Wii U launch title Darksiders II will probably look exactly like the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions irrespective of the Nintendo console's horsepower, developer Vigil has said.
Based on what Vigil, which spent five weeks in the run up to E3 creating a working version of the action adventure game on Wii U, knows about Nintendo's next home console, Darksiders II will be a direct port.
"There's plenty of horsepower there, so we're not going to have to make any visual concessions at all for Darksiders 2," game director Marvin Donald told Eurogamer.
The power behind the Wii U is shrouded in mystery - and in a state of flux - although Eurogamer can reveal that second generation developer kits are now with development studios.
"At a minimum on par, for sure," Donald said of Darksiders 2's visuals on Wii U versus Darksiders 2's visuals on PS3 and Xbox 360.
"Whether or not we can go one step further, that might be driven by what's available on the PC and whether or not that is easy to translate to the Wii U hardware, because there are most likely going to be resolution choices for the PC version of the game. We know some gamers are just going to have more horsepower at their disposal.
"It's probably going to be the same graphically, regardless of any minor or major horsepower improvements on the Wii U.
"But, in all honesty, if the Wii U turns out to be this ridiculously powerful machine, we will probably make changes to our budget and scope to take advantage of that. But that's currently not the plan. It's going to be a direct port. That's what we're planning on. But that's based off of what we believe the hardware's going to be like."
