Super Mario 64 90s Render Artworks vs. Super Mario 3D World Real time 3D graphics

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I finally had the opportunity to play Super Mario 3D Word on Wii U, and i´m certainly amazed by the quality of the graphics of the game, specially in the artistic desing, colour fidelity,brightness and lighting departments.

But my question is: have Nintendo finally reached (or surpassed) the graphic detail of that 90s artwork renders that came out to promote Nintendo 64 games with the real time graphics of Wii U´s Super Mario 3D World ?

In my opinion, strictly geometry wise still that old renders seems to manage higher poly counts that the real time 3D World graphics. But in textures and lighting the Wii U game is wide ahead of the Super Mario 64 artworks, and this aspect, complemented by the relative high geometry of the real time Wii U game make look 3D World greater than the old renders. But..what do you think?

Compare it by yourself!



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Also, texture resolution.

 

Or, it could just be a drawing, vector drawing even?

 

Are you sure the original Mario 64 renders even used textures?

 

I think Nintendos new engine they are using for SM3D World is awesome, especially the camera effect used on the overworld that makes everything look like toys: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilt–shift_photography

-doulomb

 

For the eyes yes, majority of everything was were just coloured polygons. Like Mario for example, no face textures.