Shin'en Multimedia Bringing Art of Balance to the Wii U eShop

Earlier this week Shin'en Multimedia teased a reveal for a new Wii U game, one beyond the already highly-anticipated FAST Racing NEO, and Nintendo Life can exclusively confirm that this Wii U eShop title is Art of Balance.

It'll include new features such as online co-op and competitive multiplayer, online leaderboards and new control options.

[BoneBone]

1080p / 240fps / 5 player local x 2 = upto 10 player online / more local and online options / Wiimote support.

SOLD!

[eyeofcore]

It is not 240FPS... It is rock solid 60FPS.

240 FPS involving physics calculation, the more frames the more accurate it is.

This game is most def above PS3/X360 in visuals...

[11eleven11]

If every studio could match the speed and quality of Shin'an the market would be in bloom. I will get everything they produce. Congratulations to the team.

[D2K]

It seems that studios that actually have time to work on Wii U games or care to study the hardware to see how powerful it really is seem to come up with very pleasing results.

I've never played their Art Of Balance games before so this would be a new experience for me.

[Venoxn4g]

you definately should, this is a great game and Shinen are very great devs..

[for we are many]

Very happy to hear this, the wiiware and 3DS iterations of this series is nothing short of amazing, addictive fun.

[Neonridr]

I will have to check out the 3DS version while I wait for this one to release. Looks promising though.

[mohuzas]

Weakest console.
Still doing 1080p 240fps

[ChickeyCantor]

Playing devils advocate here.
240 fps is the loop cycle of the physics calculations.

This does not involve game mechanics/rendering. It simply checks polygon collision/resolution at a higher rate.

[gedden7]

240 FPS... I know that its a simple game but damn I would LOVE to see that wow!!!!! I watched a youtube video of the older 3ds version and the gameplay looks very addicting relaxing and fresh! BUT 1080p and 240 fps with that refreshing gameplay style wow!!! Yeah, that Wii U sure is OUT DATED.... lmao DRONES...

[lilbroRx]

You should watch the original Wii version.

Better graphics, higher frame rate and higher quality music.

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Gotta love that music.

[D2K]

Wow. Never seen that game until today. Those graphics are pretty impressive for a Wii title. Shin'nen definitely knows their stuff.

Nintendo needs to buy them outright and expand their studios.

[ChickeyCantor]

It's not rendering at 240fps >_>

[gedden7]

Really, explain?

[ChickeyCantor]

"Really, explain?"

It's rendering at 60 fps. There is no reason to go higher. ( most tv's don't support higher rates, it's not a standard yet. )

The physics loop cycle runs at 240 fps relative to the games 60 fps. In other words the physics are updated 4 times MORE than the game is rendered.

A generic game loop could look like this

update stuff before loop.
update input
update gamelogic
update [any other system ( such as physics )]
update rendering
update stuff after loop.

This happens 60 times a second. ( or 30 times a second depending on the fps settings )

( some things are updated only after a few frames a sec. Like A.I. to prevent heavy duty tasks to steal a lot of cpu cycles)

They probably moved the physics to its own looping thread to run it 4 times more than the normal game loops. This allows for more calculations within a second. Thus making the physics more precise.

Again, the game runs at 60fps, physics run at 240 fps. Physics code is run 240 times a second.

[gedden7]

WOW very interesting! Awesome still sounds awesome! Thanks very much!! VERY VERY Much!

[Chrischi1988]

Cant wait for Fast Racing League Neo :D

Think about how great they did with only 40MB of space for WiiWare Titles and what they made with that. Think about what they can do with the power of the Wii U and actually a lot more space available XD

These guys really are the best new devs in the scene and they come from my home country :D

[JackieCruise69]

Wow, this is the other project?
Awesome, I'll be trying it out, I didn't try the original, so this'll be new for me. It looks relaxing though, a game to just blow time when I have a hard time sleeping or something. :)

Shin'en is definitely on a roll, if only more big name devs were like these guys, they're a group I can respect. Can't wait to see what Fast Racing Neo looks like, now.

[eyeofcore]

People...

It is 1080P/Full HD/1920x1080P native resolution at 60 FPS

240 FPS is involving physics calculation while the game its self is locked at 60 FPS. No TV supports 240 FPS, 120 at best.

Anyway this game uses high resolution textures are alot better than on Xbox 360 or Playstation 3.

[X1PS4WiiU]

Even Shinen themselves said, the game calculates the physics 240 times a second. Its not the frame rate!

It would be pointless to make this game higher than 60 fps, as most tvs only support true 60hz.

Im looking forward to this game.