Connected Careers, the other major new element coming in Madden 13, is a complete overhaul of the old Franchise, Superstar, and Online Franchise modes, and it's available on the Wii U. On the plus side, EA Tiburon is demonstrating an otherwise strong commitment to online play. (Instead, the Wii U version of Madden 13 allows for up to five local players to enjoy a game together.) Online Team Play, which allows for three-on-three co-op games, is also nowhere to be found. 'It's another that we plan to add in as we go,' said Bialoskursky. In addition, Madden 13 on Wii U is missing Madden Ultimate Team, a popular online mode that lets players build teams using digital trading cards (and one that is a cash cow for EA, thanks to its microtransactions). 'We definitely wanted to get the physics into the game,' explained producer Yuri Bialoskursky, but 'it's just something we weren't able to achieve for this first year on the new hardware.' The Infinity Engine, which brings real-time physics to Madden for the first time this year, will be absent on the Wii U that version of the game will use the collision and movement systems from Madden NFL 12. The Wii U version of Madden NFL 13 will be gimped compared to its PlayStation 3/Xbox 360 brethren, publisher Electronic Arts confirmed in an interview with ESPN.

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