RUMOR - Nintendo tweaking Wii U to make it Unreal Engine ...

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RUMOR - Nintendo tweaking Wii U to make it Unreal Engine 4 compatible?
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I really missed the days when we had Nintendo console rumors. It can get absolutely crazy when it comes to speculation, but I kind of like that! It seems that Wii U rumors are really heating up as we head into E3, which brings us today's rumor.

Inside sources claim that Nintendo has tweaked the Wii U to run the Unreal Engine 4. We've heard multiple times that the Wii U was still in a tweaking process with Nintendo, with new specs cropping up with every dev kit. Hearing that they're still tweaking to allow for more power makes sense. Let's hope this rumor ends up landing on the fact side of things. Thanks to Jason for the heads up!

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[GulAtiCa]

I hope so! Would be a better thing for long run for games 4+ years from launch.

[Triforce of the Gods]

I'm OK with this.

[Zug Zug]

hopefully its true, they need to make this thing future proof

[Syrek]

YES FREAKING PLZ!!!

[Eliskor]

*Mails wallet to Nintendo*

[MasterofMonster]

I'm an idiot about these things, so i'm just gonna ask. What is Unreal Engine 4?

Though it sounds good enough, i guess~

[GhuttoALT]

Wow!! Nice!!

[LDAF]

I'm an idiot about these things, so i'm just gonna ask. What is Unreal Engine 4?

Though it sounds good enough, i guess~

It's Epic's newest engine. Here's an example of it in action:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSXyztq_0uM

A huge portion of games today on 360, PS3, and PC use Unreal Engine 3, so having the Wii U compatible with Unreal 4 would be a very wise thing for Nintendo to do. Well, not so much wise as it would be using common sense, but you get my point.

[Chosenoneknuckles]

If that makes the console $/£400+ at launch [and thus a PS3 launch failure] then I'm not so sure it'd all be worth it [the final build must be done by now, E3's not that far away anymore] - I doubt this is true anyway.

[Orbulon]

I'm an idiot about these things, so i'm just gonna ask. What is Unreal Engine 4?

Though it sounds good enough, i guess~

Most current 'next-gen' games are currently using Unreal engine 3. This includes arkham city, bioshock infinite, GOW series and the upcoming Alien: colonial marines. Each upgrade in Unreals engine makes the previous look feeble. So support for Unreal 4, which has not yet been shown, would be MASSIVE in a new consoles success.

[Orbulon]

I'm an idiot about these things, so i'm just gonna ask. What is Unreal Engine 4?

Though it sounds good enough, i guess~

It's Epic's newest engine. Here's an example of it in action:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSXyztq_0uM

A huge portion of games today on 360, PS3, and PC use Unreal Engine 3, so having the Wii U compatible with Unreal 4 would be a very wise thing for Nintendo to do. Well, not so much wise as it would be using common sense, but you get my point.

Actually, thats showing off the latest updates to Unreal engine 3, Unreal engine 4 has not been shown yet

[MasterofMonster]

I'm an idiot about these things, so i'm just gonna ask. What is Unreal Engine 4?

Though it sounds good enough, i guess~

It's Epic's newest engine. Here's an example of it in action:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSXyztq_0uM

A huge portion of games today on 360, PS3, and PC use Unreal Engine 3, so having the Wii U compatible with Unreal 4 would be a very wise thing for Nintendo to do. Well, not so much wise as it would be using common sense, but you get my point.

Ooh, impressive~ ^^ Though, that says 3, and not 4? I'm confused... Thank you still, LDAF. My excitement for Wii-U has once again increased~<3

EDIT: oh, thank you for explaining, guys abow. ^^

[ddddd]

WiiU needs UE4 if nintendo really cares about getting third party devs

[Chosenoneknuckles]

WiiU needs UE4 if nintendo really cares about getting third party devs

At the expense of the Wii U actually being affordable? I don't think so chum...

[TimmyTurnersDad]

That would be a very smart move that makes total sense considering a lot of major future third party games will use this engine instead of unreal engine 3. I hope it's true.

[Orbulon]

WiiU needs UE4 if nintendo really cares about getting third party devs

well i dont think that 360 will be able to handle all features of UE4, so it will be up to the '720' when that comes out.
Its not about if nintendo cares about third party devs, its if they care about having more success when it comes to competing with the actual next gen consoles - 720 and PS4
WiiU is going to be more than capable of beating the 360 and PS3, im sure of it

[ddddd]

@Chosenoneknuckles

pffffft, making the WiiU UE4 compatible will not make it $500. Nintendo is hard at work with third party engines already, making sure they can make them work better than current gen.

[TANK]

I hope so because to run UE4 you need about 6-8GB ram/min 4GB to get that samaritian tech to run,wii u 1GB ram is not enough when the new xbox and ps4 are out.imagine a starfox or a metroid running on that beast.

[Orbulon]

I hope so because to run UE4 you need about 6-8GB ram/min 4GB to get that samaritian tech to run,wii u 1GB ram is not enough when the new xbox and ps4 are out.imagine a starfox or a metroid running on that beast.

Most people get lost when it comes to tech in consoles. they compare it too closely with PC specs. Consoles are specially designed, and are dedicated to running graphics and CPU processing towards games, whereas PC's have to run an OS in the background, and maintain so many services.

The PS3 can run Crysis 2, which in PC specs recommended RAM is 3GB, but the PS3 only has 256mb ram. Just be careful about comparisons between two completely differently developed pieces of hardware

[Agent_Rad]

Why stop at UE4? Make it UE5 and 6 compatible! There's no reason to develop a custom engine optimized for the Wii U when you can just half-ass one from PCs!

[shadowbuster]

Dear Nintendo:

[MoldyClay]

@Zug Zug

This.

The Wii U can have all the PS360 ports it wants, but if it isn't ready to compete with PS4 and the next Xbox, then it's going to be a downward spiral once those consoles hit, if they're affordable.

[Windsor]

@Zug Zug

This.

The Wii U can have all the PS360 ports it wants, but if it isn't ready to compete with PS4 and the next Xbox, then it's going to be a downward spiral once those consoles hit, if they're affordable.

Which hopefully they'll be. If Sony launches a console at a ridiculous price tag again, they deserve to tank.

[metalpants]

If it can run DX11 like that video ^ up there with the updated UE3, I would be more than satisfied. That said, I welcome the addition of UE4 with open arms and open wallet if it's not a rumor. Which, if it's fact, it will mark the dawn of a gaming era in where I'll have to play while sitting on a bucket due to inability to contain body fluids and waste.