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Wii U Speculation Thread The Third: Casting Dreams in The Castle of Miyamoto
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Tingle?
ColdBlooder
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A drunk Perrin Kaplan on a pogostick throwing barrels screaming "Do a Barrel roll, reggie!"?
Yes i know she dosent work for nintendo anymore... And for quite sime time now...
So some things I could gather about Lego City for Wii U:
- in development since early-mid 2010 with pre-production having started in 2009 already
- originally slated for a release in fall 2011 according to LEGO ads, obviously not for Wii U
- may have been renamed (Lego City: Undercover)
- definitely coming this year
- in development since early-mid 2010 with pre-production having started in 2009 already
- originally slated for a release in fall 2011 according to LEGO ads, obviously not for Wii U
- may have been renamed (Lego City: Undercover)
- definitely coming this year
Concerning the rumor of a dozen (or so) pages back regarding the GPU in the devkits being a HD4770. Since the source from this poster was vague to put it mildly ("developers") it has been discredited. But is it unlikely? To me it seems to make more sense at first glance than the 4850. It consumes less than half the power of the 4850, it's only a couple of percentages less potent, misses 1Tflop by a hair, already was on a smaller die, ran with GDDR5 as opposed to the HD4850, 16 ROP, 640 ALU...
Of course, does it matter what's in the devkit if both GPU's are close and final hardware will be custom?
Of course, does it matter what's in the devkit if both GPU's are close and final hardware will be custom?
More like- does it matter if the system gets great games?
I think the first two years of this consoles life will be tremendous.
Nintendo will probably do everything possible for the WiiU to become the
goto console for developers to develop on next gen regardless of how powerful
the other two consoles might end up being.
It was never rumoured to be an HD4770. The speculation considered the HD4830 (which is pretty similar though).
And yes, a GPU of that raw power should be possible in the Wii U box. Especially considering that it's possibly made on a smaller 32nm process, whereas the HD4770 was made on 40nm and the HD4830 on 55nm.
The GPU would not be a 4000 series shrunk, from everything we know, it's a completely custom part that shouldn't resemble any one gpu series from AMD too closely.
AceBandage
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It's all in the OP if people would read it, but here's a link to all the rumors.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=35948834&postcount=1183
AceBandage
Banned
It was always going to be a totally unique GPU.
I dunno why anyone thought it would be any different.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
I have a feeling this is my killer app for the Wii U. I absolutely adore these games, and this one seems to be open-world.
Most people seem to think the console manufacturers do their shopping at Newegg
AceBandage
Banned
I just hope it isn't changed from an awesome Open World game to a lame strictly mission following game.
It's been extremely frustrating, particularly when the discussion of RAM comes up.
It's been extremely frustrating, particularly when the discussion of RAM comes up.
I was hoping for a tweeked existing design for the soul purpose of my being able to wrap my head around the tech. Now we'll need to wait for a detailed leak years down the line about the ins and outs of the architecture
Of course! And have you seen how absolutely cheap RAM is there? Nintendo has no excuse for not going with 8GB of RAM this time around, or even just a bare minimum of 4GB.
AceBandage
Banned
I was hoping for a tweeked existing design for the soul purpose of my being able to wrap my head around the tech. Now we'll need to wait for a detailed leak years down the line about the ins and outs of the architecture
We should get a pretty good idea of what is can do at E3 with the first party games.
I want deeetails.
fluffydelusions
Member
I could have sworn Nintendo said they'd be giving more information out about Wii U prior to E3 months ago. Well whatever, I'm with you. I want details, a list of launch games, and a release date.
AceBandage
Banned
They will.
But not about their GPU, which is what he wants details for.
Just more doom and gloom talk.
I know right! I just checked Newegg, their selling 4GB for like $30. Free shipping too!
Just pop it in and bada boom. This fucking company!
Well, I do want expansion pak style upgradeable ram. I'm not the only one *winks at Rosti*
I doubt we'll get any information till E3. GDC was the best chance and any Wii U info was behind closed doors.
Unless there really is going to be a surprise Nintendo conference that someone said there was rumblings of. Was it ShockingAlberto who said this?
Probably not going to amount to anything though.
Great :/
AceBandage
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The problem is, that just really isn't feasible these days.
I disagree. Because I have dreams.
AceBandage
Banned
That's enough Parapa for you.
Like i said, it was, by a gaf member claiming to have gotten the info from "developers".
Edit: "around the level"... which kind of doesn't rule out either 4850 or 4830. It's actually closer to the 4850 in performance. I'd be quite happy with that. That's a noticeably upgrade over the Xenos.
So do I but you don't see me talking about them
Hey that's your problem bub.
Captain Smoker
Member
Imagine a Xenoblade like this. ^^
Edit:
The funny thing is that the game actually looks like this (but with bad textures xD) & aliasing.
Edit:
The funny thing is that the game actually looks like this (but with bad textures xD) & aliasing.
blu
Wants the largest console games publisher to avoid Nintendo's platforms.
LC and C.A.R.S. (and perhaps Colonial Marines, depending on the upad use) are so far my launch games. Apparently that is without any knowledge of what nintendo might have in store.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
Funny enough, IGN recently did a poll of readers to see what feature they wanted most in next-gen systems and upgradable parts was the winner.
So I take it that we still have no clue on when the next Nintendo Direct is?
I'm thinking we have Nintendo Direct, PAX East, the Investors Conference, and.. that's about it for events between now and E3. And I honestly don't expect anything from any of those events, except for maybe some goofy NintendoGAF hype before one or two of those events.
(and If I see ReggieGras-like photoshop silliness before a friggin' investors' conference, I know we've reached a new level where we can hype anything)
IGN and those voters make the perfect couple
AceBandage
Banned
If the investors meeting is the 26th, then I would put my money as soon after that.
fluffydelusions
Member
Makes little sense for consoles and it already exists...it's called PC
Pretty much. Nintendo for the best of console gaming, and PC for the best of technically demanding gaming.
(and I like your avatar)
True. High-end consoles would be more expensive, but..
PC's are dramatically more expensive.
A 500€ PC will be still capable of more than a 500€ console and has tons of more functions than a console.
And you think an upgradable console won't Inherit that flaw?
The n64 RAM pak was bundled with a game. At the very worst a RAM upgrade would cost the same as a high end game. I do not want all parts upgradeable.
The more I read about the tastes and wishes of the "hardcore" gaming population from various sources, the more I realize just how far out of touch I am. Not that that's a good or a bad thing.
How'd you find this?
Interesting read
Does this mean: even more stuff for third party developers?
This seems to be some kind of a nice debug solution. Could this mean that some Wii U games could be almost finished?
WHY I AM NOT A TECHIE
Does this mean: even more stuff for third party developers?
This seems to be some kind of a nice debug solution. Could this mean that some Wii U games could be almost finished?
WHY I AM NOT A TECHIE
It just popped up on a newsfeed.