[Wii U] Epic VP Mark Rein Excited About Wii U

[Wii U] Epic VP Mark Rein Excited About Wii U

Epic Games' Vice President Mark Rein had a few kind words to share regarding the Wii U in a recent interview with Eurogamer, sure to inflame the anticipation as we impatiently await the inevitable explosion of news and announcements to come from E3 in June.

"I like the Wii U. I think E3 will be a big eye-opener for people," said Rein. "I played Batman: Arkham City on the Wii U and they are doing some really cool stuff with the controller. Do you remember the Zelda demo they had on it? Would you not buy a Wii U just to play that? Of course you would. That's what Nintendo is all about. Their hardware is the software delivery service for their great content. That Zelda demo was gorgeous and we can do even more than that with Unreal Engine 3. I think it will do great."

While some in the industry have expressed concern about how successful the console will be at retail, Rein has fewer reservations: "It's a great brand that a lot of parents really trust and they're probably ready to buy their kids an HD Wii that does that much more than just being an HD Wii. I'd love it if they'd done it last year, but I'm excited for them to do it this year. I'd be shocked if it doesn't do well. Did you play that Battle Mii game? Two players would play with a Wii Remote and Nunchuk and one would play with the Wii U controller? I would buy a Wii U to play that game in a heartbeat. And I hope people make those kind of games with our technology. I think we've yet to really see what the Wii U can do and I think at E3 this year they're going to shock us."

So does such high praise mean Epic, a company that has never released a game on a Nintendo console, has something in the cards for the Wii U?

"If I had 10 development teams I'd make a game for every single platform and make that the special game for that platform," replied Rein. "If you're the special game on that platform you do really, really well. Gears was one of the special ones on Xbox 360. Infinity Blade is a special game on the iPhone and iPad. Shadow Complex was a special game on Xbox Live Arcade. But we don't have 10 development teams so it's just a matter of picking and choosing what we do and doing the best thing we can for the idea that we have."

Well that certainly is a non-committal answer, but for the time-being the popular Gears of War developer is at work on iOS title Infinity Blade: Dungeons and new IP Fortnite for unconfirmed platforms.

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