Gamesradar, Justin Towell- "The Wii U is supposed to be out this year. It's never going to launch post-Christmas, so that means we're four months at most from launch. But having played it at Gamescom, I'm not convinced it's all coming together as coherently and convincingly as you would hope for a console so close to being released into the wider world. So let's look at a few key areas and the good and bad examples seen at Gamescom."
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To summarize:
The graphics in assassins creed 3 look worse than the ps3 version when the developers said that the Wii u is powerful and will be the best looking version.
The system is crashing and overheating.
The system is lagging.
Zombie u looks better and close to a modern day Xbox360 game.
I think Nintendo should delay this system til next year summer soo they can launch with more games and polish the games that are lacking a bit. Nintendo seems like they are trying to rush the Wii u to the market like the 3ds.
Nintendo fans often speaks through both sides of their mouth because they'll talk about how the console is powerful and when something proves its not they'll say graphics doesn't matter. Graphics aren't the only thing that matters in modern games because an improvement in ai, sound, physics and all sorts matters as well. Nintendo fans don't talk about what they'd rather to have and that's why Nintendo keeps doing the things they do like releasing weak hardware and hold out on information that the consumers want to hear
How did they go from coolish names for their console like Super Nintendo, N64, Game Cube to Wii U, damn it Nintendo what where you thinking. I remember there was this gaming reviewer on tv on a show called "Electric Playground" (before it went serious and main stream) where the reviewer Tommy Tallarico possibly one of the coolest game nerds you'd ever meet, would refuse to say the Wii's name and called it the Nintendo console, oh the good old days I look at one of their old reviews its hilarious, also a big look at what we use to think were graphicly stunning games.
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hope the new Nintendo console will be good, who the hell named it the Wii u -_-!
Edit: The crashing and overheating is my main concern.
If anything I hope everything gets smoothed out and sounds like something that needs to get another once over look at what's going on.
Instead of RROD and YLOD are we going to get WOOF (Wii-U Overheating & On Fire?) as in the sound it makes from doing so?
Though I do hope all the problems are fixed out. Would be sad/funny for the system to die at release.
the system is over heating and lagging? crashing? its a piece of crap.
sorry nintendo, i fell for your gimmick with the wii, not again with the wii-u.
There have been 4 Assassin's Creed games and AC3 makes 5. So the fact that the Wii U a NEW CONSOLE is launching with a game that's on par with some of the best PS360 games graphically and manages to look almost as good shows that further in it's lifecycle the Wii U will leap ahead of anything the PS360 have displayed this generation.
Ubisoft knows how to work the Xbox 360 and the PS3, but the Wii U is a brand new console, and while it's rumored to use similar hardware to the Xbox 360, that doesn't mean making a game run on it will be a simple 1 month port. Being a launch title they're trying to make the game take advantage of all the features of the Wii U.
Resistance FOM
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Killzone 3
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Now all that being said, the Wii-U will face problem when third party devs. move on from the PS360 to their next gen consoles. And problems like crashing and overheating are a nightmare this close to launch. I won't be getting a Wii U Day 1 or Year 1 for that matter (especially if these problem persist), but I can see the potential it has, and only haters / fanboy's won't bother trying to see it.
tony hawk 3 on ps1 and ps2 look way different, Halo wwe vs raw from ps2 and ps3 both look way different, but AC3 from 360 to wii-u the newer one looks worse? thats just odd.
what i believe is that the wii-u may be a bit more powerful than current consoles, but i am 100% sure that ps4 and 720 will be the real next gen, they will make wii-u seem dated. why? because wii-u is what should have been released 6 years ago instead of the wii, thats why.
and while graphics dont make a console at all, seeing the newer stronger console be out preformed by the old consoles is sad.
as long as wii-u has games i dont care, thats what matters, but if its gonna be the same old mario zelda and metroid i dont want any part of it.
Because the Wii-U isn't a generation ahead of the PS360. It's a step. Something like PS2 vs. Xbox, or Gamcube vs. Wii. One is more powerful and thus will produce better looking games (using graphics, because it's a visual change), but they're still in the same ballpark.
Ubi said that AC3 isn't on par yet because they are still figuring out the hardware. The ignorance coming from you is astounding. This is no proof of it being weaker. "Crashing and overheating" Cause Ps3 and 360 never did that right?
Wii-u uses recent hardware. It's practically impossible to be "weaker" than the Ps3/360. Even if they tried to.
" Nintendo keeps doing the things they do like releasing weak hardware and hold out on information that the consumers want to hear
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Just because consumers want to hear it, and just because they don't want to share it yet doesn't mean they don't have a marketing plan.
Also the only "weak" hardware so far was the Wii. You're talking nonsense that wannabe hardcore gamers made up ever since Nintendo showed the Wii.
Oh right, ignoring it as usual.
Cos if this thing it to come out in just 2-3 months it is already in FULL production. It has to be. How else can you build a couple of million of them?
Even Xbox 360 which was immensely rushed into production (to well known problems) started 69 days before launch. After this 360 suffered severe shortages right through until the spring in many territories, yet it was hardly the fastest selling console ever.
So one would presume Wii U is already in production, it must be if there is to be a decent amount of launch units...
Not only that launch games will have to be completed and at the factories too within at minimum 3 weeks of their launch. Crunch time for Nintendo.
sounds like they have a good amount of work to do, hopefully they can square it all away and get this thing to the peoples soon
For the graphics issue I bet the games are in their final stages of being finished because better graphics card = better performance.
look at Dark Souls pc. My pc is way more powerful than my 360/ps3, yet the game looks exactly the same. It is a port. Pure Wii-U games will look nicer and i'd say the console will produce beautiful visuals once devs get more time with it.
It has brand new hardware and brand new iterations of its tech, use common sense.
Look at God of War 2 for ps2 and compare it to a launch ps2 title.
that being said, I am liking everything I have seen about ZombiU and plan on getting a copy.
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in wii u its only color , nothing else , it's a good thing , i only need to see more great exclusives , platforms isnt important ...
Edit : just imagine gt5/uncharted/killzone/alan wake/gow..etc uses pc powers , that would be amazing , but i dont even see these kind of games in pc , so that's my problem with the pc , the keyboard and mouse are great , it gives challenge because it's something new to me and more accurate , so i hoping it happens ...
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Is he certain that the he is playing the most up-to-date pieces ?
I would imagine that Nintendo and the 3rd parties just gave over the most recent/decent versions they had at the time, while they continued to work on the hardware behind the scenes.
And probably the input from the attendees, will be noted for the final release or, Miyamoto forbid, Patches.
Regarding how good AC3 looks, opinions are all over the place. I'd have to say that it's likely due to certain parts of the game being polished, and some not yet. But when someone like the EIC of GameTrailers says that the Wii U version looks the best, I choose to believe that until I have a better source. Namely my own experience with the game.
They explained to the guy the Pro controller he was using was an unfinished prototype yet he still harps on about it not working correctly and having limited reach. They did explain that to him so I do not understand why he kept trying to make a point about it.
I have a question for Lucretia, Silver-hawk, LOL_Wut, and bothebo. Are your lives really that pathetic? WE all know none of you will ever support the Wii U and have probably never supported Nintendo, so why bother coming and trolling every Wii article? Are you that unhappy with your PS3 that you'd rather spend your time pretending to care about something that is obvious to anyone but a complete idiot that you want nothing to do with?
Having an opinion that isnt positive is one thing but you kids are ALWAYS hating on Nintendo every chance you get.AS a PS3 owner myself, it honestly bothers me that you are all acting like 12 year old kids. It's embarrassing to me as a Sony owner that people will see your stupidity and childishness and think you represent the rest of us who support Sony.
If this were a Sony article each one of you would be questioning the validity of the author right now, but since its Nintendo you just run with it with blind ignorance.
Stop coming to Wii U articles just to make yourselves look stupid and Sony gamers look like morons please. You are not only embarrassing yourself but every Sony supporter.
I dont mind losing a bubble over this as I am sure you will get your friends to attack me and try to get me banned. It's worth it to let you know how embarrassing you are to gaming.
W is for well said.
N is for necessary.
E is for exactly.
D is for damn right.
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3 more months folks till we can lay rest to all this speculation.
We've had solid hands on experience with the system and we do not agree at all with the statements of this author. Dare I say agenda and possible trolling for hits? Ahhh, the wonders of game "journalism." I definitely recognize a few of the usual "running themes" put forth on various message boards, etc.
The prototype could very well be one from last year!
What many who are not looking at this with a huge pile of freaking salt , this is not unheard of to happen' depending on how long the prototype has been running during the week. For the most part its fault tollerences have to be tested anyway what better way to test the d@MN thing as much as you can to find its heat and clock cycle power leakage than to test it in real world environments. Can people stop an really think about it before jumping to worse case results. Let the designers and engineers do that,that is what they do and get paid for.
"Year old prototype? Really? That's what you think Nintendo is allowing the public to play?"
OMG, you really do not get R&D DO YOU?
What many it seem's on here do not understand, and it shows with my disagree above, changes to the hardware core design is only done with testing it's fault tollerances, I mean How else are you going to know how a design is going to perform in situation's, just because the prototye is a freaking year old does not really mean anything at all except for testing anyway. the ground work for what component's that go into the system are going to be near or the same as what's in the proto type minus some tweaks here and there. the Idea goes from paper to concept to prototype to testing to tweaking to production.
just because it's a year old does not mean the final product spawning off the prototype will have the same problems, and it sure as hell does not mean the change from prototype to to full production template is going to be that different, like i said until they go to full production we would not know anything other than that anyway. The fact that they have unit's to test out in the field is pretty d@mn good sign anyway. I would be more worried for Wii U making it's release time line if there was no prototypes for fault testing out there, but since there is, I do not think this Claim of worry about the stability of the Wii U has any real merit at this point, if it releases and it is shown to have problems in it's stability ,than that's on a whole other issue than, but until then it's pretty moot at this point to bring into Question about the "Wii U's ability to be a reliable system" at this point because their still testing the system prototypes and it could be testing right before full production.
Announced Retail Games
Aliens: Colonial Marines (Sega)
Assassin's Creed III (Ubisoft)
Avengers: Battle for Earth (Ubisoft)
Batman Arkham City: Armored Edition (Warner Bros.)
Devil's Third(THQ)
Dirt for Wii U
Dragon Quest X
FIFA '13 (EA)
Game & Wario (working title)
Ghost Recon Online
Homefront 2 (THQ)
LEGO City Stories
Madden Football 13
Mass Effect 3
Medal of Honor: Warfighter(Electronic Arts)
NBA 2K13
NBA Live 13(Electronc Arts)
New Super Mario Bros. U
Pikmin 3
Project Cars (Source Developer)
Project P-100 (Platinum Games)
Rayman Raving Rabbids
Rayman Legends (source)
Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs (Source Developer)
Scribblenauts Unlimited
SiNG (working title)
Super Smash Bros. "Next"
TANK! TANK! TANK!
Tekken Tag Tournament 2
Wii Fit U
Wii U Panorama View (working title)
I believe it has everything you asked for except COD.
Also Nintendo did the same thing last gen with the Wii. This is nothing new.
The impression CoD was announced for the Wii U. Or at least hinted at being in development.
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Stop making excuses. The games you asked for are there
You said nothing in your original post about launch games.
What you said is there were no sports games, No 2k games, no COD, Well everything you asked for is on that list. Why talk about P-100 when the 2k games you asked for are on that list? Madden is there and launching this year. Why is it suddenly not good enough.
Just admit you got busted trolling and move on with life. Sad part is your first post is there in black and white so to completely change your story in your next post shows you are only trolling.
Thats okay kid, keep asking for games and I'll post the list in every article to you realize nobody is buying your BS and give up..
EA sports games confirmed
2KSports games confirmed
COD all but confirmed
and all coming this year.
Troll on kid troll on
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I'm not a kid and not hating on Nintendo, I own every console they made, probably own more games than you do....look in the mirror, you're the troll defending a yet to be released console, I was just commenting on the article...