Sumo was surprised by some of Wii U’s specs
Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 0 comments
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed executive producer Steve Lycett says that developer Sumo was initially surprised by some of Wii U’s specs. In particular, the team was pleased with the capabilities of the GPU.
According to Lycett:
“There are always surprises and unexpected challenges when you develop on a new console. When we first got our hands on the kit, the first surprise was the capability of the GPU (Graphics Processing Unit). We’d been worried that we might need to re-engineer all the effects and shaders in the game, but they worked just fine.”
Lycett says that Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed on Wii U looks just as good as the other versions. It may actually look slightly better since it has “way more memory” than other platforms.
“The Wii U looks as good as any of the HD platforms. The Wii U has way more memory, so we can take advantage of that with less compression on elements and textures, so it will look all lovely and shiny.”
ZombiU “In The Eye of ZombiU” developer diary – episode 1
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ESRB rates Transformers Prime for Wii U
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This isn’t the first time we’re hearing about Transformers Prime: The Game and Wii U. Activision’s own site listed Wii U as one of the game’s platforms. It has since been removed, but that finding, coupled with this ESRB rating, could mean that an announcement will be made soon.
Ubisoft’s PAX Prime 2012 lineup
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A number of Ubisoft games will be on hand for this year’s PAX Prime event.
Assassin’s Creed III, Far Cry 3, Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Blacklist, ShootMania Storm, Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon, Online, ZombiU, and Rayman Legends will all be playable.
Most of Ubisoft’s upcoming games can be pre-ordered at the show. Doing so will provide you a variety of bonuses.
The full list is as follows:
• Assassin’s Creed III – Official T-shirt
• Far Cry 3 – Official T-shirt
• Rayman Legends – Official T-shirt
• ShootMania Storm – Official T-shirt
• Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Blacklist – Bullet-shaped light-up key chain
• ZombiU – Official beanie
Head past the break for more details about Ubisoft’s plans for PAX Prime 2012.
No yearly F1 releases on Wii U, audience is a factor
Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii, Wii U | 0 comments
F1 games have been coming out yearly on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC. It doesn’t sound like the Wii U will be receiving the same treatment, however.
Game director Paul Jeal feels that F1 Race Stars may be a more appropriate title to bring to the console. Following this, Codemasters will consider a strategy different from its usual annual games on Wii U.
“We have the license for a bit longer now so we can do a bit more forward planning. Rod [Cousens] – our CEO who’s here [at gamescom] – he’s constantly thinking, ‘What about this or what about that?’, so he needs to put a business case for it. I definitely think it would be something a little more suited to Race Stars first. Let them do the hard work of getting it working on the tech first!”
Jeal said the following when asked whether that would be due to the audience:
“I think so, yeah. I also think it’s looking at the Wii SKU that we did. It did really well but there’s still questions with sales numbers… whether it is something that annually we could revisit year-on-year [and] would sell the same number of units year on year. [For] something like football, you need the newest content and there’s lots of changes, but with F1 the changes with the teams and drivers are really quite minimal, so instantly you’re quite stretched for new content. I think when you bring this over to the Wii where the audience is perhaps a bit more more casual and they’re less likely to buy it year-on-year, you have to look at a slightly different strategy.”
Iwata on the need for a social component in single-player, Miiverse made for “social graph”, more
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Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has sounded off on social gaming for Wii U and the Miiverse.
Iwata feels that gaming is now in an era “where even a single-player game experience can have a social component”. For Miiverse, Nintendo wants to have “a gaming platform as the place to create that ‘social graph’ for folks who are in gaming circles”. He also hopes it’ll allow those who are playing alone to not actually feel like they’re playing by themselves.
There’s lots of commentary below from Iwata concerning social gaming and Miiverse – be sure to check it out.
Here’s a Podcast – Episode 2: “Will the Wii U be Riddled With Ports?” + “Top Ten 3DS Games”
Posted on 12 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in 3DS, Features, General Nintendo, Podcast, Wii U | 0 comments
This week I think we had a very nice discussion about the Wii U and the concern that it will be filled with ports of PS360 games! Additionally we wrap things up discussion IGN’s list of top ten 3DS games so far. Check it out here:
Left click here to stream, right click + “Save As” to download!
Also, if you’re wondering why I haven’t put this podcast on iTunes, it’s because I’m a firm believer in the concept that the first ten of anything you make (such as this podcast) are destined to be crap. So we’re gonna do ten “test” episodes via archive.org and then I’ll get them subscribe-able on iTunes for you guys after they get good! : D
~Austin
More Wii U marketing materials spotted in Australia
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Another Australian retailer has set up its promotional materials for Wii U. JB Hi-Fi has supposedly listed prices for games, but not the console.
Take a look at the gallery above for various photos of the promotional content.
Assassin’s Creed III: “Inside Assassin’s Creed” – episode 1
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Adam Sessler has doubts about Wii U, thinks it could be delayed to 2013
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You can add Adam Sessler to the long list of Wii U doubters.
Sessler, previously a co-host of G4’s X-Play, is starting to wonder if the console will actually launch this year and isn’t sure if it will “provide the needed stimulation to the industry.”
He wrote on Twitter today:
“…Also….increasing confident that the WiiU will a) not come out this year. b)will not provide the needed stimulation to the industry. I will probably eat my words on one of those points. By then I hope to have a video platform to apologize on. Selling console this Nov. with a price north of Borderlands, AC3, Halo 4 and CoD combined and announcing in Sept?”
It’s very unlikely at this point that Nintendo will delay the launch of Wii U to 2013. With the Wii, Nintendo announced the console’s release date and price in September, and it ended up hitting store shelves in November. This pattern will likely hold true for the Wii U.
