop on a sale, it wont be dropping to half the price.
I can see with not wanting to play it again if you already finished it, but there isn't really a comparison to Dolphin 4K here, even with mods. Looks like everything got an overhaul, and 4K only covers the textures and low poly environments and models and effects of the original to an extent. Not saying this is that great of a looking game, but it far exceeds a 4K washover, which the art design does a lot of the hard work there.
I doubt we're gonna get 2 and 3 for now, but who knows, this was a shadow drop, we could get another shadow of both later or next year, but I sincerely doubt it.
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TintoConCasera
I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
Nah, this one actually seems to respect the original game's art direction.
STARSBarry
Gold Member
Honestly I'm a little disappointed, for a majority of the time it looks great, but then you get a cutscene and stuff is just missing, minor things that seem insignificant but are important for the tension of a scene.
For example after Samus defeats the first boss and the station starts falling apart, in the original electricity starts arcing infront of the Player. This immediately tells the player something is wrong and coupled with the warnings now going off tell the player GTFO of there, this is missing in the remaster and the only indication something is wrong with the station is after the first doorway.
On entering the planets atmosphere for some reason they have removed the cloud effects infront of the ship, in the original this gave the impression that this was a difficult reentry with the ship buffeted directly in the middle of the storm. In the remaster these are gone... so it just looks like the ship is entering normally, and due to this the camera angles feel off as its trying to reinforce a tension that is now missing.
I am unsure how the person redoing these scenes missed this, they actively had to make a decision to not include them as they are there in the prior version, and especially in the case of the ship entry just feels like a worse scene.
For example after Samus defeats the first boss and the station starts falling apart, in the original electricity starts arcing infront of the Player. This immediately tells the player something is wrong and coupled with the warnings now going off tell the player GTFO of there, this is missing in the remaster and the only indication something is wrong with the station is after the first doorway.
On entering the planets atmosphere for some reason they have removed the cloud effects infront of the ship, in the original this gave the impression that this was a difficult reentry with the ship buffeted directly in the middle of the storm. In the remaster these are gone... so it just looks like the ship is entering normally, and due to this the camera angles feel off as its trying to reinforce a tension that is now missing.
I am unsure how the person redoing these scenes missed this, they actively had to make a decision to not include them as they are there in the prior version, and especially in the case of the ship entry just feels like a worse scene.
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RoboFu
One of the green rats
Switch only has 4gigs of ram. Most texture packs are made by people on PCs who have no clue about resource limitations.
Does the GC controller adapter work on the remake if you set classic controls?
GametimeUK
Member
Comparison of the doors.
RoboFu
One of the green rats
Ehh the new one is more faithful to the 2d games.
Comparison of the doors.
TintoConCasera
I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
Not faithful to the game it's remastering tho.Ehh the new one is more faithful to the 2d games.
RoboFu
One of the green rats
The prime series is shit compared to the 2d games.. so ..
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TintoConCasera
I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
In case anyone is wondering how other sections of the game might look like:
GametimeUK
Member
I just tried it for you. Its almost there, but not quite. The button mapping on Morph Ball and Missiles are switched if I remember correctly and there's no way to access the inventory in game from what I've found. The map is now bound to the pause button and both the Z button and R button are used the free aim.
darrylgorn
Member
How much is it, 100 bucks?
TintoConCasera
I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
Yep, Capcom and Bluepoint could learn a thing or two from this remaster.