I Remastered Mario Kart Wii!

In this video, I showcase the process in which I remastered Mario Kart Wii.

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0:00 Intro

0:15 The Process

3:20 Gameplay

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MUSIC:
► Daisy Circuit - Mario Kart Wii
► Coconut Mall - Mario Kart Wii
► DS Delfino Square - Mario Kart Wii
► Mario & Luigi Circuit - Mario Kart Wii

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This video is created by Anton Retro.
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[SupaDaBloopa]

The textures look fantastic, but the removal of the bloom actually bothers me a bit. I never thought of it as being an issue. If you mixed the high quality textures with the bloom and native lighting, I feel as though I would like that more.

[adrian_hook]

ngl I’m a sucker for the bloom. It gives the game such a specific and iconic look. There’s something to be said about stylization and a game reflecting the era it was made in.

[orangy]

i dont like the bloom in mkwii because its wayyyy too strong, but turning it off altogether makes you notice how flat the shading is. There's barely any vertex lighting and the lack of pre-baked ambient occlusion makes most sections of a track have the exact same flat light level with no contrast

[htasul]

I think they used a lot of bloom to mask the poor texture work in the original game, so without it it looks a little flat. Though I agree there was too much. This looks great, but comes out a little grainy (though I accept it might just be what we're used to)

[dcon.exe]

I think this would look even better with MK8/Tour character models. The only thing I don’t like is that the characters don’t shine nearly as much now.

[PerhapsRq]

This makes the character models like more similar to Ds, I like it. Amazing job.

[Minty_Meeo]

I want to mention that as of 5.0-18238, the Dolphin Emulator user folder is no longer in the Documents folder by default for Windows, though Dolphin will continue to use it from there if it is found. The best way to find it now is in the menu bar (File > Open User Folder). This also makes finding the user folder easy for users on Mac and Linux.

[gradient]

My critique of this is, in terms of lighting, It looks worse than the original (specifically talking about the roads and the characters). The bloom and shine effects are gone and it feels like the game suffered a downgrade in the lighting department. The textures do look cool tho. But still, this is no remaster, I still prefer the original look just because of the lighting. I'd like to see some shader work on this too, perhaps a hi-res bloom effect and Global Illumination could do something with what's currently missing.

[DylanYuhi]

I think the characters look better with their glossy finishes mixed with this upgraded environment. These upgraded character textures look a bit dark and don’t stand out well from the background. It seems as if lighting doesn’t affect them so they’re always dark.

[opalicfractalia]

This is amazing! Ironically it makes MKWii closer to the look of Mario Kart Double Dash, even if it's in 1080p. I always thought that MKDD actually looks better than MKWii, which is a bit sad in my opinion.
In the end this looks like a mix between MKDD and MK7, which is impressive! Good work!

[MCPlatinum-MCP]

I love this but I feel like the bloom was part of the art style of this game. I get that a lot of you didn't like the bloom but I think it's gives MKWii its own unique look. It adds to the nostalgia for me

[sonicisbetterthan]

sadly i prefer the original look, i think its obvious why nintendo added all the bloom and flare. the game is a polygon mess and without all that bloom and stuff the game looks like it has ds characters and feels empty

[FBI-sreg]

I feel like it would look way better if the bloom was just turned down some rather than removed

[cheplays]

I've always found that Double Dash looks surprisingly well natively compared to MKWii's original presentation. The bloom effect was a definite detractor.

[nether]

Personally I think this makes the game look significantly worse, the textures look flatter and bloom really helps to hide the lack of shadows that is now exposed

[angelic]

This is PERFECTION. Congratulations. Amazing work oml.

[silver_]

the texture is amazing but I prefer the original one tbh, I've played Mario kart Wii when I was a kid and it's a game very close to my heart, the bloom kinda makes it look like a sort of dream

[Danhanado]

This is one of the rare instances where the bloom makes it better

[YoutubePizzer]

I'm gonna be honest man I dont think this looks better, to each their own ig

[williammeyer]

I like it a lot, in my opinion I thought it looked more like a remaster without the textures. With the textures it feels more like the game originated on the Gamecube or I'm watching footage of MKDD, something like an HD downgrade so to speak. It's not bad, it's kinda like a lateral move the way I see it. Keep up the great work