Hi-Res Sprite modding?

[PQ3]

So for a long time I've been itching to work on increasing the size of the character sprites to improve their looks a bit. I've been trying to use the tools I found on this site to get sprites edited and inserted http://modding.tistory.com/3 , but I don't think they support repacking larger images back in (guessing pointer issues?), and the palette data is off so the images just don't look right.

Has anyone tried working on this sort of project with any success? I'm dying to spruce up this gem of a series, lol. Also, here's a link to an example before/after of a character after upscaling with waifu2x: http://imgur.com/a/GgQcE

[Void Cat]

Holy ♥♥♥♥ that looks great

[pibedetorres]

I've gotta admit that looks neat!

[Marius]

You should Waifu2 whole the game, just like someone did to FF X. <3

[nnn]

I'm guessing there's been no progress on this?

[Captain Deadpool]

wow, I would love to have all main chars like that

[Ceriss]

I'd prefer them redone rather than upscaled honestly.

In the example image it kinda looks like it loses some of its sharpness details to become overall more clear.

[[LSSAH]Canzah]

A lot of the detail is lost and smudged to hell and back, it looks like that god awful Disney "remaster" of Sword in the Stone, needless to say I do hope XSEED does NOT do this for the sprites and if they do, it will be purely optional considering it looks like ass.

http://www.avsforum.com/photopost/data/1790411/e/ed/edfd5390_dtt1.jpeg
Picture for reference.

On a side note, this also happened to other of their remasters of classics, but not as horribly as to Sword in the Stone:
http://members.chello.nl/h.h.j.f.beens/temp/Cinderella_VHSvsBD.jpg

[pibedetorres]

On the subject of upscaling, this taught me a lot: http://www.fortressofdoors.com/doing-an-hd-remake-the-right-way/

[Play Metaphor]

Originally posted by pibedetorres:

On the subject of upscaling, this taught me a lot: http://www.fortressofdoors.com/doing-an-hd-remake-the-right-way/

That was the first article that came to mind.

[Kyle G]

I'd love this. So beautiful.

[Midnight Meows]

waifu2x has a few anti-noise options and going too strong with it creates the too-smooth look. None, Low, and High. I use it all the time for wallpaper but you do need to experiment to find which option is best for each image if you want the best outcome.

Anyway I have no idea about modding the game.