Miyamoto mentions new hardware, new MotionPlus games
During an acceptance speech at the Japan Media Arts Festival this past weekend, Shigeru Miyamoto casually referred to unannounced Nintendo hardware and at least one new Wii project he’s working on, which uses the MotionPlus peripheral. Of course, since Miyamoto wasn’t making any formal announcements, that’s all he said on those fronts, according to Andriasang’s summary of a 4Gamer report.
Miyamoto was onstage accepting a Special Achievement Prize when he revealed that, in addition to Zelda, he’s working on an unspecified number of other projects that use MotionPlus. While unconfirmed, the “Special Achievement” might have been awarded for Miyamoto’s work in the field of vague announcements.
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Miyamoto mentions new hardware, new MotionPlus games originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Nintendo to Greenpeace: We do care about the environment
Greenpeace harshed on Nintendo’s eco-coolness last week, and this week the House that Miyamoto Built is firing back. It’s released a statement to Gamasutra saying that it takes environmental responsibilities seriously, and that the company is committed to saving energy, making both of its consoles energy efficient and using carefully picked and clearly-labeled materials in an effort to make post-usage recycling easy.
To be fair to Nintendo, most of Greenpeace’s argument against it was that the company didn’t share information about what it did for the environment, and let’s be honest here: Nintendo’s not really one for sharing. While Nintendo did get blamed for increasing its CO2 emissions, most of Greenpeace’s other complaints (as you can see in the PDF) were not actually about mistakes Nintendo was making, but its failure to share information or release reports about its operations. We can’t really blame Nintendo for that — on at least a few of its points, it seems Greenpeace’s methodology was more responsible for the big N’s bottom-of-the-barrel listing.
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Nintendo to Greenpeace: We do care about the environment originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 12 Jan 2010 03:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Miyamoto thinks his college degree wouldn’t get him a job at Nintendo today
In the upcoming issue of Edge Magazine, Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto discusses a variety of topics with the UK gaming magazine. Develop Online got their hands on a copy of the magazine already, revealing a rather … revealing quote from the father of Donkey Kong. “Nintendo has become one of those companies that graduates from colleges and good universities really want to work for … I often say to [Nintendo head] Mr. Iwata: ‘If I was applying for a job here today, I, with my actual college degree, would probably not have been employed by Nintendo.”
Though he adds that he “might pick up on [applicants] and try to find out something really different within them which you can’t judge just by a college degree,” it worries us greatly that today’s equivalent of the man who helped to birth some of the game industry’s landmark franchises may end up unemployed or even dissuaded from game development altogether. All alone! Without a home! We imagine somewhat like a rolling stone!
… Our apologies. That was quite enough.
Miyamoto thinks his college degree wouldn’t get him a job at Nintendo today originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Zelda producer teases surprises for next title at E3 2010
Our absolute favorite thing about the Zelda series is how much it saves us on strategy guides. See, you can pretty much follow the walkthrough for Link to the Past to beat every installment in the franchise released thereafter. (Get the sword! Get the shield! Beat the Forest Temple! Get the power bracelet! Beat the Fire Temple!) However, in a recent interview with Official Nintendo Magazine, series producer Eiji Aonuma revealed that we can expect some big changes from the franchise’s next iteration — changes which he hopes will be revealed during next year’s E3 showcase.
Aonuma explained that, in order to try and keep the series fresh, he and Shigeru Miyamoto “have been trying something new in terms of the structure of the Wii version of the new Zelda game this time.” You know what that means. They’re going to put the Fire Temple before the Forest Temple. We’re kidding, of course — that’s just crazy talk.
Zelda producer teases surprises for next title at E3 2010 originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Nintendo ‘hasn’t committed’ to new Zelda for Wii in 2010
We all know that home console Zelda games take longer to develop than most small, fledgling nations — still, we’d secretly hoped that Nintendo would pull a hat trick next year, releasing new Wii installments in the Metroid, Mario and the aforementioned Triforce-centric series. Sadly, a recent quote from Reggie Fils-Aime has made us doubtful that this scenario will be realized — speaking on GameTrailers TV, Fils-Aime explained that Nintendo hasn’t “committed to Zelda for 2010.”
So, feel free to keep that hope in your heart that you’ll be Ganon-thwarting once more within the next 365 days — but don’t get too upset if it doesn’t happen. Much like a college-aged Lothario, Nintendo’s remaining non-committal. You might say the company’s as free as a bird, darling — and this bird, you cannot change.
Nintendo ‘hasn’t committed’ to new Zelda for Wii in 2010 originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Nintendo might be considering hybrid HD/SD console
In a voluminous response to an investor question about moving to support high-definition output, Nintendo executives laid out their current thoughts on how and when to make such a move in their consoles. Of course, these thoughts shouldn’t be taken as a definite indicator of Nintendo’s plans, but they might suggest where the company could be headed in the next generation. And if these statements do reflect future events, Nintendo’s next console will be HD-capable, but won’t require that standard for every game.
Genyo Takeda, GM of Nintendo’s Integrated Research & Development Division, said that “moving to HD appears to me a natural flow” given the adoption of HD by television programming. “If we can find out the most appropriate medium, between SD and HD, and flexibly move around them depending on the game’s contents, it will be good, I think,” he suggested. Shigeru Miyamoto agreed, noting that HD wasn’t the most important consideration for something like Wii Fit. “Won’t HD be better for the games like Pikmin? The developers should choose the most appropriate graphical format depending on the software they make.”
Nintendo might be considering hybrid HD/SD console originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Nintendo still planning to co-market Dragon Quest IX
Though Square Enix has yet to say anything concrete about releasing Dragon Quest IX outside of Japan, Nintendo has discussed its own plans to market the title. Last year, Satoru Iwata mentioned his intention to promote the game in the West, and during this week’s financial results Q&A session, senior managing director Shinji Hatano reiterated that intention.
“Hatano said that helping to sell Dragon Quest IX outside Japan is part of a larger effort on the part of Nintendo to partner with software makers to sell their games for Nintendo hardware,” GameLife summarized. Maybe eventually, Square Enix will announce this game.
Also on the subject of Dragon Quest IX, at the same event, Shigeru Miyamoto praised DQIX’s communication mode, which allows players to collect and interact with others’ characters passively. “Dragon Quest IX’s passerby communication has caused the number of people walking around outside using their DS systems to increase greatly, and I’m thinking that I could probably make something unique like that,” he said. And then he said “Also, recently, we got a cat.” Hint, hint.
[Via GameLife]
Nintendo still planning to co-market Dragon Quest IX originally appeared on Joystiq Nintendo on Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Miyamoto a ‘big fan’ of Star Fox, says series popularity on the decline
For being a Nintendo property, the Star Fox series hasn’t performed, well — it hasn’t performed like a Nintendo property. Gaming legend Shigeru Miyamoto recently divulged to MTV Multiplayer that the series has been on the decline since its inception, with steadily declining sales for each new iteration.
But, despite all of that, Miyamoto is still a “big fan” of the series. He says that every time a new entry releases, he’s “hoping people will enjoy it as much as I do,” but that — in Japan, at least — the series’ popularity has not met with Nintendo’s expectations over its lifespan. It’s understandable, really; when a company puts out the best-selling “game” of the last decade, it might find it hard to justify putting out something that isn’t guaranteed to create giant piles of cash.
Miyamoto a ‘big fan’ of Star Fox, says series popularity on the decline originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Miyamoto: Wii successor will likely feature motion controls in ‘more compact’ form
It sounds like Nintendo’s plans for the next console are going to continue largely in the direction they’ve always been going (you know, the one that has resulted in millions of dollars). Shigeru Miyamoto told Popular Mechanics that, despite not having a solid plan yet for upcoming hardware, motion controls are likely to stick around.
“With both the Wii remote itself and Wii MotionPlus, what we’ve been able to do is introduce an interface that is both I think appealing and at the right price for a broad audience,” Miyamoto said. “And while we don’t have any concrete plans for what we’ll be doing with hardware in the future, what I can say is that, my guess is that because we found this interface to be so interesting, I think it would be likely that we would try to make that same functionality perhaps more compact and perhaps even more cost-efficient.”
This could result in a single unit that combines the base Wiimote functionality with the extra accelerometer of the MotionPlus, which makes sense. Or, more excitingly, Miyamoto could be talking about the system being more “compact” and “cost-efficient.” Either way, it’s starting to look less and less likely that the Wii 2 will be just like its competitors, but with Mario games on it.
In much more important news, Miyamoto said that he’d never heard of The Wizard. Bill Trinen’s got a night of translating horrible Fred Savage dialogue ahead of him!
Miyamoto: Wii successor will likely feature motion controls in ‘more compact’ form originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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New Super Mario Bros. Wii is ‘pretty difficult’
New Super Mario Bros. Wii is “pretty difficult,” series creator Shigeru Miyamoto told us at a NYC press demo yesterday, acknowledging complaints that the previous 2D iteration of the franchise was too easy. After our disastrous performance in last week’s hands-on, we’d agree with that assessment.
While “Demo Play” makes concessions towards novice players, NSMBW celebrates hardcore gameplay. By earning the super coins hidden through each level, you’ll be able to unlock a series of “Super Guide” videos that highlight “super skills” tactics. These videos will reveal how to get infinite 1-ups, find the secret goals and show alternate ways of playing the game. (One video we saw showed three Yoshis working in tandem to lick and spit a hapless Luigi throughout the level.)
The newly released video above highlights some of the various stages in NSMBW. Does it look “difficult” to you? You can also check out North America’s all-red packaging after the break.
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New Super Mario Bros. Wii is ‘pretty difficult’ originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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