Kawaii – A Keychain-Sized Nintendo Wii

Re:Kawaii – A Keychain-Sized Nintendo Wii by anthk on Monday July 22, 2024 @06:17PM (#41040428)

Mario 64 on the N64 was build without -O2 flags. Maybe with -O0 or even -g. After a simple compiler switch, the speed skyrocketed.

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Re:Kawaii – A Keychain-Sized Nintendo Wii by syndeo on Monday July 22, 2024 @06:52PM (#41040673)

And from what I understand, it’s not due to incompetence; rather, it’s due to not yet having confidence that those optimizers wouldn’t introduce bugs. The SDK and toolchain were very new; SM64’s development itself parallels that of the dev toolchain.

So, better safe than sorry, especially with a pack-in launch title.

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Re:Kawaii – A Keychain-Sized Nintendo Wii by ThatPlayer on Monday July 22, 2024 @10:32PM (#41041971)

Kaze, who did that 60FPS optimization, has commented on other videos about how the CPU isn't fully utilized anyways, so -O2 doesn't make too much a difference in most scenarios.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_gdOKSTaxM&lc=UgyhTG4Ol46Rr...

His comment, not the video.

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Re:Kawaii – A Keychain-Sized Nintendo Wii by anthk on Tuesday July 23, 2024 @03:54PM (#41050109)

Ah, TIL, thanks.

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