Metroid Prime Remastered tech analysis, including frame rate and resolution
Posted on February 14, 2023 by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch
Metroid Prime Remastered ended up on Switch last week following a reveal in the latest Nintendo Direct, and Digital Foundry has now provided a technical analysis that includes coverage on aspects like frame rate and resolution. Retro Studios seems to have done a great job bringing back the GameCube classic here, and it’s closer to a remake.
Here’s the full roundup of tidbits:
– Game uses sophisticated baked environmental lighting solution
– Areas are now much more lifelike
– Visual design of each area has been updated
– New light sources have been added
– Existing objects in the world have been given emissive properties
– Static volumetric lighting present in many spots
– Materials exhibit accurate lighting response
– One small omission is that beam weapons don’t usually cast dynamic lights throughout the environment like in the original
– Models and textures have been completely remade
– Models now have a fair bit of polygonal complexity
– A ton of incidental detail has been added
– All major bits of geometry from the original game are represented
– First-person visor still fogs up and can get covered
– Geometry-based water ripple effect from the original has been replicated alongside more intricate deformation in smaller pools of water
– Surface detail on the water is improved
– One change is that glossy domes in Chozo ruins no longer reflect Samus
– Animation data reused
– Weapon bobbing from the original has been toned down
– Metroid Prime Remastered resolution when docked is 900p
– 600p in portable mode
– Dynamic resolution not used
– Game doesn’t appear to use anti-aliasing
– Metroid Prime Remastered frame rate is 60 FPS
– No frame rate dips
– Frame rate essentially identical whether docked/portable
– Almost no load times
You can check out Digital Foundry’s full Metroid Prime Remastered technical analysis below covering the frame rate, resolution, and graphical improvements.
Metroid Prime Remastered is currently up on the Switch eShop. The physical version drops on February 22.
