What Devkit Should I Buy?

What Devkit Should I Buy?

There are two devkits for the Wii U: the CAT-DEV and CAT-R. The CAT-DEV is the full-featured devkit useful for debugging and optimization. The CAT-R is closer to the retail Wii U. It is less expensive, has fewer features, and is generally used for testing. Although it is possible to develop only on a CAT-R, loading your game takes longer and you lose debugging/optimization features. For those reasons, we recommend developing with a CAT-DEV. See below for a comparison of the two kits.

Comparison of Features

Loading your game

 Feature CAT-DEV CAT-R
Load directly from your PC (takes a few seconds after a successful build)  
Load via SD card (takes additional steps and a few minutes after a successful build)

Debugging/Optimization

Feature CAT-DEV CAT-R

Real time Wii U log output to PC

*(For CAT-R, this requires additional cables and additional steps)

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GPU debugging (Spark) captures (Useful for optimization and finding bottlenecks)  
Unity script debugging
Unity Profiler

 


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