Hiroshi Yamauchi On Nintendo's Future

Thanks to 1UP for its article covering a new interview with former Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi, as he discusses the recently announced DS portable and the state of Nintendo as a whole. In particular, the article notes: "The DS represents a critical moment for Nintendo's success over the next two years, Yamauchi said -- 'if it succeeds, we rise to the heavens, if it fails, we sink into hell.' His hope, and Nintendo's mission, is to spread new gameplay through this device and re-energize the games market in both Japan and the rest of the world." Apparently, it was the 76-year-old Yamauchi "...who first proposed the concept of games employing a dual-screen device about 18 months ago", and elsewhere, Game Science has coverage of largely enthusiastic comments from Japanese developers on the DS, ranging from the positive ("It's exciting hardware for both makers and users) to the guarded ("A machine with two screens is going to be quite a high hurdle for developers to get over.")

Comments

Re:Look, it's the DEVIL

[TechniMyoko]

So in other words, they're waiting to copy the successor/do something Nintendo fan boys accuse sony of all the time

Re:Look, it's the DEVIL

[Acidic_Diarrhea]

"All the online games are full of cheats and weenies and fu0r j00 d00d morons."

Really? Even online checkers? The term "all" is a powerful word and implies something very specific, are you sure you meant that?

And what games are you specifically referring to?

If you enjoy LAN parties, I don't see why you wouldn't enjoy an Internet game with your friends. All the online console games I've seen have ways to set up password protected instances of the game and only allow your friends in. So what's wrong with that scheme? It's quite a bit easier to get a bunch of friends all in front of their televisions than to have them lug over computer equipment to your house - nevermind the fact that we're talking about console gaming in this discussion and the concept of a LAN party is fairly limited - Mario Kart being the only game that springs to mind as offering that functionality, although, if your friends are bringing their televisions over to your house, God bless them.

So, in short, back up your complaints with specifics. Let's hear some names of games you've tried.