Yup, Unreal Engine 3 is headed to the Wii, but Epic won't be handling it. No, instead the engine will be adapted for use on the Wii by an unnamed licensee. Mark Rein, who you all know full well, commented as such during a recent interview with Kikizo."It's their own port, in the same way Ubisoft brought Unreal Engine 2 to the Wii [for Red Steel]," he said. Of course, he couldn't help but toss in his own pessimistic view regarding the whole idea, adding "I just don't see a big market there to bring this big hulking memory intensive engine over to a much smaller system."
And now, we're left wondering what the engine is being adapted for. Anyone care to speculate?
[Via Joystiq]
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11-23-2007 @ 3:03PM
Drew said...
I'm trying to speculate, but I can't stop looking at his braces. They're hypnotizing o_O
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11-23-2007 @ 6:02PM
Tristan said...
lol
Im concerneed about the memory intensive part :(
11-23-2007 @ 3:20PM
Keith said...
Hopefully something awesomely awesome.
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11-23-2007 @ 4:23PM
ArashiUzumaki said...
pff, Red Steel 2 or summin
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11-23-2007 @ 4:43PM
thethirdmoose said...
That's what I was thinking.
Red Steel... The game that could have been so much more
11-23-2007 @ 4:40PM
Mr Khan said...
It's certainly a big middle finger to Rein, who kept insisting it would never happen
although, granted, he isn't doing it, but still...
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11-23-2007 @ 4:50PM
Prof_Chaos said...
Meh, that guy is such an ass. My bet is that this is for Red Steel 2.
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11-23-2007 @ 5:05PM
maduin said...
UT3 still looks really good running at 640x480 on my PC, will all the settings cranked up. Things get a little messy looking because of all the detail in the game, making it look a bit too busy and dirty. But if the detail was minimized to a more artistic look (ala Super Mario Galaxy), I'm sure the Unreal Engine 3 would work great on Wii Hardware if they just used simplified, yet colorful textures.
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11-23-2007 @ 5:53PM
ArashiUzumaki said...
honestly, some of the features in galaxy.
water, fur, tar.
BOWSER.
it all looks soo good!
11-23-2007 @ 7:23PM
maduin said...
It looks good because it's not overly detailed, just the right amount...
11-24-2007 @ 2:35AM
LilCo187 said...
I wouldn't trade Mark Reins entire bank account with mine if I had to look like that tool. That dude couldn't buy a broad.
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11-24-2007 @ 9:23AM
cragis said...
Im sure I read in an interview when asked if Gearbox Software were developing for the Wii, that a team developing Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway were trying tae get the UT3 engine running on the Wii
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