The story of Wii U’s power is every-changing. One day we hear that it’s twice as powerful as the Xbox 360, whereas tomorrow we may hear that it’s just two N64 systems and an Expansion Pack duck-taped together. That’s obviously an exaggeration, but you get the idea.

There was a recent comment from Darksiders II game director Marvin Donald about Wii U being on par with the current hardware generation. But a quote from art director Han Randhawa has surfaced, and it sort of contradicts what we found out a few days ago. Randhawa said that Wii U “is a pretty powerful machine, which obviously means more resources, and means you can do a lot more.”

Randhawa’s entire quote:

“There is not much I can really talk about right now, but I think that the Wii U is a pretty powerful machine, which obviously means more resources, and means you can do a lot more. So the Wii U team is doing very well, we’ve been working with Nintendo and I think it’s going to be a very exciting version of Darksiders but we want to keep the overall theme relatively consistent.”

Ultimately we probably won’t know how powerful the Wii U is until some really smart people take apart the console after its launch. There’s simply a lot of different contradicting quotes, reports, and other material out there that isn’t consistent. Maybe things will be clearer after E3?

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Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry’s Wonderland 3D screenshots

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Media Create software sales (3/19 – 3/25)

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01./00. [3DS] Kid Icarus: Uprising (Nintendo) {2012.03.22} (¥5.800) – 132.526 / NEW
02./00. [PSP] Black Panther 2: Yakuza Ashura Chapter (Sega) {2012.03.22} (¥6.279) – 104.937 / NEW
03./01. [NDS] Pokemon + Nobunaga’s Ambition (Pokemon Co.) {2012.03.17} (¥5.800) – 65.046 / 237.073 (-62%)
04./00. [PS3] Devil May Cry HD Collection (Capcom) {2012.03.22} (¥4.990) – 43.791 / NEW
05./00. [PS3] Ninja Gaiden 3 # (Koei Tecmo) {2012.03.22} (¥8.190) – 29.797 / NEW
06./00. [PS3] Attouteki Yuugi: Mugen Souls # (Compile Heart) {2012.03.22} (¥7.329) – 23.004 / NEW
07./09. [3DS] Monster Hunter 3G # (Capcom) {2011.12.10} (¥5.800) – 22.402 / 1.337.122 (+32%)
08./08. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo) {2011.12.01} (¥4.800) – 20.890 / 1.601.979 (+22%)
09./11. [3DS] Super Mario 3D Land # (Nintendo) {2011.11.03} (¥4.800) – 20.305 / 1.439.760 (+29%)
10./02. [PSP] Shining Blade (Sega) {2012.03.15} (¥6.279) – 19.032 / 141.289 (-84%)
11./00. [PSP] Hakuoki: Bakumatsu Musou Roku # (Idea Factory) {2012.03.22} (¥6.090) – 17.817 / NEW
12./10. [3DS] Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Nintendo) {2012.03.01} (¥4.800) – 16.731 / 99.656 (+3%)
13./04. [PS3] One Piece: Pirate Warriors # (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.03.01} (¥8.190) – 16.243 / 796.751 (-53%)
14./00. [PSP] Fairy Tail: Zelef Kakusei (Konami) {2012.03.22} (¥5.800) – 15.377 / NEW
15./06. [3DS] Hatsune Miku and Future Stars: Project Mirai # (Sega) {2012.03.08} (¥6.090) – 11.334 / 116.351 (-38%)
16./12. [3DS] Harvest Moon: The Land of Origin (Marvelous AQL) {2012.02.23} (¥5.040) – 9.889 / 147.106 (-20%)
17./00. [PSV] Little Busters! Converted Edition (Prototype) {2012.03.22} (¥6.090) – 8.372 / NEW
18./03. [PSP] Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable # (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.03.15} (¥6.480) – 8.138 / 70.546 (-87%)
19./00. [PSP] Hanaoni: Yume no Tsudzuki # (Idea Factory) {2012.03.22} (¥6.090) – 8.023 / NEW
20./00. [PS3] Do Love Me Seriously! R (Minato Station) {2012.03.22} (¥8.190) – 6.834 / NEW

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Media Create hardware sales (3/19 – 3/25)

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3DS – 94,011
PS3 – 25,750
PSP – 19,875
Vita – 10,302
Wii – 9,270
PS2 – 1,333
Xbox 360 – 1,084
DSi LL – 1,058
DSi – 778

For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:

3DS – 64,017
PS3 – 27,900
PSP – 18,633
Vita – 10,021
Wii – 8,127
PS2 – 1,165
Xbox 360 – 1,145
DSi LL – 853
DSi – 617

Famitsu software sales (3/19 – 3/25)

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01. [3DS] Kid Icarus: Uprising
02. [PSP] Yakuza Black Panther 2
03. [NDS] Pokemon X Nobunaga’s Ambition
04. [PS3] Devil May Cry HD Collection
05. [PS3] Ninja Gaiden III
06. [3DS] Monster Hunter Tri G
07. [PS3] Attouteki Yuugi: Mugen Souls
08. [PSP] Shining Blade
09. [PSP] Fairy Tail: Zelef Kakusei
10. [3DS] Super Mario 3D Land

Bravely Default Demo Vol.2: Heroes of Despair Volume footage

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Nintendo Power review scores

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Kid Icarus: Uprising (3DS) – 9.5
Major League Baseball 2K12 (Wii) – 2.5
Shifting World (3DS) – 6.5
Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir (3DS) – 7.0
Xenoblade Chronicles (Wii) – 9.0