July 14th, 2012

It’s not Epic’s intentions to bring Unreal Engine 4 to the Wii U

52 Comments

Mark Rein of Epic Games, when talking about Unreal Engine 4 and the Wii U, has said:

…I don’t think it’s our intention to bring Unreal Engine 4 to Wii U, but Unreal Engine 4 is going to be supremely scalable. We’ll run on mobile phones and on a wide variety of things, so if a customer decides they want to port an Unreal Engine 4 game to Wii U, they could. But Unreal Engine 3 is a really good fit for that platform.

And after all the teasing, that is a bummer.

  • Meelow

    He said he doesn’t want to bring any of his games to the Wii U to use UE4, but than he said if a dev wants to bring Unreal Engine 4 games to the Wii U they can, so Wii U can handle UE4

    • Sawada

      Yes, that is exactly what I get from his statement.. Wii U indeed can handle Unreal Engine 4

    • Captain Falcon

      “Epic, makers of the ultra popular Unreal Engine series, have said that while the Unreal Engine 4 won’t natively support the Wii U, it is very scalable. This will allow developers to release their UE4 games on the Wii U, albeit scaled down in terms of visual quality and effects.”

    • XypherCode

      Of course they would scale it DOWN. Possibly even for iProducts and the future PS4/720. The UE4 demo ran on a GTX 680. And that is NOT cheap. Obviously they’ll scale it down for other platforms. Unless the PS4/720 has GPUs on par with the GTX 680 and people who can shell out that kind of money then they won’t need to scale it for those platforms. Yeah the Wii U can handle it tut it also means that graphics and fx will be scaled down too and that’s inevitable.

    • Co-Wink-Key dink inc

      The Wii U can’t even run Unreal Engine 3 games.

      The X Box 360 is more powerfuler than the crappy Wii U in every way.

    • http://PolyKhromeGames.blogspot.com/ Brian Lockett

      And you came to a Wii U news site…why? No, wait–I know the answer: to be a troll, because you have no life.

    • Co-Wink-Key dink inc

      Because your a racist white loser fanboy

    • http://PolyKhromeGames.blogspot.com/ Brian Lockett

      I am neither racist, nor white, nor a loser, nor a fanboy. You, on the other hand, are a huge loser.

    • mr L

      wild troll appeared
      brian uses logic
      it’s super effective

    • Co-Wink-Key dink inc

      NIce move copy

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1085351904 Lazera D Thompson Jr

      despite the fact that the PS3 is more powerful than the 360. and the wiiU version of Batman AC looks better than the PS3 version…. yeah your argument is in-valid

    • idk

      WiiU can handle UE4 but only if its scaled down. As it sais “UE4 is supremely scalable” and that it will even be on mobile cellphones,and he also only mentions porting a game for the WiiU not making it from scratch. So point is no WiiU cant handle the UE4 at max only if scaled down.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001815772396 Sterling Hebert

      not necessarily, when he was talking about scaling it down he may have been specifically talking about being able to scale it down onto phones, not the Wii U. However, it seems that porting or scaling it would be easier, i don’t believe it would be impossible to build it from the ground up. No body, besides Nintendo, has the final specs of the Wii U. I think we should all just cool down our hype engines until we know for sure the specs of the system.

    • idk

      Why wouldn’t anyone but Nintendo have the specs? When theres a bunch of companies working with the WiiU already….

  • sonyisbest

    WII U E WEAK! HAHAHA E WEAK! AHHAHA IT NO HAVE CRE ENGANE FUR ! HAHAHAHAH IT WEAK NINTEDO IS DUM MELLOW IS DUMN HAHAHHA WII U E BAD

  • sonyisbest

    @69f8d60832f495ef061a5d6464163e38:disqus u jast dumb ahhahahahhahaha u nono anytheng ot say no unral egange fure for wii cnt wua reasd>?! hahahwahahHaHhh

    • omar

      Did you actually take the time to purposely type like that?

    • gggreen

      Unfortunately.

    • BlackjackQc

      can someone translate please, i just can’t understand what he wrote so beautifully.

    • Captain Falcon
    • Co-Wink-Key dink inc

      :(

    • LaserK

      @sonyisbest I’d shut up if I were you.”Sonyisbest”? LOL!Last I checked,Sony has lost a considerable fraction of the company’s worth and still hasn’t made much of a profit from ANY of their large variety of electronics,the PS3 can’t even display games at 1080p properly.Just upscaled 720p
      I hope you’re not expecting the PS4 to be a huge leap of power from the PS3,let alone be able to run UE4 either.Sony can’t afford to make another powerhouse and have said so themselves.Must I remind you that Epic themselves were,in a way,DISAPPOINTED with the PS4′s specs’yet praised the Wii U’s and are pushing both Sony and Microsoft to give their next consoles more power?That’s saying something right there.And learn to type.I’m sure even a sony fanboy can do that much

    • Tails the Foxhound

      FYI, there are a handful of games that do play at native 1080p on PS3 (and 360 too). The Wii U will more than likely run most games at 720p upscaled to 1080p with only a select few games running in true 1080p just the same as the other two.

    • Co-Wink-Key dink inc

      FYI you are a racist fanboy, Tails the Foxhound

      Hell, I’m 12 years old and I em way smarter thin you

    • Co-Wink-Key dink inc

      Yah, if they praise the Wii U, why they still didn’t make a official release of Unreal Engine 4?!

  • XypherCode

    It was always been like this for him like on the 3DS. It’s like he doesn’t want any of the good stuff on nintendo platforms

    • Tails the Foxhound

      Mark Rein often goes on record downing Nintendo and their games, he very obviously doesn’t like them that much. As a CEO though, if the opportunity arises to make money I doubt he’d miss it though. I would totally play Unreal Tournament on Wii U.

    • BlackjackQc

      i just can’t argue with you, in a business, thinking like that is suicide, engines come and goes. And if yours is not their well there going to take another one. Your losing sale and exposure.

    • Co-Wink-Key dink inc

      Yes it had been in development in 2003/2005, but it means that it will last longer than unreal 1 2 and 3 and it’s an ENGINE which is upgreadable

    • Co-Wink-Key dink inc

      But it doesn’t matter because the Wii U sucks, just like the 3DS sucks, and the PS Vita and PS3 will rule all of the gaming industry, you racist troll fanboys

    • Tails the Foxhound

      I gotta ask, just who are we supposed to be racist against?

    • theineffable10

      …. you know, I never thought I’d say this to a troll, but you’re trying too hard. Like… way too hard.

  • Sawada

    “if a customer decides they want to port an Unreal Engine 4 game to Wii U, they could.”

    Doesn’t this mean Wii U is capable to support UE4, it just Epic is not considering to make a game that support UE4 for Wii U. And if a developer wanted to make a UE4 game for Wii U, certainly Wii U can handle it..

    • Tails the Foxhound

      Yes, that’s exactly what it means. Wii U is UE4 compatible (even iOS is compatible). Crytek said the same thing with their now Frostbite (?) engine. The only bad thing about this, and the other similar statement, is that to some it may seem like the companies don’t put much faith in Nintendo and it’s Wii U.

    • idk

      Crytek=Cry Engine
      DICE=Frosbite Engine

    • Tails the Foxhound

      Obviously. God I feel like a fool, I should really stop typing at 5 am. Original post updated to hide my shame.

  • ePik Min

    I never felt like we need UE4 to make a beautiful game. Anyway, I don’t think they announced anything really impressive or innovative for the new engine at the moment. So for me, using UE4 would just be a waste of resources. An UE3 game made by a skillful and motivated team will always be more impressive than a game that relies on new tech only.

    I am starting to get enough of all this. I want quality games, no interactive movies.

  • idk

    You Nintendo fans need to stop flattering yourselves so much. Yes WiiU can handle UE4 but only if its scaled down to the point of there being no reason of not using it instead of UE3,which is why Epic stated this above.

    • Leo

      Wii U isnt a hardcore graphics Pc . They need to scale it down for console use. UE3 was scaled down on consoles i believe .

    • Wade Havick

      Actually no console can handle ue4 in its entirety Except a pc. Same goes for microsoft and sony

  • Isamoth

    seems like all the consoles will run a scaled down unreal engine 4, considering that right now only the PC can run UE3 at max. but we wont know until orbis and durango are revealed.

  • YayGs

    So there is more demand for Unreal on mobile phones than Wii U?

  • http://PolyKhromeGames.blogspot.com/ Brian Lockett

    To be honest, UE4 is underwhelming to me. The way they were hyping it up, as being something that would embarrass the Unreal Engine 3, I was expecting it to totally blow away UE3. It doesn’t. It has much better particle effects, better LOD, a UI that finally makes some sense, and a few lighting improvements, but other than that, it’s not really a whole lot more better than what I saw with the “Samaritan” demo. The models still looked like high-end UE3 models, and the tessellation features were just about the same. It’s more like Unreal Engine 3.5 than a full-fledged 4.

    I honestly don’t think we’re missing anything special from not having UE4 technology on Wii U, if one chooses not to scale it down for Wii U. Besides, the more extra special effects in a game, the more developers tend to focus on that aspect than the gameplay. And far too often do developers mistake graphical power for good aesthetics. I’m using UDK and I personally say it’s more than enough to create a truly-beautiful game. It seems like when we were our most creative when we had limitations to work with. I say, skilled usage of UE3 is enough for Wii U. Focus on outstanding game mechanics, good aesthetics and an experience with real atmosphere. If I want a game for superior graphics, I’d just stick with my PC.

    • Tails the Foxhound

      UE4 will be worth it if we can get decent looking water for once. Never once have I seen an Unreal game with water, only jello. >_>

    • http://PolyKhromeGames.blogspot.com/ Brian Lockett

      Hahaha! True!

  • Redstripecombo

    Look at this way Wii U wont be blown out the water like Iwata said and Wii U will run UE3 to the fullest while keeping up with next gen sony and Mic. Plus Crytek 3 which is stronger!

  • Co-Wink-Key dink inc

    The Wii U is piece of crap like the 3DS, and you are all racist faggots for liking the Wii U.

    The X Box 360 is powerfuler than the crappy Wii U, you racist.

    • Co-Wink-Key dink inc

      mmmnnnmm….fail….im real

    • Co-Wink-Key dink inc

      Well, I do agree with everything you say about the Wii U being is piece of crap like the 3DS

      And everyone else here is a racist faghot for liking the Wii U

      So we agree!

  • Co-Wink-Key dink inc

    I don’t really get it why, it seems most tech reviewrs don’t even have hope in this system, yet they have all hope in the rumered bloody iTV

  • Wade Havick

    I feel is though this is not confirmation, I need a straightforward answer stating that it will not come to the wiiu. They only told us that “it was not their intention to have Unreal Engine 4″ That doesn’t mean its confirmed.

  • jonehi

    if you ask me the guys at unreal have something against Nintendo and want to make the wii u look bad.