I don't think this matters as much for a portable.  But the Wii 2 should be able to run this.  It's a popular engine a lot of devs use and if you want their support you have to have the hardware to use the engine.

But realistically Western devs are using this engine and Western devs don't usually support portables very well.  Maybe that could change but in general Western third parties release shovelware on portables so the priority should be that the next Nintendo console can support this.

Where's the direct quote?


"No. It's below our , from what we can tell. We don't have a 3DS, so there's no way for us to verify that, but everything we've been led to believe is that it's below our min-spec. You couldn't do a game that looks like on it, for example. Like I said, we really don't know enough about it to make a formal comment, but I think if they considered that our engine would be good on it, they would have probably talked to us about it."

not sure why anyone asks this guy or anyone from Epic about a Nintendo platform.  even if the tech was there (seemingly all that company cares about), they still would not have any interest in making games for a Nintendo platform.  I have seen other quotes from this Rein guy completely disregarding Nintendo and what they do so no surprise he is poo-pooing the 3DS even without having one.

Come on Mark Rein, you can't even get Unreal engine games to run on PS3...

I was hoping for a Bullet Storm and Gears of War portable game. Bummer!

Considering the fact that all they ever do is bitch about Nintendo, methinks Nintendo shrugging them off is a big well deserved "Well fuck you too Epic".

Yes, the 3DS needs over-rated third person shooters that are not that great to begin with.

:T

*Yawn*

This isn't surprising.

More like Unreal Engine can't handle stereoscopic 3D.

And who gives a shit anyway. Their loss. Just look at how good Street Fighter, and Resident Evil look on the 3DS, so who's to say that other developers won't license MT Framework.

Yeah, we know. You don't like it so everybody else is wrong.

Anyway, is this idiot really trying to tell us that UE3 can be run on the iPhone but NOT on a system that displays 3D graphics without the need for glasses, while at the same time, in FIRST-GENERATION GAMES, delivers graphics comparable in quality to a late-generation original Xbox games?

I mean really. Epic has been going straight downhill since they released Gears of War. UT3 was a joke of a game. It had half the content at launch as both the original UT and 2004.

Rein is a jackass. He's always saying BS about Nintendo, probably because he is jealous that Nintendo systems have succeded without his companies engines.

Rein's still butthurt that the Wii became dominant, without embracing HD graphics.  There were a lot of these types in the industry for the first few years of Wii, but most of them have since gotten over it, or at least learned to keep quiet.

And before anyone jumps on me for jumping to judgment, he's the one who's making conclusions based on guesses.  He's the only one I've heard claim that the 3DS is anything less than capable of what devs want.

Does that matter really?  An awesome engine will
be made and people will license a game engine designed
for the handheld.
Occationally, someone shoves a mic in mark Riens
face to get his anti - Nintendo thoughts.
When he is developing for the platform,
what he thinks will then be relivant.

Oh yes, and while I'm at it I'm currently enjoying Sin & Punishment 2 more then the first Gears Of War.

They don't like money?

I actually talked to my friend who previous to the release of Gears of War and the general downfall of Epic, was a huge Epic fanboy.

What he was telling me is that Unreal Engine 3 was designed from the ground up in several different sections to run on each of the systems it's currently on (360, PS3, iPhone). What he was saying is that since the engine is designed so specifically for each platform, that in order to port it to a completely new system, they would likely have to develop it again from the ground up for the new system.

It seems to make a reasonable amount of sense to me, and in the end still results in more or less the same thing, which is Mark Rein crapping on Nintendo again and not wanting to spend the resources getting it done.

EDIT: Oh yeah, he also mentioned how they're probably pooling most of their resources into finishing Unreal Engine 4. Makes me wonder if they'll put it on Nintendo's new system. I get the feeling the answer would be no, regardless of how powerful it is.

Ai yi yi. Why can't Epic simply develop games that don't run on the Unreal 3 engine? It's not a requirement for them to use it with every single game they make, it's just dumb pride.

I wouldn't lose any sleep if they end up not supporting the 3DS; the kinds of games they are known for do not jive with my tastes.

Epic isn't in it for the games, they're primarily an engine maker these days.