Miyamoto speaks again
June 9th, 2006
The Courier News has an interview with Shigeru Miyamoto that discusses a number of Wii topics, and games in general. Read through some of the interview below, then click over to get the entire piece.
Q: At press briefings, one of the things you said Nintendo intends to do with the new Wii console is change conventional thinking. Can you explain?
SM: For years theres been a separation of people who play video games and then everybody else in the world who doesnt play video games.
Nintendo, as an entertainment company, is really interested in providing entertainment to everyone. We want to appeal to not only people who play games but to people who dont play games, people of all ages and interests.
When we thought about what we want our next home console to be, we had different ideas and different thinking, but ultimately our plan was to turn this into the device that would be the most fun for everyone to have attached to their TV set.
Weve also decided to forget the old style of controller that has been around for so long and instead weve decided to go with this completely new interface that will change gaming. The idea is that its almost like a remote control and you would able to leave this sitting out on your coffee table and it would be like totally natural and be there for anyone to just pick up and use.
Q: Sony and Microsoft are promoting high-definition games and how good games can look. Nintendo has stated it is more interested in how a game feels. Is that accurate?
SM: Its true that a lot of companies are talking about high-definition and graphics and Nintendo thinks graphics are very important too. You have to look at the number of consumers who actually have access to the type of TV that can allow them to enjoy those high-end graphics.
We thought it was too soon to focus on the high-end graphics.
Maybe a few years down the road then definitely we will probably look in that direction, but at this point in time we thought it better to use technology not to simply try to re-create the same games over again with better graphics but instead to try and do something new and unique.
Q: In your opinion, what makes a game good?
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