Darksiders II producer Ryan Stefanelli has told online gaming publication CVG just how easy it was to get Darksiders 2 running on the Wii U controller. According to Stefanelli all it took was five minutes and two lines of code to get the game running on the controller.
“Our one and only goal once we got the Wii U hardware was to get Darksiders II running on it. We didn’t even have running the game on the touch screen on our ‘to do’ list. but once we got it running, we just fooled around with getting it on the touch screen as a lark. It took all of five minutes and two lines of code, and boom! – there was the entire game running on the controller. Amazing.”
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That’s awesome, the rumors of the Wii U controller being a mess are looking more and more unfounded. I’m looking forward to the Wii U more and more every day!
Please don’t tell me they just put a touch-screen map and an inventory on the controller…
Nope, they’re running the entire game on the screeen; so, like the WiiU advertises, you can play it without the TV
Only problem then is that you would once again be playing in lovely standard definition.
The screen on the Wii U controller is capable of 720p, (or so I’ve heard) while, if you were playing on an HDTV, it would be 1080p. So basically, if you were playing on the controller, the graphics would still be of roughly PS3-level clearness, and would still be a heckuva ( had to use that word ) lot better than the Wii’s 480p. So… actually, Anony, you’d still be playing in high def.
The controller is not standard definition, but it is also not high definition. However, the resolution does not matter all that much on the controller. Since it’s much smaller than a tv, you can’t tell any difference. I’ve read from people who’ve tried it that it looks as good as hd, and razor sharp, crystal clear. With fantastic colors and contrast.
Because of the size and resolution of the screen, the pixels will be so small that you’ll get a great quality image anyway! even if it isnt “full HD”
hope you know that you can switch views with the TV and the controller
Damn straight.
Oh yeah, the developers are clearly struggling with the new controller.
Have to admit, I’m really pleased to see a nice positive article about the Wii U. Not to mention an article that’s not just hearsay
And as for Darksiders 2, I just recently bought the first one for the PS3 so it’s currently in my pile to play
01.net might be saying lies.
might be? they said that the controller was being “highly unresponsive and hard to program” and that “developers were getting very frustrated with them”
this article, which is from an actual developer, states exactly the opposite.
WOW! really it only took 5 minuites to port onto Wii U. Game develupers! Theres No excuse for not develuping for U.
Now this made me more happy, that means develupment is going to be quick for Wii U, and more time to debug the game :D
Actually, they ported to Wii U (easily), but they jokingly tried to get it to run in “time to watch some baseball” mode on just the controller, and it only took 5 minutes and two lines.
It was not a joke, good chap.
What this article is about is having the game appear on the controller’s screen easily, not porting the game. Besides, since this is one of the planned systems for the game to come out, it doesn’t qualify as a port.
Well just coding to Wii U, like porting an X box 360 game to PS3 is what i mean.
this is not new… This is from an interview a while ago, unless I can see the future and that’s why I knew it
It’s new.
What happened to development hell the wii u was supposed to be in I guess developers of darksiders 2 didn’t get the memo.
Somebody set us up the lie.
monday, read my comment 2 posts above
this is good news for the Wii U, and for Nintendo as well :)
Dang. TWO lines of code for the game to be working on the Wii U? Awesome!
If mode=baseball
move to screen
:-)
Bien!
If it’s that easy, Imagine what the wii u can do when effort is actually put and it’s pushed to it’s limit.
i still want nintendo to lose the wii name cause as one of nintendo hard core fans i think the wii was a really big step away from me and i was forced to buy a ps3 and 360 so lets find another word that goes with nintendo entertainment system like MI nintendo entertainment system or MINES for short see how well that goes together
If someone doesn’t buy a gaming console JUST because they think the name is dumb, then that person is a complete and total moron.
^This. Well said, Spriggax.
They should’ve called it the Nintendo Revolution. Like the original codename.
Every Nintendo console should have been called the Nintendo Revolution. :P Personally, I think they should keep the name for if/when they make a virtual reality console.
No, it will be to confusing.
The nintendo Revelution was the old name for Wii, they changed it to Wii.
Now is every Nintendo fan going to force Nintendo to rename the Wii U Nintendo Revolution?
What about Nintendo Xtreme or Nintendo Game Station? Is that hard-core enough for you?
I know what name you’d like: The Nintendo Tool.
They should call it the Nintendo FistFace because it punches non-believers in the face area.
Looks like that’s one awesome game we’ll be getting at launch. Keep ’em coming.
People got it wrong. They already had the game working on the system, but they hadn’t done anything with the controller. This article says that it took five minutes and two lines of code to have it run on the controller. Now it can be played on the TV or on the controller (on high res). They are just fooling around and have yet to see what they do with the controller like item management, maps, etc. This is a good thing and completely shatters those rumors. They may have done that to get hits and to make Nintendo look bad.
Another interview here.
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2011/07/06/the-story-behind-the-wii-u-and-darksiders-ii.aspx
Nice, now give us soem videos. Please…
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So the programming is hard and the controller is a cheap mess huh?Damn i hate TROLLS.
Trolls are beautiful.
Btw, there’s a difference between trolling and full-on lying.
This looks to be great. Thx for the news !
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excited for wii u!!! and this game!!!! will be beautiful