Wii U vs PS3 vs Xbox 360 Screenshot Showdown

GotGame: We’ve been wondering for quite some time how Wii U’s graphics compare to current gen consoles. With Nintendo’s new Nintendo Direct we have a look at new games developed from the ground up for the Wii U. Now seems like a good time to check back in and see how the Wii U’s original efforts compare to other consoles. We even threw in some Wii screenshots for good measure.

[majiebeast]

Is this a joke?

[chadboban]

What the hell?!

This article just seems made to start flame wars between raging fanboys. I ain't gonna stick around while you folks continue to bash each other over the heads with the pieces of plastic that you pledged your undying allegiance to. Peace, I'm out!

[guitarded77]

Okay, glad I'm not alone... I clicked and was likr WTF is this?!?! If you're gonna do a comparison, make it the same multi-platform game across consoles. I really don't care which is better, but I like to look for the differences. It's like a Where's Waldo book.

This is like comparing Battlefield on PC to Gran Turismo 5 on PS3 to Halo 4 on XBOX to Super Mario U on Wii U... why the hell would anyone do that?

[iamnsuperman]

I agree. What is this. Why is the other console included in this article. I could understand Wii version to Wii U version but this is just ridiculous

[Picnic]

Those pieces of plastic will still be around and played with with fondness in years to come. Which is more than can be said for many people!

[Old McGroin]

Yup. There's a few things wrong with this flamebait article. For instance, why the hell would anyone compare the graphical style of Uncharted, Xenoblades and Halo? There's absolutely no connection.

Also, the screens taken from Wii U games are from early, incomplete builds, what's the point in comparing them to games that have been available at retail for months already?

Down voted the site.

[Mounce]

I just say everyone who thinks this article is fucking stupid and flame-war bullshit. Rate the site down and blacklist it.

[MaxXAttaxX]

Some people still don't know how to rate and downvote a site:
http://i46.tinypic.com/20gz...

[Reverent]

@Nathan, and I would be one of those people lol.. Thank you for pointing out how to do it though.

[BullyMangler]

. .that yoshi sure does look DAMN CRAZY though . . .
but when it comes to graphics, we all know whose always had the best support .. . (:

[BlackWolf]

*facepalm*
Obviously a flamebait article. I checked the images, and for me at least, it's not a worthwhile comparison. The visaul styles do not match to make these kind of articles. These kind of things are better when we're talking about multiplat games.

[miyamoto]

nope, Dr. Doogie Howser

They just wanna show us how LBP "inspired" Kirby's and Yoshi's Epic Yawn and that Wii U JRPG protagonist looks awfully familiar like FF Versus XIII's Noctis....

just saying.

[Whymii]

Ahh.. Yoshi Island on the N64 in 1997. I suggest people look it up before they start talking about LBP being the inspiration for anything.

I am a big fan of LBP and regularly play it with the kids, but Yoshi got there 11 years earlier. Graphic style speaking, that is. The game was a bit of let down.

[ShinMaster]

I wouldn't say Kirby and Yoshi were inspired by LBP's look.
But I would say that NewSMBs 4 player co-op may have. Except they made it more frustrating.

[Relientk77]

I hope so, ridiculous

[IAMERROR]

these games have competely different styles, I can understand multiplats of the same game but really?

[360ICE]

I hope it is. I think this is the most ridicolous text I've seen so far on N4G, and that's really saying something. How did this get approved again?

[Lior]

Pc is the winner and if you disagree you have something wrong in your head. I know its not in the showdown as well.

[Reverent]

You just had to be the black sheep, eh?

[miyamoto]

oh I remember a better graphics comparison...

speaking of Noctis

http://s.glbimg.com/po/tt/f...

http://media.gamesource.it/...

[showtimefolks]

Useless article made by a useless tie

[Amplitude]

My favorite part is the 2D Cutscene from Ni No Kuni as a screenshot comparison for Skyward Sword LOL

[Ramon3MR]

LOL Marcus

[Neonridr]

This article is useless, because the games that are being compared aren't even the same genre, so how you can say they share the same artistic style is ridiculous.

[Ezz2013]

non of those games share any thing in commen
not the same genre,or art style,nor gfx

it's like making an article about Mario vs The last of us
and asking which one look better

smh

[BlackWolf]

This is like comparing the sky to the ground. For example, comparing Xenoblade and Project X to Uncharted 3 and Halo 4. No, just no. Different genres and visual styles.

[Relientk77]

I like how for the first comparison they picked out a blurry screen for Ni no Kuni

and then for the last comparison they got a picture of Uncharted 3 sorta blurry too. Way to be fair you know, it's not like you can just go to Google and find not blurry/better screens, oh wait you can.

[DivineAssault]

gotta love high res 1080p still shots.. None of the games look that good on consoles.. Still, not too great of a comparison

[DistrictMime]

A flamebait article is still a good conversation starter for new ideas.

[360ICE]

No, a flamebait article is a good flamewar starter. An interesting topic is a good conversation starter.

[Fel08]

Why are we comparing a bunch of completely different games? Some people just likes to watch the world burn.

[profgerbik]

World has been burning for centuries now.

[ElectricKaibutsu]

We didn't start the fire. It was always burning since the world's been turning.

[GadgetGooch]

The last Halo picture is not even Halo 4 it's Halo 3

[SuperSonic266]

all halo games look alike

It's basically copy and paste

So this mistake isn't unheard off

[HeavenlySnipes]

Bsically copy and paste......

Makes you wonder why it takes them so long to make sequels huh?

lol N4G never ceases to amaze me

[GadgetGooch]

Well not really when i noticed it straight away and im sorry but Halo 3 does not look like Halo 4 AT ALL.

[JustinWeinblatt]

Yeah. That one's my bad. Really no excuse for that besides I messed up.

[Hicken]

The whole thing is your bad. Don't take this personally, but this was a poorly thought-out comparison.

None of the games you chose are similar enough in more than cursory ways to be compared.

[Bronxs15]

well people on here have been carrying on like the nintendo direct showed footage of game that were clearly next gen. i think the article did not want to start a flame bate and say that the wii u games don't look as good as ps3 360 games. cus then you would all accuse him of a flamebait article.

but even when he takes the higher road, and leave out all fanboyism from the article. you people jump on him calling flamebait, and then saying you want to have nothing to do with it, yet you are commenting on the article.

the article is showing a comparison of the graphics available on the systems. there are people who will find this interesting to see how much of a step up the next gen (wii u) offers. the article isn't saying anything is better, it's just showing pics for independent thinkers to draw their own conclusions i think.

[ElectricKaibutsu]

But they're just random screen shots. You can google image search "video games" and get the same comparison.

And out of that Nintendo Direct the only game they showed that is anywhere close to being done is the Wonderful 101. We can't seriously compare completed games on mature consoles to first wave pre alpha games on the Wii U, especially when we all know the Wii U isn't powerful enough to get by on pure grunt. Developers are going to need some experience before we see games that surpass this gen's systems.

[thebudgetgamer]

Rabble rabble rabble.

[H4all]

trash article...!!
somebody need traffic to his site..

[JustinWeinblatt]

Best thing to do in that case is not click on it. The title is not very ambiguous, and it lets you know exactly what you're in for when you click. If it's something that you're not interested in, the best thing you can do is ignore it and not draw further attention.

[thaimasker]

No matter Nintendo fan boy,sony,microsoft, or none...can we all band together and agree that this article this ridiculous?

[Kos-Mos]

Off topic: There`s a man with boobs to the left of the comment section and it says elder scrolls online to the right. What is this? A new transexual game?

[wiiulee]

lol first off wiiu does graphics beyond what ps3 and xbox can do but lets wait on real games to compare....ps3 and xbox are in their last graphical drop, while wiiu is just getting started

[shivvy24]

PS3 > WiiU > Wii > X360 ! Oh No i didnT

[chrissx]

Its like n4g doesn't even review articles before posting them.this article doesn't have any basis.comparing wii u with 7yr old 360 n Ps3 doesn't really make anysense.this article is worthless

[JustinWeinblatt]

People have been comparing the X-Box 360 and PS3 to the Wii U since it came out. I wasn't the first and I won't be the last, and apparently it's a topic that people are somewhat interested in.

[kirbyu]

Are we seriously still talking about this? Alright, I get it, the Wii U's graphics aren't much of an improvement. But I don't care. I don't play non-Nintendo consoles anyway.

[MasterCornholio]

This is an extremely bad comparison. They should have just compared several multiplats which would have been much better comparison in my opinion.

[Neko_Mega]

Lame, N4G!!! Remove this trash!!!!!!!!

[Max-Zorin]

How did this get approved?

[cleverusername]

If you wanted hits you could've just come to me! I'll gladly hit you!!!

[Picnic]

You mean Yoshi's Story on the N64 Whymii with its patchwork, cardboardy, type graphics. And, yes, I can't remember there being anything (at least famous) quite like it before then. Paper Mario would later run with the 'homemade' look a bit, first on the N64.

(Yoshi's Island (aka Super Mario World 2)was on the SNES and it had pastel crayon type looks instead).

[Picnic]

You disagree with 'fact'.

[Clarence]

How can the Wii u be next gen when the PS3 and 360 are already HD consoles. Nintendo is late to the party. Once the next Playstation and Xbox comes out people will see that there is no comparison.

This article is a joke.

[kB0]

Flame bait article is Flame Bait!

[khowat]

I gotta say though, even though this article is just itching to start a console war the screenshots are pretty fair

[metroid32]

The wiiu shots destroy 360ect in this comparison

[LOL_WUT]

Take the fanboy goggles off.

[kirbyu]

I'm with metroid32 and superdupernintendo

[MultiConsoleGamer]

Another article that should not have been approved.

[joeorc]

for people calling the WiiU weak, your going to be in for a d@mn sight a shock in the next few year's.

The WiiU is not a weak machine at all. but in my opinion the order based on what the next generation machines are going to be capable of is pretty much like the PC requirement's for games, because their using Desktop class GPU's for the game console's! you know classed GPU's that frankly less than 15 year's ago the GPU's before gen 7, would be no where near PC desktop GPU's. Now if you look at games their being developed for console's "AND PC" in the same release of the same game.

With the info for spec hardware released about development
in very basic simple terms in my opinion this is what to expect!

PC game’s "minimum" requirements= in general WiiU for multiplat's 1st party will get more out of the hardware!

PC game’s "recommended" requirements = for the next Xbox for multiplat's 1st party will get more out of the hardware!

PC game’s "optimized" requirements = the Next playstation
for multiplat's 1st party will get more out of the hardware!

PC game’s "ULTRA" requirements = pc for multiplat's 1st party will get more out of the hardware! OH WAIT, WHO AM I KIDDING WILL ANY DEVELOPER DO THAT FOR PC? ever?...I DOUBT THAT! /Grin so much hardware going to waste, developer's, but you would never be done...LOL 15 year's for one game oh but that game would be so sick...i would just love to see that once in my life, it would be so cool.

Any way the theme of this mainly is that unlike before more and more PC centric developer's can port their games onto consoles and not really have a real large loss in the core basic concept of how they envision the game. so unlike last time Nintendo's WiiU is not that far an away from not being included this time in the development cycle of Hardware that is current!. which is a great thing in my opinion. its a great thing for developer's and consumer's alike.

[microgenius]

poor ninty fans :-D
i wonder if the WiiU had better graphics the article still was bullshit?
face it people PS3 destroyed your tiny console

[hkgamer]

crappy comparison...

Side note: Wind waker art style has just been ruined. They might aswell cancel this HD project right now.

[metroid32]

Bunch of crying kids the graphics in wind waker HD look amazing and there are zero jaggies unlike all ps3 games and most 360 games so stop bitching the wiiu destroys them both i own it and know this.

You can only compare Windwaker to other cell shaded games on ps3 and Xenoblade wiiu to star ocean 360 ect and Beyonetta2 to Beyonetta1 get it ?

And the 3 games mentioned will all have graphics that far exceed current sub HD consoles,i say sub because the both do around 600p native ???? get a grip the wiiu is just so much more powerful,Randy Pitchfords words and mine.

All 3 consoles will have dx11 comparable graphics with the odd dx12 feature thrown in obviously using opengl 4.1 ect,with opengl you have more flexibility to do graphics better as its not set like DirectX.

[Ezz2013]

you keep telling your self that

what ever help you sleep the night i guess

[Jagsrock]

while we're at it let's compare Lego Batman 2 to Arkham City!

[quantae06]

Wii U beast mode coming soon. Big titles coming soon.

[TheUndertaker85]

Expect a flurry of Mario to continue over the next few years with a 5% chance of hardcore games not being direct ports from older consoles or the inevitable next gen systems around the corner

[Benjaminkno]

If you don't think this is a legitimate article, don't respond.
I think it's pretty funny.
I wasn't much impressed with any of it honestly, they could've picked some better shots.

[TheUndertaker85]

So what's really trying to be pointed out as factual is this:

Nintendo games look cartoon-ish compared to 360 & PS3. But why wouldn't they? Even their advertisements show what Nintendo really wants: A low aged userbase that's willing to cling to the newest little trend that'll die in about a year, at which point Nintendo will attempt to shove it down their throats a little more.

[TheBardsSong]

You must be right. I mean kids love Bayonetta, and Nintendo decided to publish that.

Sarcasm aside, you haven't a clue what you're talking about. How does Ni no Kuni or LBP look any less "cartoony" than Nintendo games? Nothing wrong with that either. I mean if you're turned off by those gorgeous visuals... there's something wrong with you.

[younghavok]

bs article but if you had to take something away from it take this: X is an open world game that looked just as good as each of the screen shots it was compared too. Make of that what you will but imagine if GTA had characters and environments like Uncharted, itd be that more impressive wouldnt it? Xenoblade has the biggest world in a console game that ive ever seen, and its sequel is looking just as big. THAT is next gen, or rather current gen because its coming out on an 8th gen console. Regardless I own a Wii U so Ill be able to play the follow up to one of the most acclaimed RPG titles of the last generation. And if the next sony or ms console has any decent games to launch with that arent just ports maybe Ill invest one of them if they are cheap enough

[TheBardsSong]

This article makes sense to me... It's comparing exclusives to better show off the capabilities of each platform. Exclusives are the best showcase for what a system can do. It starts with similar visual themes and ends with the best looking game on each console.

I don't really view it as flame bait, but maybe that's because I like all of the consoles shown.

If you guys are interested in in-depth comparisons of multiplats you can check out Digital Foundry on Eurogamer.net.

[deadlydragon121]

Lol most of the comparisons were bizarre, I guess there were some decent ones.. Maybe the closest thing I saw in that article that seemed somewhat a comparison was Yoshi's epic yarn vs Little big planet. The rest was just awkward...

[ThyMagicSword]

Nintendo Wii U Games are starting to look better than Ps3/Xbox 360 games, although I think that Ps4 and 720 games will look better than most Wii U games, the question is what will play better? My bet is on Wii U, my opinion could change with time, let's play and wait ...

[rapidturtle]

And the verdict is, they all look pretty damn good.

[ThyMagicSword]

They all look "pretty damn good", but some of them don't play "pretty damn good", the gameplay counts too.

[TheBardsSong]

Which don't play pretty damn good?

[ThyMagicSword]

Well, Halo does not play pretty damn good and I do not talk just to talk, I have played it, the game got really boring after a short time, same with Uncharted. Uncharted plays slightly better, but not much. Some games are just overrated in my opinion.

[wishingW3L]

what a mess. XD

Some of the screens are bullshots, others are downsampled and not even a single one of them are actual direct-feed.

[jaymart2k]

This ranks up their for worst N4G article ever approved.

[Ck1x]

Boy the videogame communities are going down the tubes. The mentality of most gamers are so shallow and focused on mainstream aesthetics only. I guarantee that such a great game like Ni Nokuni won't sell because fanboys think it has cartoony graphics and no guns at all, so it must not be a hardcore game by those standards. Just sad really

[BlindMango]

What's even more questionable than this article is the 10 people that approved it.

[kirbyu]

Why aren't we comparing multiplatform games. Those games are the only ones when the graphics matter.

[Divine]

is this a freaking joke?? i didn't even read the rest of the article there is no comparison in any dimension, the xbox 360 and ps3 will totally dismantle and mutilate any nintendo console creation , ps3 should not even be mentioned in this article.