Not when you're talking about porting to a brand new system with a very different architecture to the systems it was on previously.

Oh yes it is. They don't need to redo all the assets and the pre-production stuff. All that has to be done is the porting process. They don't have to redo everything. 6 months is normal, not exceptional.

So less than five months to:

- Re-optimise the game for new and unfamiliar hardware.

- Improve and modify the graphics.

- Come up with and implement Gamepad features.

- Add extra content.

- Get the game approved, published, and shipped.

They didn't improve the graphics. It is based on the PC version. ¬_¬

Also, where did you get this "less than 5 months" figure?

No it won't ^_^b You'll create another thread like this and try to say the PS360 versions look better or on par even if it's actually better on the tech front just like right now. Assuming you are still on this site by then lol. You at least eventually admitted the Wii U version of Most Wanted is superior in this thread even if not by much in your opinion, which is a good start if nothing else. As the Wii U actually get titles that look quiet a bit better, you'd prolly come up with other excuses as usual, it's okay though, each is entitled to freedom of speech on the internet since it's not like anybody would track you down and murder you or anything unless you piss off the wrong people lol.

You have no idea what a game engine is, it is simply a toolset used to build a game. It's already been confirmed that U4 is so scalable it will run on web browsers and mobile devices, so it can clearly run on WiiU. The guy who made the comment called his original comment a 'gaffe' and said that U4 games could be ported to WiiU using that engine. He made the original statement after running a U4 demo on a super-powerful PC at a developer conference, so he probably thought the the question was about the demo, not the engine. That real-time demo would not run on WiiU (and probably not even on PS4), but a tech demo is not the same thing as the engine used to CREATE the demo. The engine itself is highly scalable, even able to run on mobile phones. Get your facts straight please.

Geometry is still the console version, and it's running at the same res as the console versions, the improvements are there, but it's a driving game so yeah..... It does show the Wii U having more strength, but this is not exactly the game tailored based on Wii U so it's like DF said, a cross between console and PC versions at the end of the day, where PC versions are usually just the same game with more bells and whistles, this version just comes with more bells basically. I don't have a problem with this being a 1st gen game though, if they can do this on a brand new hardware vs 7 year old ones where they are more familiar with the tech, then I don't think Wii U games will look bad or anything.

What I don't see is crazy physics, but I don't foresee that on the PS4 or Nextbox either TBH. The main difference will be the horse power required to render tessellated environments, which will be scaled, but will look worse for sure due to raw power constraints.

like i said before i have seen a much bigger jump in visuals/frame rate from to 360 to ps3, or even 360 to wiiu, in mutli platform games then this game has, yet i don't hear anybody yelling its more powerful, the differnce between ninja gaiden RE3 ps3 is night and day compared to wiiu version, and so are many othere games, that's why there is a debate, even this game with new dev kits, and coming out 6 months later, the game looks slightly better then the console versions  i think the people making excuses is you guys, if its more powerful hardware games should run and look a bit better period, if  need for speed wiiu had great AA, all the pc textures, and high resolution shadows, i would have said wiiu is clealy more powerful in ways that really matter and show, but this version just tells me the wiiu hardware is on par with 360/ps3 .

Of course RE would be night and day compared to the Wii U version for as long as you are the judge of your own world :P Why would anybody be surprised about that with you by now? Haha. Not to mention Most Wanted does have more stable frames rates, which means it runs better, while having better assets, which can't even be used in last gen systems.

"Need for Speed: Most Wanted on Wii U - the Digital Foundry verdict

All in all, having taken a decade-long break from Nintendo since the release of Burnout 2 on GameCube, Criterion Games has used the Wii U to conjure up the definitive console version of Need for Speed: Most Wanted. It's not an overwhelming advance that matches the visual fidelity of the PC version in all regards, but additions and tweaks are numerous and well-considered. At no expense to the frame-rate, textures stand at the midway point in the quality spectrum, between the more blurry assets we're seeing on PS3 and 360 and the highest possible settings on PC. It's a worthwhile upgrade that extends to reflection draw too, with all other visual facets being identical, and the frame-rate coming away smoother regardless."

So, better on a technical level and performs better, but you don't want to accept it and went into what you prefer instead of going into the technical aspects and pretend that your opinion is definitive without understanding of what you are actually looking at. You lost the argument the moment you decided to enter this thread, just deal with it and wait for the next one since you said the same thing last time about Most Wanted, that this game should end the debate, which it should really have by now lol. It's okay though, that just means I get to rail on you again soon enough, and I do quiet enjoy that.

I  accepted a long time ago, its doesn't matter though, most of the 360 to wiiu ports the 360 has a much bigger jump, for instants AC3 has a 5fps advantage the whole game, while wiiu version of need for speed only has a 5fps during crashes, which do you think is the bigger leap, not to mention the othere multi-platform games, the jump is very small in direct feed pics prove this, unless where talking about frame rate and as for ninja gaiden 3, read the imporessions they say the framerate is much much better then the wiiu version, in a game like ninja gaiden i would consider that a  night and day differnce.