New Wii U Rumor!

Here's the latest update on what has been made available to developers working on the Wii U. If not available, these features are available in the dev kit's documentation.

- Facial recognition
- Suspend game
- Multitasking

There are some other ideas that may be implemented, but the source supposedly in the know with these features cannot confirm them.
http://gonintendo.com/?mode=viewstory&id=178043

PokeBrawl I love your Nintendo rumor updates =D They are what keeps me going this last bit before e3 ^^

Thanks! I post them when I can!

Also, Unreal Engine 4 will be showed off for 30 minutes on Spike.

Q: Are we going to see a full reveal of Unreal Engine 4?

Geoff: Yes, we will be unveiling Unreal Engine 4 during E3 week on Spike. I went down to Epic and filmed with Cliff, Tim Sweeney and the whole crew. Full half-hour special on the engine and tech.

Q: F-yes. Hopefully it will be a treat for people more into the development side and the gritty details, not just the “Those graphics are so graphic!”. But I guess all that info will come out sooner rather than later anyway. :)

Geoff: For sure, we are showing off the editor and a lot of the tech. Very in depth, glad to hear you are excited!

http://mynintendonews.com/2012/05/28/e3-30-minutes-of-epics-next-gen-unreal-engine-4-on-spike/

More rumors! Developer on Neogaf talks Wii U specs compared to Xbox 720, PS4!

Post 1: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=38274551&postcount=7296

"I'll put wiiu as a low specs Pc compared to the others (durango, PS4) with the actual data"


Post 2: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=38274838&postcount=7318

"Ps4 is not final yet and can change a lot but Xbox 3 it's more or less clear right now and the gap is big in almost every part "


Post 3: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=38270297&postcount=7114

When someone said nobody will notice a major difference in graphics between Wii U and other consoles, the person disagreed.

"mmm no, it will be noticeable (technically speaking)."


Post 4: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=38275331&postcount=7348

When asked if gap between Wii U and Durango will be a gap like "PS2 and Xbox 1" or "Dreamcast and Xbox 1"...he said...

"Difficult to measure ... But i think Is more Like the Second one (Sorry about the capital letters I'm On ny iPhone XD)"

NOOOOooooo! I don't want it to be that big a difference between WiiU and the others =( hallo Wii2 =(

^^ This miraculous man has worked with all 3 future consoles hmm?
One week will reveal the truth.......

I think it'll be more like 1 year before we know the truth =P

To be honest, I don't think it will matter by then... it takes like 2 years to make a game.Many teams started last year to create WiiU games & ports that will release throughout 2013. Others will have just started now and will release efforts in 2014. With how expensive gaming is, I don't see them abandoning WiiU support a la Wii in the 3rd year because the hardware's outdated....

Even if the X720 is a Xbox1 to Dreamcast power difference above the WiiU, that still isn't enough to disallow ports.

Keep shoveling the rumor-coals to keep the hype-train fires going!

BGAssassin (from NeoGAF) gave this video on what to expect for the WiiU to Orbis/Durango gap:

So while there'll be a noticable difference between the consoles (at least hardware speaking), it shouldn't be a total generational gap like it was for Wii/PS3/X360.

Though honestly, we're at the point where art style will be more important than ever. I think the UE4 demo pics proved that...

I'm still fearing that after 2014/2015 3rd party support will dry up... If there's a big difference in graphics ppl won't buy the WiiU version, and thus ending ports - or we'll see a flood of poor ports...