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#300492 Fast Racing Neo Screens and Discussion

Posted by DarkMagician77 on 15 October 2014 - 11:47 PM

Im not sure if your saying its not that big of a deal, or trying to say that the Wii U doesnt have a 160 SPU GPU?  Its been pretty well proven that the 160 SPU theory is more than likely accurate.  All you need to do is look at the AMD HD6450, a 160spu GPU with 8 texture units and 4 rops (Wii U's GPU supposedly has 8 ROPS), but overall is very close to the Wii U's suggested specs, and as you can see from testing done, it can outclass the 360/PS3, and thats in the PC environment.  Take a look at this if your skeptical.

 

http://www.techpower..._Passive/9.html

 

People, and I am no exception got to hung up on the "flops" performance of the GPU.  The majority of developers gave positive reaction to the GPU and memory, it was the CPU that gave them some fits.  Time constraints and cruddy dev kits and support from Nintendo is what caused the underwhelming performance with the early ports, and then the low sales of Wii U resulted in publishers devoting very little resources to the Wii U ports.  Imagine if all the early ports had been as good as Need For Speed MW and Bayonetta, the perception of Wii U might be a bit different throughout the industry.

 

This is a much better source for the Wii U's Latte GPU:  http://www.techpower.../wii-u-gpu.html showing that it is indeed a step up from the very capable Xenos GPU http://www.techpower...-360-gpu.html.  The Latte is most probably derieved from the Evergreen GPU 5550 that was released nearly 3 years before the Latte went into production and not an AMD HD 4xxx because of power consumption and the Latte showing the capablity for DX11 equivalent effects. http://www.cinemable...ii-U-58370.html http://www.nintengen...-wii-u-gpu.html http://www.cinemable...hics-47126.html

Anyways here is a few more things that might help enlighten about the possible Wii U GPU:

http://www.extremete...-ibmamd-cpu-gpu

http://www.amd.com/e...ktop/5000/5550#

http://en.wikipedia...._5xxx.29_Series

 

The Wii U GPU is most definitely not in the same area code in terms of raw power compared to PS4/X1 but it is still a very capable GPU. It along with Nintendo's artistic style is going to be enough to create some of the most beautiful looking games this generation.

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#299748 Best looking Wii U game right now?

Posted by DarkMagician77 on 04 October 2014 - 03:25 AM

I always thought Nintendo Land looks amazing. Especially the lighting... love when the train takes off into the air. It looks stunning. Zelda mini game looks great

 

I agree simple yet pleasing!!!!



Damn...the Wii U has some beautiful games!!!



I highly recommend reviving this thread here. It is a screen shot thread with some spoilers.

 

http://thewiiu.com/t...poilers-within/

 

Cool...I'll look into it!!!




#299742 Best looking Wii U game right now?

Posted by DarkMagician77 on 04 October 2014 - 02:57 AM

After playing wind waker HD, I don't understand why people still hates cell-shaded Zelda game. It might not be best, but it is still not a bad decision

 

I actually think this will age better screenshot1.jpg

 

than this:

zelda-wii-u.jpg

 

which to me would have aged better than these:

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#299738 Best looking Wii U game right now?

Posted by DarkMagician77 on 03 October 2014 - 11:54 PM

I have about 2 dozen Wii U games ranging from the fun and simple NintendoLand to the gorgeous looking Rayman Legends.  I know graphics is only a small part of what makes a great game but it is still important.  What do you think is the best looking WIi U game out at the moment? After debating between the likes of Trine 2, NanoAssault Neo, Rayman Legends, MK8, Pikmin 3 and Super Mario 3D World

I give the nod to a remaster of a nearly perfect game that is the LoZ:WWHD:

 

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Can't wait for the "NEW" cel-shaded Zelda coming out next year!!! It'll be a classic!




#299634 Wii U troll pwned by Kamiya

Posted by DarkMagician77 on 02 October 2014 - 02:07 PM

Hella funny, Kamiya tired of trying to explain that Bayonetta 2 will never come to PS4/XB1 pwns a Wii U troll.  The troll asks Kamiya if he is dissapointed developing Bayo2 for such a weak system.  Kamiya responds to the troll, asking if his mom was dissapointed in his inferior son!!!  Ouch!!! Kamiya destroyed that troll online!!! Only thing is...Wii U trolls seem to be in full defense calling him a jerk.  If someones gonna be an @$$ expect to be disrespected in my opinion. BTW here's the link: https://twitter.com/...779146286436352

 

So what do you think well deserved or did Kamiya go a little over the top embarassing this nice young man? :laugh:

https://twitter.com/...779146286436352




#299190 Media Create Sales: 9/15/14 – 9/21/14...Bayo2 sales solid but not great!

Posted by DarkMagician77 on 25 September 2014 - 11:20 AM

I hope Bayonetta 2 can sell 100k in Japan..

 

[Wii U] Bayonetta 2 (Nintendo, 09/20/14) – 38,828 (New) 

 

 

Better opening then Wonderful 101.. that 1st week was a bit less than 7,000.

 

I agree that it is wayyyy better start compared to W101 (still hoping that they make a sequel with this new Nintendo IP) and the game has a sure shot of hitting 100K units in Japan alone before the end of the year.  I expect it to sell somewhere in the 100K units in the USA in it's first week with NPD giving it a monthly sale of around 140K-150K for the month.  I am hoping that with Operation Platinum that it sells another 200K-300K until the end of the holidays.  In the EU I expect 85K-90K units the first week and selling another 100K for the rest of the year.  In total I expect it to reach at least 550K after the holidays and legging out to 1Mil by the end of the Wii U lifetime.




#299097 Xenoblade Chronicles vs FF XV what do you think?

Posted by DarkMagician77 on 24 September 2014 - 12:11 PM

I definitely feel that FFXV eventually became influenced by the nature of the positive responses about Xenoblade's vast world.

 

I also believe they have been making adjustments to more closely compete with Xenoblade Chronicles 'X' now that they've seen it, mostly because there's no denying that many people such as myself feel that Xenoblade Chronicles was the proper spiritual successor to the Final Fantasy series when it started going after emo teenager stuff and started completely ignoring that "fantasy" part in the title, lol

 

With the abomination that was FF XIII, SE surely needed inspiration from an actual GOOD RPG that is XBC!!!




#299094 Media Create Sales: 9/15/14 – 9/21/14...Bayo2 sales solid but not great!

Posted by DarkMagician77 on 24 September 2014 - 12:10 PM

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

  1. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo, 09/13/14) – 321,363 (1,266,008)
  2. [3DS] Yokai Watch 2: Ganso / Honke (Level-5, 07/10/14) – 56,380 (2,525,591)
  3. [Wii U] Bayonetta 2 (Nintendo, 09/20/14) – 38,828 (New) (67% sell through stock)
  4. [PS3] Destiny (SCE, 09/11/14) – 18,396 (67,896)
  5. [3DS] Dragon Quest X Online (Square Enix, 09/04/14) – 13,948 (89,299)
  6. [PS4] Destiny (SCE, 09/11/14) – 13,014 (104,291)
  7. [PS3] Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution (Bandai Namco, 09/11/14) – 9,389 (49,569)
  8. [PSV] Toukiden Kiwami (Koei Tecmo, 08/28/14) – 7,936 (129,256)
  9. [Wii U] Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo, 05/29/14) – 6,396 (672,313)
  10. [3DS] Yokai Watch (Level-5, 07/11/13) – 4,554 (1,274,296)
  11. [3DS] Yoshi’s New Island (Nintendo, 07/24/14) – 4,334 (184,048)
  12. [PS3] Grand Theft Auto V Low Price Version (Take-Two, 06/26/14) – 3,087 (63,395)
  13. [3DS] Pokemon X and Y (Pokemon, 10/12/13) – 2,944 (4,144,405)
  14. [PS4] Samurai Warriors 4 (Koei Tecmo, 09/04/14) – 2,840 (19,131)
  15. [3DS] Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission 2 (Bandai Namco, 08/07/14) – 2,792 (139,935)
  16. [3DS] Medarot 8 Kabuto Ver. / Kuwagata Ver. (Rocket Company, 08/28/14) – 2,763 (48,069)
  17. [3DS] Taiko Drum Master: Don and Katsu’s Space-Time Great Adventure (Bandai Namco, 06/26/14) – 2,719 (163,54)
  18. [PS3] Diablo III: Reaper of Souls Ultimate Evil Edition (Square Enix, 08/21/14) – 2,611 (32,151)
  19. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf (Nintendo, 11/08/12) – 2,554 (3,788,095)
  20. [Wii U] Hyrule Warriors (Koei Tecmo, 08/14/14) – 2,443 (102,620)

Hardware Sales (followed by last week’s sales)

  1. 3DS LL – 35,622 (31,602)
  2. PlayStation Vita – 11,148 (12,331)
  3. PlayStation 4 – 8,939 (23,623)
  4. Wii U – 8,396 (7,062)
  5. 3DS – 7,970 (7,967)
  6. PlayStation 3 – 6,078 (6,083)
  7. Xbox One – 1,314 (3,015)
  8. PlayStation Vita TV – 704 (817)
  9. Xbox 360 – 103 (96)
  10. PSP – 99 (101)

Thanks, 4Gamer.net.


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I am relieved that the game sold quite decently.  It was in line with the 35K-40K I was expecting avoiding a disaster if it sold only >20K that many Wii U haters were predicting.  It should creep to a decent 100K units sold by the end of the year having almost similar sales to HW (60K) and expected sales boost from Wii U version of Smash.  The Wii U really needs a home console version of MH4 and Pokemon RPG to really maintain momentum after the Smash release.  I don't see any software maintaining it's hardware sales after Smash Bros.  PS4 and Destiny had a good hold and X1 is literally DOA in Japan with sales  <1.5K units.  On the portable side the 3DS is beasting over the PSV which is all but dead anywhere outside Japan!!



BTW I expect Bayo2 to sell 2-3x as much in the NA territories and 1.5x-2x in EU territories compared to Japan!!!




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