Konami/Hudson Soft, the development studio behind the Deca Sports franchise has told Backseat Gamers the Wii U hardware is on par with Nintendo's own 3DS handheld. Many of us were hoping that the Wii U would be slightly more powerful, but it seems as though the graphical prowess behind the machine is similar to current generation handhelds.

"We have limitations based on Nintendo’s progress, but the only problem that’s been for us is not having an actual release date. But once we know when the Wii U has, when Nintendo has commited to a firm date we will be able to commit to a date for Deca Sports, but we’re planning on it being a launch title, and so far everything’s been smooth sailing.

So far the hardware’s been on par with what we have with the current generation handheld's. Based on what I understand, the Wii U duct-taped together with a 3DS is still less powerful than the PS3/PS Vita combo."

- John Smith, Hudson Soft

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This rumour is as Low as It can gEt...

This is awesome news. I could just buy an adapter for my 3DS instead of the WiiU.
Then I could have a WiiU on the go!

Positive thinking, that's the way to go with these things.
Both Pikmin 3 and Luigi's Mansion 2 on the 3DS/Wii U.

yeah, not like we've seen the Zelda footage, which suggests higher than Ps3 graphics...

Who called that it would be less powerful than the Wii? They are WINRAR

I'm not saying that Wii U has worse graphics than PS3 (and I don't think so either), but why people keep referring to the Zelda demo is beyond me. Looks to me like the 360 could easily pull it off

7zip is free.

It's physically impossible for that Zelda demo to run on the 360.

Nintendo own Zelda.