Rayman Raving Rabbids at 480p on the Wii?
December 24th, 2006 by Casey
Long story short:
US Version does not support 480p
Our TV doesn’t automatically switch between 480p and 480i.
Once you open the game you cannot return the game.
Ubisoft does not answer e-mail or return calls.
Best Buy’s managers will tell you this is a known “issue” but it is not, in fact, a “defect” and so the game cannot be returned once opened (even though it will not work with the Wii through 480p). According to BestBuy this issue is Nintendo of America’s fault.
According to Nintendo this isn’t an issue because the game supports 480p through a menu in the game (though this menu has been removed from the US version of the game).
Long story short, buying it to use it over 480p will result in you being out 50$ once you open the game and there is no possible way to successfully resolve this issue. You will see the left side of the screen on the right side and the right side of the screen on the left side, and the picture will be blurry and unusable. (At least if your TV is like ours).
Caveat Emptor (despite that there are no markings required by Nintendo to designate that a game supports 480p or 480i).