When I saw that the Wii U version was being pegged for release on the same week as LEGO City Undercover and Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate, I thought EA was sending the game out to die. After watching the video I still think EA has picked a hell of a week to release a late port, but now I'm sad that the game will probably sell unsatisfactorily. Alex Ward gives the feeling that Criterion really gave a lot of care for this version of the game; as much care as they could give in the short time frame between the original release and the Wii U release.
Sadly, I don't see this version of the game selling well when the other versions of the game have been out for so long and have been deeply discounted numerous times. It somewhat helps that the $10 5-car DLC pack is included in the Wii U version.
Still, glad to see that Criterion is making a great version of the game. It certainly looks to run better than the PC version on my desktop (which suffers from heavy frame rate stuttering).
An aside: Good lord, March is a crazy month for game releases.
This. From the looks of it they took great care porting it over and looks like they've even fixed some of the deficiencies of the PC version.
I'm not a big NFS fan, but given that Criterios looks to have taken a good effort in making the Wii U version the definitive version of the game, I'll support them.
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