Unreal Engine 3 being adapted for Wii

by David Hinkle { Nov 23rd 2007 at 3:00PM }

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]

Tags: epic, markrein, unreal, unreal-engine-3

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Drew @ Nov 23rd 2007 3:03PM

I'm trying to speculate, but I can't stop looking at his braces. They're hypnotizing o_O

Tristan @ Nov 23rd 2007 6:02PM

lol

Im concerneed about the memory intensive part :(

Keith @ Nov 23rd 2007 3:20PM

Hopefully something awesomely awesome.

ArashiUzumaki @ Nov 23rd 2007 4:23PM

pff, Red Steel 2 or summin

thethirdmoose @ Nov 23rd 2007 4:43PM

That's what I was thinking.
Red Steel... The game that could have been so much more

Mr Khan @ Nov 23rd 2007 4:40PM

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...

Prof_Chaos @ Nov 23rd 2007 4:50PM

Meh, that guy is such an ass. My bet is that this is for Red Steel 2.

maduin @ Nov 23rd 2007 5:05PM

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.