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Nintendo's Miyamoto On Innovation, Wii Ambitions

Posted by Soulskill on from the wii-music-will-bring-balance-to-the-force dept.

Edge Magazine is running an interview with Nintendo game designer Shigeru Miyamoto about some of the company's recent projects, such as Wii Music and Wii Fit. Miyamoto talks about his ambitions for the titles, as well as the difficulty in continuing to entertain players by surprising them. He refers to Wii Music as "music software" rather than a game, and says the primary intent was to bring music to families and assist in music education. The conversation then turns to where Nintendo can go in the future; Miyamoto discusses integrating new technologies into popular game franchises, and the dilemma Nintendo will face when designing its next console — do they stick with updated versions of their innovative controllers, do they return to a more standard build, or do they bring a completely different input device to the table?

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  1. Your nut-guard's wearing thin. by tyrantking31 · · Score: -1, Troll

    Shouldn't you be working on the next Zelda title? Wii = Epic Fail

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    1. Re:Your nut-guard's wearing thin. by madpuppy · · Score: -1, Troll

      It may be a/the top selling console but, seeing that only people who don't play games are buying them. (eg: old people, parents of very young children, care givers for people with downs and aspergers syndrome.)
      People who play games on the other hand know that the Wii is a scam and a waste of money. personally, I LIKE good graphics and a complex storyline, I LIKE to play dvd's and blu-ray discs on my console. I like having the ability to download games and demo's to an internal hard drive. I like using my console as a media server.

  2. Re:Next Console? by DigiShaman · · Score: 0, Troll

    No, graphics don't have to matter, but they do aid in the fantasy immersion.

    Graphics hardware is getting cheap and plentiful in the market. Why would you want to skimp on it when HDTV display technology is replacing the old 4:3 aspect standard?

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  3. Re:Wii Music, Huh? by feepness · · Score: -1, Troll

    It amazes me to see people rabidly defending the Wii after all this time.

    For a year all we ever heard about the PS3 was "Where are the games?" Well, they're here... for the PS3.

    As for the Wii?

    Where are the games?