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Does The Wii U Have Enough Power?

As Nintendo’s first HD system, the Wii U is a vast improvement over the Wii, but is it enough? Sony and Microsoft will launch their consoles after the Wii U, which means that they will undoubtedly be more powerful. Will the playing field be a bit more level this time, or will Nintendo once again find themselves unable to compete graphically?

jc485734946d ago

well, at least they're pushing 1080p.

Erimgard4946d ago

Only on some titles. A lot of early titles are still 720.

metroid324946d ago (Edited 4946d ago )

Yes but its not down to hardware as to why some devs choose 720p native its down to some games simply dont need 1080p to look good 720p natively at 60fps will be the standard going foward although games like Metroid and Zelda ect will prob run at 1080p natively/60fps because there worth the extra time and investment.

I would much prefer a game running in 720p native 60fps with true next gen graphics,rather than 1080p/30fps i know that for sure we all know the UE4 can run on wiiu and i couldnt care less if there were games in the future that ps4 had 1080/60fps and wiiu had 720p/60fps i wouldnt feel like im getting a downgrade as the difference would be minute plus the extra layer with the Gamepad would make the wiiu version still the more hardcore in my eyes.

PS-ADDICT4946d ago (Edited 4946d ago )

Wii=Jak and Daxter, Sly Cooper, Gta san andreas graffix..... Wii U= Uncharted 3, Infamous 2,vGrand Theft Auto 5 Graffix. Imagine Mario but Mario living in a gritty realistic World . Thats another way to look at it ,Cause you know Nintendo wants to Push Themselves to the Edge of Bleeding Adge Technology, hey look a screen controller. My sega dreamcast had a screen on the memory stick. Great fun i had

pixelsword4946d ago

Yes it does; the commercial "Now you're Playing with Power" basically confirms it.

Wait a sec, what year is this?

chadboban4946d ago

Will the Wii U have games that I want? So far for me the answer is yes and that's really all that matters.

-Mika-4946d ago

Yes but the most important thing Is can it keep up with the PS4/720.

chadboban4946d ago (Edited 4946d ago )

Are graphics and power important? Of course they are. Are they the MOST important. No.

In the end it's always the games that matter.

That's why I own a PS3.
That's why I own a Wii.
That's why I own a 3DS/DS.
That's why I own a PSP.
That's why I own a PC.
That's why I own a PS2.
That's why I own a Gamecube.
That's why I own a Dreamcast.
That's why I own a N64.
That's why I own a PS1.
That's why I own a SNES.
That's why I own a NES.

And that's why I WILL own a Wii U.

JokerFock4946d ago (Edited 4946d ago )

i think yes its can... its not SD vs HD anymore :D

mi_titan274945d ago

@ Chadboban

I dont see XBOX on there? but i do see a PC so its not a micro$oft thing, what is it. i myself quit playing my dustbox years ago.

AWBrawler4945d ago

@Mika how is keeping up with the other consoles more important than his preferences? Hell the SNK console had arcade graphics back in the day, but we all jumped on board with SNES or Genesis, because of our preferences.

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Theyellowflash304946d ago

Yup thats all that matters. Metroid, Mario, Zelda.... enough said.

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ElementX4946d ago

Yet another article about the Wii U's processing power? Give it a rest already

Jinkies4946d ago

Now - Yes

Later - Probably not

It's not really future proof is it, they'll get a year and a half of third party support of big developers/studios but once the PS4/Nextbox comes out and they are FOUND to be stronger then third party support COULD drop....and then what, has Nintendo got a backup plan or are they crossing their fingers and hoping for the best.

Honestly these types of questions can only be fully answered next year after E3 if the last two next gen consoles are revealed.

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U.S. patent examiner rejects Nintendo’s summoning characters patent as obvious: non-final ruling

The rejection is non-final (and even when such rejections are labeled as “final”, the process is far from over, given that there can be, at minimum, an appeal to the Federal Circuit).

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Relientk7754d ago (Edited 54d ago )

Good, as they should! A game mechanic like that shouldn't be locked behind a patent, and Nintendo didn't invent it either.

PRIMORDUS53d ago (Edited 53d ago )

Nintendo wants to keep wasting money on bullshit lawsuits, real smart in this economy. They should put that money aside for other game projects. On the other hand, I don't care if they waste it all either, and they are screwed in the future maybe that will teach them a lesson.

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Nintendo Suing U.S. Government Over Tariffs

Nintendo filed a lawsuit in the United States Court of International Trade.

Nintendo of America is suing the United States government over the sweeping tariffs President Donald Trump put in place last year, according to a complaint filed Friday in the U.S. Court of International Trade and obtained by Aftermath.

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Deathdeliverer79d ago

Well dayum lol. Old agent orange pissing off every industry and nation.

0hMyGandhi78d ago

The fact that you have ANY disagrees will forever baffle me. And to the (apparent) MAGA contingent that exists on this website, enjoy your 8-9 dollar gas.

AuraAbjure78d ago (Edited 78d ago )

Yes, they had better be pissed after Trump told them the way they rip off the USA is over.

EveryPlatformGamer79d ago

LOL I read this on gaff, will they refund the money back to the gamers? highly unlikely. Didn't they just raise prices and pass it onto the gamers? Only Nintendo would send out the Ninjas to the US government.

-Foxtrot79d ago

That’s what I was thinking, imagine them winning hypothetically, getting a s**t load of money back which they would have lost if they hadn’t raised their prices and it’s business as normal.

It would just mean people paid more for no reason since they got the money back anyway.

Outside_ofthe_Box78d ago (Edited 78d ago )

A lot of companies partially passed the cost to consumers instead of all of it. They would still have to at least pay that back to gamers, but we know that won't happen. What's also sad is that prices won't come back down after the initial hike caused by tariffs.

People didn't understand the full repercussions of tariffs. That alone should have cost him the presidency if people knew it was a permanent price hike for consumers

Inverno79d ago

The people should sue these companies for having to over pay cause of these tariffs.

Eonjay79d ago

Naw they should sue the government for forcing the tax to begin with. No one reasonably expects these companies to absorb the taxes. Many smaller companies tried and were shut down or faced to increase prices to try to maintain their business. The tariffs effect everyone.

Inverno77d ago

I meant it mostly as a joke cause we all know the costs of these tariffs were passed onto the consumer. But it's seems no matter how vocal we are here in the states our "representatives" don't seem to care enough to represent us. And things are about to get worse.

Killer2020UK77d ago

The companies were doing what the law required then to do, the tariffs however were illegally implemented. Usually it's criminals we punish, you seem to have different ideas 🤷‍♂️

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