Shin’en trying to push the Wii U hardware with FAST Racing Neo
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 4 Comments
Shin’en’s Manfred Linzner provided a very brief update about FAST Racing Neo while speaking with Mii-Gamer in a recent interview.
Linzer acknowledged that fans “really want to see the game”, but the studio will only have one opportunity to show FAST Racing Neo for the first time and make a strong impression. He also mentioned that the team “knew there was so much more possible on Wii U than anyone showed so far”, and they’re trying to “push the hardware.”
Linzer’s comments in full:
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FAST Racing Neo will run at 60FPS
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 4 Comments
Much of FAST Racing Neo is still shrouded in mystery, but developer Shin’en did recently share one tidbit about the game on Twitter. The studio said that its racer will run at 60 frames per second – something that should definitely make FAST look smooth on Wii U.
Shin’en’s tweet is as follows:
@MaxWill37699872 Finally getting all beautiful visuals in stable 60fps. Looked impossible when we started.
— Shin'en Multimedia (@ShinenGames) June 26, 2014
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Art of Balance and FAST Racing Neo are using Shin’en’s second-gen Wii U engine
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 4 Comments
Several months ago, Shin’en revealed that the company was hard at work on its second-generation engine for Wii U. Both of the studio’s upcoming titles for the console – Art of Balance and FAST Racing Neo – are taking advantage of the upgraded tech, Manfred Linzer confirmed to us.
Linzer, CEO of Shin’en, said that the two games are actually just using “a subset of our new engine”. However, “we are pretty happy with the results,” he told us.
Linzer explained, “With FRN we wanted to get more realism. That was not possible with our old tech. So we implemented a lot of new stuff that allows us to get there. We are still learning but we think we are on a good way to create a really special Wii U game.”
While Art of Balance and FAST Racing Neo are taking advantage of the new engine, “Art of Balance is more on the ‘stylized’ side and FAST more on the realism side.”
We are sworn to secrecy regarding the engine’s capabilities, but know that Shin’en has managed to implement a number of improvements and a few new graphical effects. Some of these were previously used “in an ad hoc way, and not in a unified system.” According to Linzer, “Now everything blends nicely together which we need to get on a new level.”
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FAST Racing Neo details coming after Shin’en’s next Wii U game reveal
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 1 Comment
Shin’en announced FAST Racing Neo towards the end of last year, but we never received any concrete details about the game. So when can fans expect actual information?
According to Shin’en, details will be shared after the studio unveils its second new Wii U title. Based on a previous tease, that should be happening soon.
@ProchenoS We currently prepare our 2nd Wii U game announcement. After that we will release more details to FAST RN.
— Shin'en Multimedia (@ShinenGames) February 3, 2014
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Shin’en shares a few FAST Racing Neo details
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Shin’en provided a few details about FAST Racing Neo while speaking with Nintendo News. A roundup of information shared with the site can be found below.
– Supports Wii U Pro Controller, Wii Wheel, Wiimote/nunchuck, and GamePad
– Has various online options
– More information on online features coming later
– Martin Schioeler composing music
– Open to other platforms for the game
– 5 people working on the project
– No release date yet, but Shin’en’s internal schedule is on track
It’s also worth mentioning that Shin’en said of its other Wii U title, “We will reveal first information very soon. It’s a very beautiful game and fits perfectly on Wii U.”
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FAST Racing Neo content coming next year
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 3 Comments
Shin’en casually announced FAST Racing Neo a few weeks ago. Soon after, the game dropped off the radar.
Neo’s announcement came without any sort of information or media. This begs the question: when will we actually see something pertaining to the game?
Unfortunately, Shin’en intends to keep us waiting a bit longer. The studio will be sharing content starting next year.
Shin’en’s Manfred Linzner told Pretendo:
In 2014. We currently optimize the local multiplayer part and it seems as we can go far beyond what we have done previously.
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Shin’en: FAST Racing Neo will offer “hyper real graphics”
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@GoldMetalSonic Since FRN we use 4-8k textures. Means hyper real graphics but 16x storage. Happy this is no prob on WiiU eShop 🙂
— Shin'en Multimedia (@ShinenGames) November 19, 2013
Shin’en is set out again to impress from a technical standpoint. The studio said on Twitter earlier today that FAST Racing Neo – the studio’s second Wii U eShop title – will feature “hyper real graphics”. That’s thanks to the use of 4,000 – 8,000 textures.
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Shin’en says you should watch tomorrow’s European Nintendo Direct
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Shin’en is advising fans to watch tomorrow’s European Nintendo Direct. The company posted the following message on Twitter just a short while ago:
Seriously, anyone should check out the tomorrow #NintendoDirectEU.
— Shin'en Multimedia (@ShinenGames) November 12, 2013
If I was a guessing man, I’d surmise that FAST Racing Neo and/or Jett Rocket II will be featured on tomorrow’s presentation.
