Has Wii U surpassed that E3 2011 Zelda teaser yet?

[Zekkyou]

Goodnightmoon said:

curl-6 said:

Yeah, if any game can do it, it's FRN. Not only will it be a third generation Wii U game built from the ground up for the console by a talented studio, but they said last year they're about as close as possible to coding to the metal.

this expression, what does it means?

'Metal' refers to the hardware itself. The closer to the metal you're coding (which is usually the result of either API optimization, or if someone is really dedicated they can code directly to the hardware with something like assembly), the more of the hardware's power and quirks you can take advantage off.

It's one of the reasons why consoles tend to produce better results than a PC with comparable hardware. Programming for a specific piece of hardware (rather than thousands of PC combinations) let's you code closer to the metal.

TL;DR - Closer to the metal = more optimization potential.