Unity Technologies, provider of the Unity multi-platform engine and development tools, announced that it has entered into a worldwide license agreement with Nintendo to provide a version of Unity which supports deployment to the Wii U to Nintendo and third-party developers as well as Unity’s 1.2 million registered developers.
This extensive agreement will provide Nintendo the right to distribute the Unity development platform to its in-house, external, and third party licensee developers providing the large number of artists, designers, and engineers intimately familiar with Nintendo gaming systems direct access to Unity’s powerful engine and highly efficient tools that have been specifically designed to enable developers immense creative freedom.
“The rapid growth of incredible games coming from the experienced and talented developers in our community makes Unity the new development platform of choice for AAA console developers. Nintendo’s unfettered access to Unity will produce a wealth of insanely good games from knowledgeable Nintendo developers and the Wii U deployment add-on will create an amazing opportunity for our massive community of developers to showcase their incredible creativity on one of the most anticipated and innovative gaming platforms to date.”
– David Helgason, CEO, Unity Technologies
Excellent news!
Hmmm, Indeed.
This is certainly excellent news, I’ll be interested to see how this partnership will turn out and what things will happen because of it
Yep, let’s wait to further releases. And, anyway, Nintendo is doing very, very well.
The pc is getting a new device curtsey of steam. Were getting a new virtual reality visors, there going to show the virtualboy how its done. Remember i said pc is only getting stronger well kids while nintendo is stuck in 3d steams going to take you into 4d. The virtual visors also will feature bluetooth,ar,rumble,3d surround sound and of course 4d motherfuckers with graphics that are better than wii u and ps3 combine.
4D is time.
win
Hahaha, that’s right. “steams going to take you into 4d.” so… does it mean it’ll now have a clock or something?
Valve Time®
Talk about irrelevant to a topic, shake my head, pc dweeb shut up.
PC is Casual for gamers. just like how Mobile Games are perfectly casual for the rest of the people. so it doesnt matter what PC has to offer, it still wont beat Consoles in terms of fans
Might I ask one question?
This Virtual Visor has a rumble Feature… Huh?
So Whenever I die in a game I also get to have my brains shaken around inside my head, urgh,
Who knows? It might even feel like a head massage.
SOLD!!!!
Lol steams going to show nintendo virtual boy how to be a real man
Don’t you mean Valve? Steam is just a game client.
Also, I don’t think Nintendo’s hardware can suddenly turn into a human being.
Simple, it vibrate so fast that it’ll actually kill you in real life. It’s the true hardcore mode.
I’m sure there is a feature that lets you turn that on or off.
Double facepalm
I fail to see how PC gamers are casual. Obviously, you haven’t seen the number of games on the PC, how you have to pay more for a good gaming computer, and have to know what specs you’re looking for if you want a good gaming experience. If anything console players are more likely to be casual players because console gaming is easier.
I have 150 games in my Steam account, among these games are Skyrim, Metro 2033, Assassin’s Creed, Half-Life 2, and Quake. That really, really screams “Casual!”, doesn’t it?
You’re one of those people who act like they know what they’re talking about but really doesn’t know much at all. By the way, it’s about the games, not the consoles. You’re not suddenly going to be a badass hardcore gamer or a casual gamer just because you play games on a console or PC.
agree
Facepalm!!!
This just in! It will no longer have rumble on the visor. Now it will come with a pair of briefs that rumble when you die! In other worlds now players will die every single chance they get! Lmao….I know this is good news for the nerds that get no action with the ladies.
How well does it work for anything that isn’t 1st person?
7/10
Let’s remember the true goal. The Holodeck. Everything builds up to the Holodeck. Star Trek Holodeck.
Keep up the great work, Nintendo.
Xbox kinect inspjred the virtual visors from steam thats work. Wiiu is just an ipad anybody could of thought of that. I predict based on technology that nintendo will develop their own kinect like visor with 3d and it will sell along withbthe motion controls
No. WiiU is a console version of te DS handhelds.
Nintendo was way ahead of te game.
Everyone is just trying to catch up.
people are snoring on the n do
I’ve never heard of Unity, is this good?
i know they use that engine to make slenderman but ive seen their name before somewhere else hmm
Family Guy online and Castle story was built on unity.
thousands of games are being built with unity
this could open the wii-u wide for anything free to play (and i mean actual free to play)
As usually happens to every engine, Unity has its pros and cons (there is a link to a video on YouTube in this post). But more important is the fact that Nintendo are pursuing 3rd-parties’ support, what reveals a strong effort to deliver the most varied gaming content to Wii U owners – unfortunately, it didn’t happen to Wii.
ARE YOU SAYING NINJABREADMAN WASN’T FROM A 3RD PARTY?
Mr., for sure you got what I meant.
Angry birds was first built in Unity…
Its a great and affordable game engine that tons of indie devs use. Hopefully this means that there will be amazing games on the eshop.
Unity is pretty damn good. Played a few free indie games that use that engine and it looks and feels pretty. One that took me by surprise is the “Sonic Fan Remix” game I played some year ago. It’s just wow, truly amazing even if it’s just 3 stages.
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That tech demo is awesome! See conker? that’s a real bad “fur” day!
MY LITTLE PONY FTW
brohoof
I wonder if the Wii U will run Unreal Engine 4. I even wonder if the PS4 or the 720 will run it since it has VERY high graphical expectations. I really hope all next gen console graphics are on par.
http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2012/07/unreal_engine_4_ports_possible_on_wii_u
WiiU can run it, Epic said developer can use it for their games on the WiiU, but Epic arent personally doing anything for the WiiU, yet.
But seeing how scaled down U3 was on this gen, its almost pointless using U4, they may as well stick to U3.5 for next gen, that looks good enough, plus they cant give it working to a damn good level.
You right sir! Developers took so many time to reach good graphics on current HD consoles, and yet they didn’t use the technology of their engines at max, I don’t know why people care so much about the latest unreal 4, how much would you pay for better graphics that again will not be used at its full potencial? technology must be used wisely, just like bombs.
Also, some days ago I was wondering if we haven’t already reached the 95-99% of feasible graphical development that is distinguishable to human optical perception.
Most likely. All people want it photorealism, which is ok…for a photorealistic game, but other than that its just lighting and physics, and it’s almost unnoticeable. Take borderlands 2, theres a Nvidia tech demo showing the difference it makes on the PC. Totally irrelavant, its just minor details.
I really got hesitant when I hear one saying that Micro$oft’s and $ony’s next consoles will have super-hyper-ultra specs. In my opinion, there isn’t such a big technological room to make what they currently have much better and, most importantly, today there is no viability in terms of cost-benefit in launching that powerful machine.
Honestly never heard of Unity before, but that tech demo looked like a Pixar/Dreamworks animation, which is sweeeet.
I use the Unity engine to make Android games. Its pretty powerful and its easy to learn. I see Nintendo winning a lot of indies with this move. That’s. Wonderful thinking. I should start thinking of how to port my game to Wii U… By the way.. If you want to see the review of my game, here’s the link… http://t.co/SRf9Xry
Do tha game looks pretty sweet, like Geometry Wars crossed like an old acrade space shooter
*dude that. Derp
Unity doesn’t equate to quality.
Neither do the quanitt of your comments
*quantity. Excuse me.
u are excused lol
*WARNING WARNING, YOU ARE RUNNING LOW ON QUALITY AMMO! WARNING WARNING*
Slender seems to disagree.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4y9-_yxsa8
This also seems to disagree
I really want steam for the Wii U
Awesome, I use Unity!
And a strap on penis.
same here bro, but i also use a bit of UDK. Unity is just so much more simple.
U use a strap on penis too? Lol…PETERIUSS trolled both of you hard bro. Hahaha! That’s fucked up!
no i mean i use unity. seriously whats up with people on the web these days
People on the web these days like to be assholes because they’ve got the mental capacity of a twelve year old…. or are a twelve year old.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq2GKdi5o9Q&feature=player_detailpage
That is aeolus in full description….Except instead of chickening out,he comes back to get his butt whooped.
I’m am a great Sony fan since I don’t fall in that category and pick fights with other fans. As long as the company isn’t as bad as Microsoft. :)
Alas,if only more fanboys were like you because frankly,the sony fanboys have been hypocrites lately( i like sony by the way).
+1
if more fanboys were like him they wouldn’t be fanboys anymore
starting fights where they don’t belong, meanwhile busting everyone’s balls is the bread and butter of a fanboy
Thank you, I hate the xbox line the most. I like sony, sony fans but not the sony drone clan.
I fucking lost it at the end XD
I know,i found this around may.
@0:43 i see what the maker of the video did there lol
@1:42 aeolus does this whenever somebody asks him “why are you on this forum?” haha
i love this video. It’s hilarious and true.
EXACTLY.
lmfao XD that was great!
And yes,we know you are supposedly a pc gamer.
this could be one of the smartest moves nintendo has ever done
Hey, Sickr or alba. Here’s some interesting news you should share. http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2012/09/its_nintendo_versus_sega_anime_style
Wait, if I develop a game using Unity, I will be able to put it on wii U, simple as that?
Or I will still need to handle a lot of bureaucracy with nintendo?
of course there’ll be bureaucracy
console games usually undergo a quality assurance check, that’s why it takes a couple weeks for them to release even if they’ve gone gold already
Yeah, that I expect, but…
Well, I don’t really know how nintendo game development is, but I always thought that I would have a hard time even before starting out.
well normally you’d have to have a license to be allowed to develop games for their console.. requirements for that usually involve having a pubishing record of some more or less successful games.. however with unity this system most likely wouldn’t work or else the benefits of adapting unity for wii-u would be null because the very high number of smaller developers is that engines advantage
i’d guess nintendo could simplify the licensing process a lot for these developers
maybe being part of the unity developer network will already suffice
Excellent move by Nintendo. This could wield a lot of good games and good partnerships for Nintendo in the future. Leave luck to heaven.
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I guess from the reactions this is great news :)
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Seems like trolls are running out of more ammo to shoot at Ninten.
Oh and here’s a link to further support this article, it says the same but having different that gives the same information is always a good thing in terms of the truth.
http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/09/19/nintendo-forms-wii-u-partnership-for-unity-engine
About a million developers get e-shop access from this, interesting.
I wonder, could this be applied to 3DS or no?
Considering it’s on iOS, yes.
Cool.
the team behind unity would have to create an SDK for the 3DS
unless they specifically announce support for the 3DS it likely won’t happen
= lots of creative Indie games on the eShop? :)
Probably, but there’s also a sea of bad ones.
Nintendo will most likely decide which indie games are up to their standard of quality and which aren’t.
and whatevers up to ninten’s standards, apple will attempt to copy lol
As to expect with any open development space
nintendo, like every other console manufacture, puts new console games through a quality check
This can only be great news in my book.
Just goes to show how serious Nintendo is about gaming.
I just watched a video showing poor textures. :(
The Unity Engine for Wii U games from Nintendo and their third party supporters…? Damn… I’ve created a nosebleed pool. The first game powered by the Unity Engine is gonna be completely off the chain. If the new engine powers up StarFox (Retro Studios or Platinum Games… PAY ATTENTION!!!!!!) or The Legend of Zelda title, imagine the impact of Nintendo fans/supporters and passionate gamers saying positive things and refuse to put their GamePad down.
Unity Tech… welcome to the Generation-U!!!!!!!!
I can’t wait to see Fox on HD with good graphic detail…Assault had weaker graphics than adventures so don’t screw up this time Nintendo
United As One.
Mayhap they use Unity for some first parties? I said SOME, not all.
Slender for wii u?
What is slender?
YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT SLENDER IS?
It’s a really scary computer game. It was released like a couple of months ago.
Yeah, I looked it up last night on youtube. Not so much “scary” as it is just surprising at some points.
Here’s a sample clip of what the graphics look like powered by the Unity Engine.
That video was great, very funny :)
Thanks Mike. I thought that video was both funny and beautiful.
It seems to me that most console game developers used the Unreal Engine and the Crytek Engine. I am sure the Wii U can support these engines that are popular too.
Unity is a shitty engine, whats so good about that?
My beard hairs are tingling with excitement over this news of the Wii U each day.
I’m Chuck Norris and the Wii U is my favourite console.
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Unity Egine will help Nintendo to survive on this upcoming generation of consoles
Sickr… please take a look at this topic!!!!
http://www.cinemablend.com/games/Wii-U-GPGPU-Squashes-Xbox-360-PS3-Capable-DirectX-11-Equivalent-Graphics-47126.html