{"id":129032,"date":"2022-10-20T03:25:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T03:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-139546"},"modified":"2022-10-20T03:25:00","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T03:25:00","slug":"video-digital-foundrys-technical-analysis-of-mario-rabbids-sparks-of-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2022\/10\/20\/video-digital-foundrys-technical-analysis-of-mario-rabbids-sparks-of-hope\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Digital Foundry’s Technical Analysis Of Mario + Rabbids Sparks Of Hope"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Digital Foundry is back with another Switch technical analysis, and this time the focus is on Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope<\/a>.<\/p>\n

From a visual standpoint, DF’s Oliver Mackenzie feels Sparks of Hope isn’t<\/em> a technical evolution of its five-year-old predecessor, which is a “totally fair trade-off” given the “more interesting world design and larger combat arenas”. Sparks of Hopes’ environmental assets are apparently “simpler and flatter”, and other areas are described as being stripped back.<\/p>\n

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“The new game still looks reasonable, but I wish that the style of the original title had been more closely matched here. Ultimately though, Sparks of Hope is a bigger, broader, and better adventure than the original game. It’s not the same kind of system-exclusive technical stunner, but its gameplay and design are much improved.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

As for the technical basics, the game runs at 900p docked<\/strong> and drops down to 600p<\/strong> in portable<\/strong> mode, and targets 30fps<\/strong>. While it’s 30fps most of the time, it did experience some occasional frame rate dips to the mid-20s. In comparison, Kingdom Battle<\/a> had the same resolution in docked and handheld and also ran at a mostly stable 30fps.<\/p>\n

You can get the full rundown in the video below, and read more on Eurogamer<\/a>:<\/p>\n