Kai_Mao on 07 February 2017
| DevilRising said: I wouldn't exactly call that good news, if true. One of the greatest things ABOUT Nintendo, is that they've consistently built and used their OWN game engines, NOT other peoples'. Everyone and their third cousin uses Unreal Engine these days, and IMO, that's a big reason why so many "AAA" games look the same. They all look bland and same-ish, generally uncreative design. IMO that helped give rise to the unfortunately true meme of "gray and brown" HD games. I would personally rather NOT see Nintendo jump on the bandwagon and start using UE to make their games. |
This is probably more for Nintendo devs to continue learning how to utilize such engines. Doesn't necessarily mean they'll trend towards Unreal from here on out. BotW isn't on Unreal and I don't believe Mario Odyssey is either (more in the line of an enhanced 3D World/Mario Kart 8 engine). And games like Splatoon, Xenoblade 2, FE Warriors, etc., don't appear to be as well. They'll still probably use more in house engines for big games but with the knowledge of Unreal and Unity, they could help port or create smaller budget titles faster.
