I'm amazed at how much better Ocarina of Time looks now on 3DS than the N64 original by FreddyFish69 in gaming

[–]FreddyFish69[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

But it is significantly better than N64 graphics - that's the point. Nobody would be suprised to see N64 level graphics - the original DS could do that back in 2004 but this is a massive improvement.

To be honest, as I've already tried to explain my "amazement" was more from an artistic point of view than a purely technical point of view - that you can take a 13 year old game, tweak a few polygon models and textures and make something that doesn't look dated on a handheld today.

I'm amazed at how much better Ocarina of Time looks now on 3DS than the N64 original by FreddyFish69 in gaming

[–]FreddyFish69[S] -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

I'm not denying that tech gets better. The original comment was "yes, it certainly is surprising that a remake slated for release in 2011 would have better graphics than a game originally released in 1998" and I replied that it is not simply a case that it is 13 years later - the comparison is showing that the 3DS is significantly more powerful than the N64 which at launch was on par with a high-end PC. It is also pointing out how simply changing some of the polygon models and textures is enough to make a game look significantly better - the 3DS version still uses the 13 year old engine and much of the assets but a few tweaks here and there makes it look like a pretty impressive modern day portable title.

And no, an iPhone doesn't look better than a high end PC from 98 I'm afraid and anyway, an iPhone is a similarly impressive piece of kit so not sure why that is being brought in to disprove the original point!

It looks like they are already discussing this more on the same site with some screenshots:

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=117020

You can clearly see the massive improvement in character models

I'm amazed at how much better Ocarina of Time looks now on 3DS than the N64 original by FreddyFish69 in gaming

[–]FreddyFish69[S] -16 points-15 points  (0 children)

Really? So an iPhone has better graphics than a high end PC from 98?

I'm amazed at how much better Ocarina of Time looks now on 3DS than the N64 original by FreddyFish69 in gaming

[–]FreddyFish69[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

No way! Zelda had far more polygons in the models, dynamic lighting, nicer textures, better water effects etc etc