Han Randhawa, the art director behind the forthcoming Darksiders 2 has confessed that the Wii U is a “pretty powerful machine”. Randhawa’s quote slightly contradicts what we heard previously from Marvin Donald who stated that Wii U hardware is on par with the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3. Here’s what Han Randhawa’s had to say about Wii U:
“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.”
Heck yea!
Yes, it contradicts something they said almost a year ago
I remember they also said that the Wiiu wil have better textures and models
and almost a year ago, they probably didn’t have the newest dev kit
Great news :)
Will these people just make up their minds!?
Wasnt even a week ago they said its on par with the current gen, was it?
They said the Wii U Darksiders was on par with the 360 version, not the hardware. Plus, the Zelda tech demo already looks better than 360. Also, Unreal 4 was revealed behind closed doors and will be revealed to the public later this year, the engine is exclusive to consoles, and both Microsoft and Sony are not showing any consoles this E3, plus Epic games have been talking up Wii U and even said they are pleased with the Wii U hardware. There’s no way a Direct X 10 system will be on par with a Direct X 9 console
Epic also said they have no plans for a wii u game right now >.<
exclusive to consoles? whoa
only xbox has directx of any source, but API’s dont really matter, it depends if the developers actually uses it.
sickr check this out
http://www.nintendoenthusiast.com/gearbox-no-other-platform-can-do-what-the-wii-u-can-do/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gearbox-no-other-platform-can-do-what-the-wii-u-can-do
It’s not working, are you sure that’s the correct link?
http://www.nintendoenthusiast.com/gearbox-no-other-platform-can-do-what-the-wii-u-can-do/
And Wii U wins :D
Officially better than the current gen. I’m getting Wii U, We’ll see if the next gen Xbox and PS will measure up (though I don’t believe rumors about the next PS, I think they’ll drop the console race).
It would be very foolish if Nintendo made a current gen system. If they really want to get hard-core gamers — the ones who care more about specs than anything — they really need a powerful machine. Plus, there’s always a chance Sony or Microsoft announce a new system this summer at G3. Personally, games are the most important thing to me, but if Sony or MS are coming out with a much heftier console, I’d have to weigh my options. I really, really, really want Nintendo to get this right!
They have been doing really well so far. These developers are for some games with impressive graphics. I think Rockstar will even get onboard, but no word yet. Every “ported” game so far is being improved upon, and the fact that it has improved power even while it streams to a wireless controller is really saying something.
to be honest the ‘hardcore’ you are talking about mostly cares about FPS and there console exclusives (halo for xbox, uncharted/killzone for ps3). someone who would care about specs would of bin changed to PC.
You don’t say ?
Yoshi game for the wii u anyone?
no
i’m kidding, yes!
I’d buy it.
NEVER!
Might as well bring him back with Mario and others. Make something with more impressive graphics than Galaxy, and have Yoshi in that game.
Here’s to hoping for a competitive next gen. Sony and Microsoft were atrocious this gen.
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Dat director must have Alzheimer,the wii U will be WEAKER than 360 and ps3
Your d*ck is weaker than Wii U troll. Go back to NaziLand, Sieggy!
Sounds good… but we’ll only know for sure at E3. Anyone else psyched?
I don’t really know much when it comes to this stuff, but as long as it’s powerful enough for developers, I’m fine.
That previous information was misleading by the author of the article, not so much by the “you know” guy.
It seems Vigil Games and Ubisoft are the two main proponents of Wii U I’ve been hearing. Or maybe they’re just getting more explicit coverage than the rest.
This is all sounding very “Duck season! Rabbit season!”. We find out a lot more in just over 2 months.
Glad to hear it. It would be very foolish of Nintendo to release a console that was only on par with the current gen. Nintendo seems to be making all the right moves so far.
Leave luck to heaven.
Uh ? Actually, the game director of Darksiders II said the WiiU is on par with the current systems. Weird.
http://www.gametrailers.com/side-mission/2012/03/26/wii-u-hardware-on-par-with-current-gen-machines-says-darksiders-ii-developer/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
Since we’re all doing quotes:
THQ: “WiiU is just alot more powerful than current HD consoles it does 1080p very easy.”
Crytek: “WiiU devkits are very powerful,the specs are very good”
Vigil Games: “We had the game at the same level as high end pc version in a matter of days and a few lines of code got the game up and running on tablet in 5 mins.”
Epic: “It will do things current HD consoles simply cant do its going to be a powerful box.”
Turns out Marvin Donald, the guy who said the Wii-u is on par with 360/PS3, isn’t even involved with the Wii-u version. He’s the Game directer of the Ps3/360 versions
Oh good to hear! I was secretly hoping that the Wii U would have better graphics than the PS3 and Xbox 360. Not that I’m a graphics whore or anything but every now and again I like to see some powerful specs from Nintendo.
I misread it as Darkstalkers. I got really excited for a second.
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This is great news. I am really looking forward to Wii U. I hope the keep the Wii mote because I dont like old style controllers anymore. Apparently you could get a free one accorind to this YouTube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9rLjb2RW-M
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