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Soundwave on 13 October 2012
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Kenology said:
DanneSandin said:
Kenology said:

1.5 is still a great deal of power.  50% more power!  I'm not convinced the Wii was 1.5x more powerful than the Gamecube to be completely honest.  While I don't think the Gamecube could run games like Super Mario Galaxy 1 & 2 at 60fps with all the shaders and physics going on, or Xenoblade with its complex and expansive geometry, I don't think it was too far behind in terms of tech. 

We'll really start to see what the Wii U is made of once Retro, Monolith, and one of EAD's Tokyo Dev Groups gets ahold of it. 

All this talk about Wii U's horsepower will be forgotten once we see all these franchises in glorious HD.  Just you wait.

If it's only 50%-100% more powerful it's gonna bomb... There's no reason for the HD crowd to upgrade and WiiU's only gonna sell 20m again...

I sincerely hope you're wrong Keno =) But I'm sure you're right that we'll see the true capabilites when Retro and Monolith unveils their project!

The Wii didn't bomb...


The Wii had one hell of a hook though that no one had seen before really. The "get grandpa off the couch and lets all play together! It's so funny!" thing had novelty factor off the charts.

Now it's old hat.