Mon, Feb 23, 2009 | 20:26 GMT
MadWorld in 480i, not 480p
This sort of thing matters to a lot of people, so here we go. According to Matt Casamassina’s blog, Platinum’s MadWorld runs at 480i. Not 480p.
Buy it anyway. It looks awesome. As Matt says:
You must still buy this game, but this omission raises an interesting point. Usually, lack of 480p support can be credited to developer laziness. No way such a claim can be leveled at Platinum Games or MadWorld. This is a AAA developer which constantly pushes the artistic limits and MadWorld is the latest proof of that. I’m wondering, then, if the studio simply wasn’t aware that 480p is “kind of a big deal” for a chunk of Wii owners.
What’s the difference between an “i” and a “p,” anyway? It’s out next month.
14 comments
#1
deftangel
23/02/09, 9:37 pm
The ‘i’ is for interlaced, the ‘p’ for progressive. The former displays only half of the 480 lines on screens every 1/60th of a second. The latter displays them all meaning 480i feeds your eyes half the visual information every frame.
I did wonder why setting the Wii to 480p didn’t make much difference
480anything is a bit of a mis-nomer though, the game’s in a weird resolution.
Doesn’t affect it at all mind. I doubt Platinum Games are unaware of the desire of 480p support, they probably just viewed the visual style and other stuff they were doing as more important.
#2
Hunam
23/02/09, 9:40 pm
The i and the p do make a big difference, specially to those of us on HDTV’s
#3
airdom
23/02/09, 9:54 pm
an HDTV does not deserve to have a Wii plugged into it dude, it just looks bland anyways! it’s not even meant for that anyways!
get a cheap CRT TV and plug it in there lol.
#4
Hunam
23/02/09, 10:09 pm
It is plugged into a CRT TV when I’ve got it, but my brother only has space (as in, horizontal, loads of vertical space) for LCD and so he has a HDTV, mario kart wii looks great in 480p on his 32″ 720p tv, but when we had the composites in before it was all blocky ass to look at in 480i.
#5
airdom
23/02/09, 10:27 pm
Heh, Hooray for HD consoles
#6
TJ
23/02/09, 11:13 pm
I’m amazed anyone cares about something PCs have had for years.
#7
MasterChiefFenix
23/02/09, 11:30 pm
Pretty cool the game i’m most intersted in for the Wii supports it. I wouldn’t have expected support for either! nice surprise imo.
#8
Hunam
24/02/09, 12:08 am
MasterChiefFenix: The game DOESN’T support 480p, so HDTV am cry an all that.
#9
ecu
24/02/09, 12:34 am
Meh, I don’t care. I play my Wii on an STD TV anyway.
#10
Cort
24/02/09, 12:40 am
Your TV has a sexually transmitted disease?
#11
ecu
24/02/09, 12:56 am
Yup.
Well to be honest, I think it was the Wii that gave it to my TV. I haven’t told it yet though as they’re still getting on quite well and I don’t want to cause any problems.
#12
Blerk
24/02/09, 8:14 am
It does do widescreen, though. Right?
#13
Patrick Garratt
24/02/09, 8:36 am
It is widescreen, yeah.
#14
justmarbz
24/02/09, 1:30 pm
the devs should know better. nintendo needs to make 480p and widescreen a requirement for every game on the wii.
at least the art style of the game is so unique most will barely notice the lack of progressive scan. i cannot wait for this game.
anyone who owns a nintendo wii needs to support this game. if you don’t buy it you have no right to complain about the lack of hardcore titles.