5th Cell: ‘Wii U Is Just Like A Nintendo DS, But With Much More Power’

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Darc Requiem said:

lilbroex said:

biggamejames79 said:
The last time the most powerful console won the console war was the SNES over the genesis I think, power means nothing if you don't utilize it to win. That's why Nintendo squashed the competition in the 7th Gen, cause power not fully used is nothing but potential. Potential doesn't sell consoles.

The Genesis was actually more "powerful" in technical capabilitily. The SNES was just capable of producing the more colorful and prettier looking picture.

The Genesis had a faster CPU. The SNES was better at just about everything. The SNES could render larger sprites, more sprites, more colors on screen, and the difference in sound quality was substantial. Particularly with any game with voice sampling.

Don't forget Mode 7 scaling, that was one of the bigger technical advantages the SNES had over the Genesis.