September 20th, 2012

Wii U to support Unity

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Unity is a game development engine that packs quite a bit of punch considering its basic version is available for free. One of its other, most compelling features though is that it allows developers to bring their games to many different platforms much easier than other engines would allow. Luckily, Nintendo has teamed up with the company to make sure Unity will work with the Wii U, “allowing the current 1.2 million registered users to bring their existing titles to Nintendo’s new platform”.

If you’re interested in game development, you might like to check out Unity3D.com.

(via ign.com)

  • http://www.facebook.com/Andr3wdar34p3r Andrew Hernandez

    YES!!!!

  • Chaoskiller218

    anyone up for slender wii u

    • Marty

      MEEEEEEE even if it has a hype train after it i still find slender enjoyable.

    • AquaFire

      Aw man now you got me hyped.I want a updated Slender

  • http://www.nintendoworlds.com/members/turbopikachu.22921/ TurboPikachu

    lol Monkey Quest for Wii U XD
    But seriously, this makes for some great eShop opportunities.

  • Some Guy On The Internet

    Cool! I use Unity for my school projects.

  • Pyroblock

    looks like i can put my games on the wii u :p

  • Holonboy

    That’s awesome for indie developers. I know a decent amount of Javascript, and I’m still studying computer science. Maybe in the future I could have a game in the eShop.

    But, eh, dreams are just dreams for now.

  • http://twitter.com/TokenMachine James Davis

    Or check out 001 Game Creator.

  • Hybrilynx

    what does this mean in english?

    • Marty

      ya know the indie game slender? it was built from the unity engine. So this means there is a better chance for indie games like slender to get on the Wii U eshop.

  • Exclusive Content

    Unity 4 is So awesome looking.
    Its so user friendly, DX11 suport and gets rid of tedious things when making games, like animations!

  • http://www.facebook.com/tony.lane.35 Tony Lane

    If developer Retro Studios or Platinum Games were to use the Unity Engine in their next AAA Wii U title, it’s gonna be an epic hit (bad pun)!!!!!!!

    • briff

      You are definetly confusing Unity and Unreal.

    • http://www.facebook.com/tony.lane.35 Tony Lane

      It was a pun, Briff.

  • YayGs

    YES YES YES YES!
    This is very exciting. Ive been hoping for this eversince Wii U was announced. And it makes sense seeing how Wii was the first console Unity supported. I am very excited now as I currently use Unity to earn a little income. Now I just need a secured building, Nintendo license, and a dev kit..

  • http://GrimDrago.DeviantArt.com/ GrimDrago

    FUSION FALL NOW *puts foot down hard*

    • Xei

      YES! I’m glad I wasn’t the only one who thought this. :D It would really bring a lot more people to it, too. The game is ridiculously laggy on my PC, so it would be a miracle for me if WiiU could run it. :DD /excitedevenmore

  • DSSiege11

    Fantastic news! Unity is definitely the best game engine I ever used.

  • TeenChampion

    Slender?

  • http://www.facebook.com/henrik.puetz Henrik Puetz

    Thats just great :D
    Let´s hope Nintendo will allow everyone to make their games available-maybe for free/a few bucks-after checking if the game´s all right…

  • Matthewrevill

    wii u fantastic