Since some of you have been giving the WiiU a hard time claiming that a 2 month old system shoudl in no way shape or form look even close to a 7 year old system. I think its important to go back to the 360 launch.
http://www.gamespot.com/features/xbox-vs-xbox-360-do-you-really-need-hd-6140621/?page=2
GUN
Those looking forward to taking gunslinger Cotton White through a few Xbox 360 Wild West adventures might just want to stick to the more affordable Xbox version of the game. As far as we could tell, the Xbox 360 version offers very little improvement over the Xbox version at 480p.
The environment looks marginally better, with improved textures and additional shrubbery here and there, but it's still very difficult to see any real differences between the 360 and Xbox versions at normal resolution. The game also appears unexplainably dark on the 360 (the shadows engulf poor Ned in our 360 shot). The game definitely looks better at 720p, but stay away from the Xbox 360 port if you don't have an HDTV--it's pure snake oil at standard resolution.
Xbox vs. Xbox 360 - Mouse over image to compare the difference!
American Wasteland
If you already have the PS2 or Xbox version of Tony Hawk's American Wasteland, don't bother getting the Xbox 360 version. The game looks and plays exactly like the other versions released on older platforms, except the 360 version forces you into a widescreen mode.
The 360 gamepad's new shoulder buttons do help with control, but it isn't worth shelling out the extra $10 for the 360 version of the game. Playing in HD doesn't improve the game much either since it exposes the simple character models and glitchy environment bugs.
NHL 2K6 looks like another game that stands out only in high-resolution mode. Playing in 720p will give you sharp player models, high-resolution textures, and great-looking ice, but switching over to 480p gives you disappointing graphics that could be mistaken for the Xbox version.
We had a difficult time telling the difference between the 360 and Xbox 480p in-game screenshots since the player models looked the same. However, we did notice that the on-ice NHL and 2K Games logos had a higher resolution in the 360 version.
Lets not forget. that many games with sports in particular, even when re;ease with upgraded graphics lacked many features and modes that the original x-box had. Some how M$ is forgiven for this, but wiiU is not.
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