Nintendo Switch Topic; #byebyenx

[Zero Kirby]

Again, I think that's just a poor choice of game

I think part of the reason Pokemon's backgrounds look like garbage is because they spent a lot of time and effort on the character models (didn't they make them purposefully too-high-quality just for future-proofing or something? I remember hearing that somewhere) - they didn't leave a lot of polygons to spare, mate, and who the hell gives a rip about the background in a turn-based RPG anyways. What matters is that the two animals beating the crap out of each other look fine and don't run at only 5 FPS, which, well, they got the first part, at least...

(Optimization might help but Game Freak aren't good at that, apparently.)

Games like Mario and Luigi: Dream Team, meanwhile, look goddamn fantastic, and Smash 3DS is also quite a splendid looking game as far as I'm concerned. The Phoenix Wright games look incredible and it's simply impressive that both Donkey Kong Country Returns and Xenoblade Chronicles are even on the device. The Zelda ports also look wonderful. The 3DS has some very nice-looking games, but yeah, the lower resolution (even with more DPI, it's STILL a lower resolution) is not going to do them any favours.

With hardware like the 3DS, it's more about using a good artstyle than processing power, I'd say. (Not to mention as bad as Rare was at making games sometimes, they were undoubtedly visual pioneers - comparing their games to others in the looks department just ain't fair.)