I wonder if the budgets of some games is getting cut here because I think Nintendo was not anticipating such low Wii U sales, making it difficult to make money on any high budget game.
Devil's Third looks rough visually too ... so perhaps a low budget there. Even Zelda, perhaps they opted for an art style closer to Skyward Sword to save money, a Zelda game with the visual fidelity of that initial E3 demo probably would've cost a small fortune to make.







