You are forgetting how optimized the PS3 and 360 are vs the WiiU. The PS3 and 360 can run games like Halo 4 and TLOU on 500MB of ram, the minimum spec requirement for COD on PC is 6GB :P Comparing the performance of the last gen and next gen consoles is a tad silly right now, since the difference in their optimization makes their power difference a lot smaller. Hence games tend to improve so much during a gen.

If the PS3 can run GT6 at 1440x1080/55-60fps, then it could easily run MK8 at 1280x720/30fps. I agree the PS3 and 360 couldn't achieve the full 60fps the WiiU is pulling off, but the game itself is nothing special.

As i said to someone else, MK8 is essentially a 7th gen game running at 8th gen performance lvels. It's still a beautiful looking game, but that's thanks to Nintendo's artistic skill, not any kind of technical achievement.

The WiiU will have much better demonstrations of it's power in the future, but MK8 is not one of them.

Any implication that the games underperformed on Wii U vs PS3 and 360 because it's weaker is an insane one I can't believe is still being made in 2014. The game looks stunning though.

Love the Moo Moo Meadows Wii to Wii U comparison

I love the art style
Technically its not that good
racers are very easy

Thank God for the objective and reasonable Digital Foundry. As opposed to the numerous "tech experts" we find online .

Why people want to act like the PS3 and XBox 360 don't have native 720p60 exclusive racers is f@#king beyond me.
This game uses ART well.
Perhaps you experts can tell me frame by bloody frame what makes it technically advanced. I really, reeeally want to see what you come up with.
Even IGN has the sense to split best graphics awards into aesthetics and technology. And their supposed to be "ignorant".

Seriously cannot wait till they announce the new Rainbow Road for this game, it'll have to be very special to top this N64 remake track. In fact this game has really changed the N64 tracks for the better, even the shitty Toad's Turnpike looks fun. Royal Raceway looks stunning with the water effects and the blossom and that jump... my word they executed that perfectly! Was a bit dull in the N64 version.

Nintendo fan(boy)s praising a game for its graphics... oh the irony!

OT: The game looks great and looks to be a lot of fun, which in the end is what matters on a Mario Kart game. It may be the first MK game I get in a looong time.

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Looks great. I don't care about comparisons to other consoles or whether or not you can see the individual hairs on Mario's mustache; the fact that such an artistically pretty game runs this fast and smooth is a testament to its technical prowess. In my opinion.

Artistic skill is still limited by technical capabilities.

Simply stated, you cannot get the artistic skill you see unless and underlying technical is there to allow it.