In a recent interview with Eurogamer, Epic Games' Vice President Mark Rein offered some clarification concerning his thoughts about Nintendo's next-generation console, code-named the Nintendo Revolution.
"I actually said Nintendo's going to make amazing games. I never really passed a judgement on the controller itself. I think the controller's cool!" Rein said.
Rein continued by saying, "I wasn't bashing Nintendo, I wasn't bashing the controller, I was really just saying that a byproduct of having a device like [the Revolution controller] is that people are going to make games that possibly are just there because of the controller, as opposed to being great games of themselves." He reiterated his opinion that "Nintendo and some of the best third parties are going to make amazing games for [Revolution]."
Concerning his past comment about the importance of graphics in the next generation, Rein clarified, "what I meant to say was the most significant improvement we get, the best new thing about the next-generation systems, in my opinion, is the graphics. And that's a hardware discussion - not a game discussion."
As for whether or not Epic Games will provide the Unreal Engine 3 to the Nintendo Revolution, Rein said that "Unreal Engine 3 and [the] Nintendo Revolution would be very well suited to each other," and "if the machine can run the engine, it'd be fantastic to have it on there."
Lastly, Rein responded to Nintendo of Europe's Jim Merrick's suggestion that Rein get a Revolution development kit for himself so he could see exactly what the machine can do, to which he stated that he would “absolutely love to take [Merrick] up on that."
"I actually said Nintendo's going to make amazing games. I never really passed a judgement on the controller itself. I think the controller's cool!" Rein said.
Rein continued by saying, "I wasn't bashing Nintendo, I wasn't bashing the controller, I was really just saying that a byproduct of having a device like [the Revolution controller] is that people are going to make games that possibly are just there because of the controller, as opposed to being great games of themselves." He reiterated his opinion that "Nintendo and some of the best third parties are going to make amazing games for [Revolution]."
Concerning his past comment about the importance of graphics in the next generation, Rein clarified, "what I meant to say was the most significant improvement we get, the best new thing about the next-generation systems, in my opinion, is the graphics. And that's a hardware discussion - not a game discussion."
As for whether or not Epic Games will provide the Unreal Engine 3 to the Nintendo Revolution, Rein said that "Unreal Engine 3 and [the] Nintendo Revolution would be very well suited to each other," and "if the machine can run the engine, it'd be fantastic to have it on there."
Lastly, Rein responded to Nintendo of Europe's Jim Merrick's suggestion that Rein get a Revolution development kit for himself so he could see exactly what the machine can do, to which he stated that he would “absolutely love to take [Merrick] up on that."
