GPU with more "oomph" ? Wut?

I've known about these since some time now (PowerPC tri-core, modified AMD R700, 1.5 GB RAM, ect.).

What I haven't yet seen is games utilizing it well (Pikmin 3 is a enhanced Wii game and NSMB U hardly pushes it).

I guess we will have to wait for more technically proficient games (like the next Metroid, Zelda and 3D Mario) to fully showcase it's potential.

@TC - Wii has a weaker GPU than Xbox 1 and SNES had a weaker CPU than Sega Genesis.

But SNES showcased better visuals than Genesis anyway (thanks to it's better GPU).

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GPU with more "oomph" ? Wut?

I've known about these since some time now (PowerPC tri-core, modified AMD R700, 1.5 GB RAM, ect.).

What I haven't yet seen is games utilizing it well (Pikmin 3 is a enhanced Wii game and NSMB U hardly pushes it).

I guess we will have to wait for more technically proficient games (like the next Metroid, Zelda and 3D Mario) to fully showcase it's potential.

@TC - Wii has a weaker GPU than Xbox 1 and SNES had a weaker CPU than Sega Genesis.

But SNES showcased better visuals than Genesis anyway (thanks to it's better GPU).

[/QUOTE] I think Pikmin 3 development started on the Wii, but maybe not the assets. I don't know if you know this but it does run at 60fps, so that's something. And I don't know about the 4th generation consoles, (though i've heard Snes was stronger) but the Wii definitely has a much stronger gpu than the xbox. Even the Gamecube's flipper was at least on par with it, it had more bandwidth. The only reason people say that about Xbox is because it was much easier to get certain effects running on it, but the same could be done on the gamecube, it just required a lot more effort. They use something called TEV or something. Anyways, I know the gpu plays a bigger part in games, but i've heard so many times from developers about how crappy the Xenon cpu is, so I just hope it's not just that same Cpu ripped out of the 360. That would really be bare bones effort on Ninty's part. But oh well, it really doesn't matter because Nintendo will do amazing things with the hardware regardless. [/QUOTE]

Pikmin 3 looks nice because of it's minimalistic style, but technically it's a Wii game in HD res.

I'd also expect a little more variation in it, like for example household environments or streets/sewers, not just green grassy environments that we already saw.

Wii's GPU is the same as GameCube's and is not quite on Xbox 1's level in terms of shading prowess (GC/Wii has fixed function shaders whereas Xbox 1 has fully programmable ones).

For example Xbox 1 games with a lot of normal mapping (Doom 3, Riddick, ect.) would be hard to pull off on the Wii (they would likely have to use EMBM).

Far Cry on Wii also looks a lot worse than the Xbox version, altho that was likely a lazy port.

Sure, you can get comparable effects on the Wii/GC, but it will require more work and hardware exploration not many were willing to do.

For example Rogue Leader was a launch GC game and looked better than many Wii games looked, despite running on a slightly less capable system (less RAM, lower CPU and GPU clocks).

The GPU is clearly the most important part for a game's graphics and the Wii U will likely have a slight edge over 360 and PS3 in that department (+ more RAM) but it reamins to be seen how it will be utilized.

For example the Wii U version of A. Creed 3 will supposedly be missing the particle and lighting effects of the other versions, not because the console wouldn't be capable of it but because the devs are too lazy to bother implementing it.

Same goes for 1080p resolutions, higher res textures and stuff like that.