The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, in HD thanks to emulation

Whenever a new Wii game comes out, players set to work opening up the PC-based Dolphin emulator, upscale the graphics to HD resolution, and take screenshots for us to drool over — like the Skyward Sword images posted on the software's forum.

The normally soft, watercolor-y backgrounds look a little strange in HD — we can't decide if it's more of the intended effect, or just oddly blurry. But there's no such conflict when it comes to the characters — they look amazing. We're just going to cross our fingers for upscaling functionality when the Wii U comes along.