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Wii U GamePad technology is more advanced than you think - Michel Ancel

Rayman Legends chief gives the Wii U controller the thumbs up

Of all the Wii U games confirmed so far, there probably isn't one that uses the GamePad better than Rayman Legends. Perhaps one reason is because Ubisoft's Michel Ancel loves it. Indeed, he thinks it's even better than you think it is!


Ancel eulogised about the Wii U controller in the latest issue of Nintendo Power, saying that the main reason why developers are able to use it for clever ideas in games is because the response time is so good. In fact, he thinks, Nintendo's rivals have something to worry about.

"I think this is where Nintendo is really out in front of things," said Ancel. "The technology inside the controller is quite a bit more advanced than what people might think. It's really responsive The response time is crazy, in fact, and I think the competitors will need some time to [get their solutions] this responsive."


He added: "It's crazy because the game is running in full HD [on the television], we are streaming another picture on the GamePad screen, and it's still 60 frames per second. And the latency on the controller is just 1/60 of a second, so it's one frame late. It's crazy, it's so fast. It's almost instant. That's why it responds so well. So it can be used as a real game-design thing."

Rare is "working with extremely early prototype hardware", job ad reveals


New info suggests Rare has its hands on a 'rapidly changing' next-gen Xbox.


A job listing for Rare has revealed that the studio is "working with extremely early prototype hardware co-developed with teams located off-site", adding credence to the rumours that the Microsoft-owned studio is developing a title targeted at a next-generation Xbox.

"In this role, you will be a crucial part of a passionate team of gameplay engineers, working with designers and producers to create stunning, groundbreaking game entity reactions & input interpretation," reads the job ad for a gameplay engineer.


"During prototyping you will occasionally be working with extremely early prototype hardware co-developed with teams located off-site. You will need to showcase possibilities to inspire our designers, quickly iterating even when the underlying platform may be unstable or rapidly changing."

The ad refers to Rare's unannounced title as a "jaw-dropping, never-been-done-before Rare project," and drops further hints that it may be built around a next-generation Kinect, listing "natural user experience work, such as touch, motion or voice assisted games," as a requirement.


It was previously rumoured that Rare is developing a next-generation Xbox title after job ads revealed that the studio was working with DirectX 11, the API around which Microsoft's next console is expected to be built.


Microsoft has yet to announce its next-generation Xbox, despite the console being referenced in interviews and job ads.


Earlier this month, it was reported that Microsoft had boosted security at its Redmond offices to prevent next-gen leaks.

Kinect 2.0? Durango?

edgecrusher said:

Anybody watch the new Walking Dead last night? Good shit. I was pissed it was only an hour though.

Dvader said:

Yeah so good. It felt like it just stopped. This show is best to see straight through.

I agree...but I can't bring myself to wait until the whole season is over and it comes out on video. I got lucky when I 1st got into it, a friend of mine told me to check it out and said I would love it, so I went and bought season 1 on blu ray, watched it all the way through. And season 2 was about halfway done at that point, so I just watched all those episodes on demand.

Now its week to week....too much waiting. Same thing with the game. Its awesome but I'm not into the episodic content...I'm waiting until they release the entire thing before playing the rest.

edgecrusher said:

I agree...but I can't bring myself to wait until the whole season is over and it comes out on video. I got lucky when I 1st got into it, a friend of mine told me to check it out and said I would love it, so I went and bought season 1 on blu ray, watched it all the way through. And season 2 was about halfway done at that point, so I just watched all those episodes on demand.

Now its week to week....too much waiting. Same thing with the game. Its awesome but I'm not into the episodic content...I'm waiting until they release the entire thing before playing the rest.

gamingeek said:

Sounds excessive, windows 7 only allows you to use 3 gb of RAM.

Did you guys know that there is a Tales of Vesperia movie?

only on 32-bit systems, which no one is going to use if they've got a PC for games.

Oh, Oh!!! I'm excited!!!!  My only problem right now is that every game I wanted to get at launch got delayed. No Pikmin 3. No Rayman Legends. Just Mario is left. I'm still considering the new Sonic Racer but the impressions of that game have been uneven as hell, which usually means it's shit.

robio said:

Oh, Oh!!! I'm excited!!!!  My only problem right now is that every game I wanted to get at launch got delayed. No Pikmin 3. No Rayman Legends. Just Mario is left. I'm still considering the new Sonic Racer but the impressions of that game have been uneven as hell, which usually means it's shit.

As long as Sumo Digital is making it it will be good. (Just checked, they are developing it). EDIT: Racing games should be "interesting" with the asynchronous controllers.

Either Bioshock Infinite was finished a LONG time ago and these guys all left when it was finished, or it's a troubled development.

"Bioshock Staff Exodus Continues AI and combat directors leave for Microsoft."

Dvader said:

The game I am waiting, the show I can't. I hat these shows with tiny seasons taking almost a year off.

What happened to a normal like 22 episode season? All these 13 episode seasons now. Cable.

robio said:

Oh, Oh!!! I'm excited!!!!  My only problem right now is that every game I wanted to get at launch got delayed. No Pikmin 3. No Rayman Legends. Just Mario is left. I'm still considering the new Sonic Racer but the impressions of that game have been uneven as hell, which usually means it's shit.

It's too far away for me to be excited, 30 Nov for us. Also I am probably more excited about the features than the actual games. I want the wireless screen, gaming free from the TV, touch screen and services, net browser etc etc. IMO Nintendo has yet to even show us the big guns, mario zelda, metroid, Xenoblade equivalent etc.

Wish Ass Creed 3 was a day one game and Pikmin 3.

Shibata, large pic of his fashion 3DS game Nintendo direct