Wii component cable and virtual console..

Beepcake · 18 May 2007 at 12:21

I notice in the manual for the Wii it says that some virtual console games won't be compatible with 480p.. does that mean they just won't work if I hook the Wii up through component or does it just mean they will display at a lower resolution? I don't want to buy a cable if i'm going to get a blank screen on some downloaded games

TIA

Nzyme · 18 May 2007 at 12:24

think it jsut means it comes out at not 480p

Beepcake · 18 May 2007 at 12:30

That's what I think it means too, has anyone actually tried it before I fork out for a new cable?

GTCole · 18 May 2007 at 12:40

I believe it means that either the game wont run until you change the display settings or the game wil revert to a supported resolution

HumanShield · 18 May 2007 at 13:06

on my TV it makes them look awful unsing the component cable. Its only certain formats, i think turbografix are ok, but the others look terrible. it changes them to 576i IIRC

Beepcake · 18 May 2007 at 15:30

Hmm, that's a bit poor. It's for the missus so I don't really think she'll be capable of switching tv/console modes to play a game

Nzyme · 18 May 2007 at 15:31

but the wii games sure look preeeeety through component

HumanShield · 18 May 2007 at 20:35

Nzyme said:
but the wii games sure look preeeeety through component

indeed there is a marked improvement! so i can put off playing mario for a while, hopefully nintendo can release an update that can sort it out

simo182 · 18 May 2007 at 21:44

On certain game you will get a blank screen. I get a blank screen on Streets of Rage when using compenent and have to plug in the standard cable to get a picture.

Kojak · 19 May 2007 at 00:15

simo182 said:
On certain game you will get a blank screen. I get a blank screen on Streets of Rage when using compenent and have to plug in the standard cable to get a picture.

From what I understand some HDTV's are problematic with certain titles whilst others have no problems with VC games. It's a poor state of affairs really.

Beepcake · 19 May 2007 at 18:06

Thanks for the replies, I picked up the cable anyway because the blur-o-vision was annoying me

It's a bit of a big architectural oversight to not abstract the display mode completely though.. all rather odd.

There's always my DS if she ever fancies a game of Mario Kart