Nintendo Talks the Future of Wii

Via Eurogamer (which offers a highlight reel of the article), a long piece at MTV Games where Stephen Totilo sits down for a chat with Nintendo of America's Reggie Fils-Aime. Unlike some other question-dodging executives, Reggie shares some interesting details. We have release dates (WarioWare in January, Mario Party in March, Mario Galaxy sometime after March), confirmation that they'll try to bring GoldenEye to the Virtual Console, a few details about the first online game for the Wii (Pokemon Battle Revolution), and word that there would be several Wii-related announcements in January. From the article: "For Fils-Aime, some of the projects he'd love to see happen in the U.S. can only be executed by his bosses in Japan. As a result, part of his job is to lobby for what he thinks American gamers want. 'The piece that I am more and more involved in is really looking longer-term and making sure the full range of games are being brought to the Americas. Making sure we have core gamer games like 'Metroid,' like 'Galaxy.' Making sure we have our types of market-extension games not only for Wii but for DS. Where's our analogous cooking game? Where's our analogous 'Brain Age 2' for DS?'"

Comments

Reggie Who?

[Anonymous Coward]

Fils-Aime? It's been awhile since I took French, but doesn't that translate as "Boy Love?" I'm not sure I want to know what he's doing with his Wii..

Release Dates

[fistfullast33l]

We have release dates (WarioWare in January, Mario Party in March, Mario Galaxy sometime after March)

Translation: WarioWare in March, Mario Party by June, Mario Galaxy around 2008

Re:Release Dates

[conigs]

Unless it's a Zelda game. Then something like "July 2007" may mean "sometime in 2009"... maybe... if you're lucky.

Cooking

[moatra]

Where's our analogous cooking game?

You show me a chef trained using the Wii and I'll show you a severe case of food poisoning.

Re:Cooking

[cowscows]

Tiger Woods learned to play golf on the Sega Genesis. Then he snuck into the PGA tour, and instantly dominated everyone else, even though it was his first time playing with real clubs. True story.

Re:Cooking

[sirambrose]

Guilt?

Analogous games for the US

[damsa]

Where's our analogous cooking game? Where's our analogous 'Brain Age 2' for DS?'" How About Phoenix Wright: RIAA Attorney

Observations

[Easty1]

Does Reggie use a lot of rhetorical questions? Does he talk like this a lot? Does this make him even more awesome? Yes.

Wii yule log?

[Cyno01]

Fils-Aime confirmed that Wiis connected to the Internet will automatically download surprise bonus material from Nintendo, but he wouldn't detail what kind of unexpected messages or channels might pop up. "I'd hate to ruin the surprise. Is there activity that we're working on for before the holidays? The answer is yes."

Interactive yule log for the holidays? Use the wiimote as a fireplace poker?

Re:Sweet Jebus, what an awful site.

[nuzak]

And real guns aren't weightless things that fire with perfect aim at a crosshair superimposed on your field of vision while you're running a dead sprint. Watching people argue their manhood based on whether they play console or PC shooters is one of the more entertaining 'tard-fights you can find on the net.