Nintendo tells eurogamer “AI-generated images were not used in the development of Mario Kart World”
Apparently some thought some of the billboards looked AI.
by pickledgreatness
33 Comments
Golden-Owl
Whatever anyone says about Nintendo, huge respect for them sticking to their guns and refusing AI.
As much as games are a product and service, this is showing commitment to games as an **art**
Oreare
genuinely thinking that Nintendo would’ve been using Gen AI in a first party game is some AI derangement syndrome shit
Snoo54601
I can already see people thinking dlss is them using “AI”
This is gonna be a lot of people’s in the mainstreams first interaction with this type of tech
ShawnyMcKnight
At $80 for the game they darn well better not be…
Although if you have to make a large world to drive around in I wouldn’t fault them for using AI to generate the several miles of scenery and then have an artist go in and at easter eggs and such.
ShiningStar5022
Nintendo – We ain’t Level-5.
brokenmessiah
Nintendo, love em hate em, is so backwards in terms of technological progress no way they even know what AI generated images are.
Hell we JUST got the ability to have parties.
tap836
Looking at the in-game billboards in question, I can understand why some people think they used AI. They look janky.
Crunchycrobat
Whoever these guys are thinking they used Ai are actually dumb, Nintendo might not have the best reputation towards their consumers, but if there’s one thing that they do is make games with love and passion for them, that’s the way they have always been, and will be, especially knowing how traditionalist they are
bwoah07_gp2
I’m sorry, but are people that dumb to think that Nintendo would use AI generated images for one of their fully fledged games? They would never do that and risk their reputation. And sure, AI tools are common now in video games and I’m sure Nintendo has used them, but come on people, can’t you tell the difference anymore? And this is Nintendo we’re talking about. Come on.
Kam_tech
Say what you want about Nintendo’s business direction, but there is no denying their games are always creative and artistic, glad to see they aren’t going the AI route.
chipmunk_supervisor
Those billboards do look like utter crap. They look like Nintendo is saving on texture memory by smudging a lower resolution image in N64 vaseline and then stretching it way out and have forgotten that this is a Switch 2 not a GameCube so they really needn’t have bothered – I guess old optimization habits die hard?
jgreg728
I feel like Nintendo would be too proud to ever resort to AI imaging.
Fcu423
I remember a headline from a few weeks back where they said they will keep the discussion opened around AI in their games.
Good that they didn’t use it for MK, but I don’t think this should be taken as: they will never use AI in their games.
And I’ll happily pay a premium price for their products if they continue that policy.
wedditasap
$80 now 100% justified
SocranX
>A third billboard features an image of an oddly-shaped car with unusually large windows that, once again, looks similar to something created by generative AI.
I would be massively surprised and disappointed if Nintendo was using AI. Their commitment to artistic vision has always been super uncompromising
brandogg360
I don’t even get why this is a question? None of it looks AI-generated any why would they even do that?
FiresideCatsmile
I’m usually pro AI but I appreciate a giant studio like Nintendos inhouse is to have the funds to let actual people do the artwork
soulwolf1
Watch there be AI generated images in their games.
Entire-Assistance842
When Nintendo outright says something is false it usually is.
El_Barto_227
People are mindlessly spreading any accusation they can make at all.
prettybluefoxes
Pretty funny after the tsunami of “this is an image from a game” gta6 posts.
VanitasFan26
This is really showing how AI imaging has gotten so bad.
Hot_Target_8744
Even if they did AI, I guarantee Nintendo would use it correctly and respectfully. I.e image or asset clean up
clarkyk85
I can believe it’s not AI generated. I believe it is AI upscaled however
MarcsterS
We’re cooked, huh? The fact that someone make a cartoony looking car means in AI generated now.
Walnut156
I can easily criticize Nintendo for a lot of things but never could I see them use AI. they might sell a very old game for full price but they at least put work into making the game with actual artists and talent.
echoess84
you have to see these items when you are playing at “high speed” because they will seems more normal than in the images
Outcast129
Nintendo knows where it’s bread is buttered and how the online community be right now. They can bend consumers over a fucking barrel with anti-consumer policies and a spitefully letigious legal teams, because as long as they aren’t using AI anywhere they will always be Reddits poster child 🤩
SgtSilock
At what point do we accept that AI is a tool to help creators? We can’t keep snubbing AI forever.
LovingVancouver87
As AI gets better and better, it’ll be harder and harder to distinguish AI from non AI. Look at some students whose genuine efforts were labelled as AI by AI “detectors”. This whole AI detection system is bullshit.
Perydwynn
I didnt know that “gamer” was an anagram of “r*tard”, but the way people have been acting since Switch 2 announcement…
33 Comments
Whatever anyone says about Nintendo, huge respect for them sticking to their guns and refusing AI.
As much as games are a product and service, this is showing commitment to games as an **art**
genuinely thinking that Nintendo would’ve been using Gen AI in a first party game is some AI derangement syndrome shit
I can already see people thinking dlss is them using “AI”
This is gonna be a lot of people’s in the mainstreams first interaction with this type of tech
At $80 for the game they darn well better not be…
Although if you have to make a large world to drive around in I wouldn’t fault them for using AI to generate the several miles of scenery and then have an artist go in and at easter eggs and such.
Nintendo – We ain’t Level-5.
Nintendo, love em hate em, is so backwards in terms of technological progress no way they even know what AI generated images are.
Hell we JUST got the ability to have parties.
Looking at the in-game billboards in question, I can understand why some people think they used AI. They look janky.
Whoever these guys are thinking they used Ai are actually dumb, Nintendo might not have the best reputation towards their consumers, but if there’s one thing that they do is make games with love and passion for them, that’s the way they have always been, and will be, especially knowing how traditionalist they are
I’m sorry, but are people that dumb to think that Nintendo would use AI generated images for one of their fully fledged games? They would never do that and risk their reputation. And sure, AI tools are common now in video games and I’m sure Nintendo has used them, but come on people, can’t you tell the difference anymore? And this is Nintendo we’re talking about. Come on.
Say what you want about Nintendo’s business direction, but there is no denying their games are always creative and artistic, glad to see they aren’t going the AI route.
Those billboards do look like utter crap. They look like Nintendo is saving on texture memory by smudging a lower resolution image in N64 vaseline and then stretching it way out and have forgotten that this is a Switch 2 not a GameCube so they really needn’t have bothered – I guess old optimization habits die hard?
I feel like Nintendo would be too proud to ever resort to AI imaging.
I remember a headline from a few weeks back where they said they will keep the discussion opened around AI in their games.
Good that they didn’t use it for MK, but I don’t think this should be taken as: they will never use AI in their games.
https://www.ign.com/articles/nintendo-says-generative-ai-can-be-used-in-creative-ways-but-highlights-ip-issues
And I’ll happily pay a premium price for their products if they continue that policy.
$80 now 100% justified
>A third billboard features an image of an oddly-shaped car with unusually large windows that, once again, looks similar to something created by generative AI.
[This?](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/MKW-2.jpg?width=690&quality=70&format=jpg&auto=webp) I’m pretty sure [Bulma had one of those.](https://www.reddit.com/r/whatisthiscar/comments/1aldy4u/if_bulmas_car_were_real_what_would_it_be/?rdt=53142)
I would be massively surprised and disappointed if Nintendo was using AI. Their commitment to artistic vision has always been super uncompromising
I don’t even get why this is a question? None of it looks AI-generated any why would they even do that?
I’m usually pro AI but I appreciate a giant studio like Nintendos inhouse is to have the funds to let actual people do the artwork
Watch there be AI generated images in their games.
When Nintendo outright says something is false it usually is.
People are mindlessly spreading any accusation they can make at all.
Pretty funny after the tsunami of “this is an image from a game” gta6 posts.
This is really showing how AI imaging has gotten so bad.
Even if they did AI, I guarantee Nintendo would use it correctly and respectfully. I.e image or asset clean up
I can believe it’s not AI generated. I believe it is AI upscaled however
We’re cooked, huh? The fact that someone make a cartoony looking car means in AI generated now.
I can easily criticize Nintendo for a lot of things but never could I see them use AI. they might sell a very old game for full price but they at least put work into making the game with actual artists and talent.
you have to see these items when you are playing at “high speed” because they will seems more normal than in the images
Nintendo knows where it’s bread is buttered and how the online community be right now. They can bend consumers over a fucking barrel with anti-consumer policies and a spitefully letigious legal teams, because as long as they aren’t using AI anywhere they will always be Reddits poster child 🤩
At what point do we accept that AI is a tool to help creators? We can’t keep snubbing AI forever.
As AI gets better and better, it’ll be harder and harder to distinguish AI from non AI. Look at some students whose genuine efforts were labelled as AI by AI “detectors”. This whole AI detection system is bullshit.
I didnt know that “gamer” was an anagram of “r*tard”, but the way people have been acting since Switch 2 announcement…