How much more powerful do you think the Wii U is compared to PS3/Xbox360.

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Sal.Paradise said:

HappySqurriel said:

Sal.Paradise said:

Wait...if your argument is that Kameo was originally developed on the old Xbox architecture then ported..shouldn't that be an indicator that it does NOT look as good as it could have, as it started out on old hardware lacking modern features?

This is EXACTLY the response I see everyone give when people bring up Pikmin 3's lackluster visuals. It doesn't count! It started out on Wii! But now the opposite? Very strange. 

So if I subscribe to your logic..why doesn't Pikmin 3 look like a clear generational leap, as Kameo most definitely was? Hell, it doesn't even need to make the jump from SD to HD like Kameo did. It benefits from years of work and tools used in HD development that were not available at the start of this generation. Kameo didn't. So? 

18 to 24 months to improve visuals of a nearly completed game will typically result in a better looking game than 12 to 18 months to develop a game from scratch from the ground up ...

Can I have sources on both of these specific development details for Pikmin 3 and Kameo please? Or are you guessing? Again, I could swear people told me Pikmin 3 is just an HD-ified Wii game, hence its poor visuals, but you're saying it's being built for Wii U from the ground up.

It's a clear genrational leap... from the Wii. Or are you really meaning a two-generational leap, going beyond 360/PS3? Such a feat is usually reserved for Duke Nukem, so that's not necessarily a reasonable expectation if we are to assume that Nintendo is remotely smart.

In all likelihood, Pikmin 3 did not begin full development until 2010 (it started pre-production in 2008) and by that time Nintendo may have already decided to move the project to Wii U. That would explain why Nintendo kept quiet about it for so long, and why we haven't seen any Wii version screenshots, unlike Kameo on Xbox.

Moreover, Pikmin 3 is a very nice-looking game. Have you seen any of the screenshots recently? "Poor visuals" my ass.