'Because it's something that's been written for a different machine there's a lot of work getting it to work.

20 per cent of the effort was spent building new features. Prior said the reason the Wii U team wasn't able to achieve parity with the PS3 and Xbox 360 version is because it spent much of its time building the foundation for the series' entry onto Nintendo's new home console.īuilding the foundation of the engine's move to Wii U, that is, getting the game working on the console, took up 80 per cent of the Vancouver-based developer's effort level, Prior explained. 'Some of the later improvements on 13 we weren't able to get into the game,' Prior admitted. Matt Prior, the producer of the Wii U version, told me the game also lacks the 'tweaks and tunes' the team behind the PS3 and Xbox 360 version made to established features such as the Player Impact Engine, tactical defending and precision dribbling. It doesn't include a number of gameplay features players of FIFA 13 on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 are currently enjoying, including the First Touch system and the FIFA Street skill system. There's good and bad news about FIFA 13 on Wii U.įirst, the bad news.

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