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Is It Time for Mario to Return to Computers (Mario running in Unreal 4 Engine)?

Carl Williams writes, "It is not all that often that Nintendo lets their lead franchises out to play on other platforms other than Nintendo bred ones. We saw this happen in the 80’s in Japan when Hudson Soft released a Super Mario Bros on the PC-88. We also saw it happen with the CD-i when Philips released versions of Zelda and Mario for their failed full motion video machine. We also saw it with a couple of education games by The Software Toolworks for various platforms. While Nintendo has let Mario out to other developers from time to time, I want to focus on that first one, the PC game. Why? Because I think it is time that Mario comes back to PC gaming. Why the hell would Nintendo do that? Watch the Mario in Unreal 4 video, below, and tell me that you wouldn’t want to see an official Mario game using this engine on PC."

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theXtReMe13270d ago

I dig Mario in a more realistic setting. Looks incredible. Nintendo needs to take notice.

Mikefizzled3270d ago (Edited 3270d ago )

Nintendo build most of their games future proofing with as a key idea. They reason they rarely go for realistic graphics is because they date so much quicker then traditional Mario style. Example being that Super Mario 64 and Duke Nukem 3D released in the same year. Its safe to say that one art style aged better.

HarryMasonHerpderp3270d ago

That looks awesome. Nintendo would never do it though unfortunately.

Fez3269d ago

Lol this looks so silly! As a parody it has potential, but mashing these styles together just looks funny.

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Check out this Incredible Batman 1989 Fan Project

Tim Burton’s vision of Gotham brought to life by passionate fans.

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Gridknac1134d ago

Wow! That is badass. WB needs to make this happen now.

WoodsRatesGames1134d ago

Right? Thanks for checking it out!

Minute Man 7211133d ago

Fans??? This is done by one person

WoodsRatesGames1133d ago

Someone else was commissioned to do the music and another person modelled the batmobile. Links to all involved are included in the article.

Gaming4Life19811133d ago

They should have been made a batman game for the best batman movie. This looks amazing and now I must watch the movie.

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Star Wars Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight Unreal Engine 4 Remake recreates Rimmer's Rest

YouTube's 'ackehallgren' has recreated the Rimmer's Rest from Star Wars Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight in Unreal Engine 4.

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Unreal Engine 4 RTX Tech Demo available for download

NVIDIA and Epic Games have released an official Unreal Engine 4 RTX Tech Demo.

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Magog1153d ago

Am I crazy or is there an Unreal Engine 5 now? Why promote old tech?

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waverider1153d ago

I really dont understand either? isnt the Unreal Engine 5 already available for studios? arent they already working with it?

masterfox1153d ago

UE5 Is for PS5 only, deal with it! :D

***runs away from this thread with pride!**

Tacoboto1153d ago

UE5 is not released yet and developers for years will still make UE4 games because that's where their tools and customizations are.

Mortal Kombat still uses UE3. Mass Effect Legendary Edition is also still UE3.

Magog1153d ago

That more of an embarrassing indictment of those devs than a reason to promote old software.

Tacoboto1153d ago

Embarrassing indictment? You know nothing of software development then.

Spenok1153d ago (Edited 1153d ago )

Because a ridiculous amount of the industry still uses 4, and because no, 5 is not out yet. They said it would launch later this year.

AuraAbjure1153d ago

Companies still use Unreal Engine 3.

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Tghood851153d ago

Really impressive tech but I don’t even notice all of these benefits in real life, never mind being chased by zombies in a video game. Rather devote resources to resolution and frame rate.

Magog1153d ago

If you suddenly stopped casting reflections in a mirror I think you would notice.

Amplitude1153d ago (Edited 1153d ago )

Edit: i misread this.
N4G really needs a delete comment button lol

Einhander19711152d ago

Yes after seeing the Unreal 5 ps5 reveal, I thought that's where we were heading. But saying that I have read various articles that suggest its easy for developers to still work on Unreal 4 and carry everything over to Unreal 5 when needed, we shall see.