Nintendo Talks the Future of Wii 134
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?'"
All I want... (Score:4, Informative)
ARGH!
Other than that, I love it =)
Sweet Jebus, what an awful site. (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Reggie Who? (Score:2, Informative)
So, technically, it's Son-Loved. Which in English can also have a dual meaning.
And in French, having two or three meanings is a grand coup and a really good thing to do.
So, think of it as Wire Lover, Loved Son, or Sun Loved - all meanings are valid.
Goldeneye (Score:5, Informative)
And if you think about it long enough, you'll realize that Goldeneye is based on a James Bond movie from over 10 years ago... They're not talking about a new Goldeneye game, but a Virtual Console [wikipedia.org] version of the original game (the Virtual Console on the Wii is an online service that allows you to purchase and download games for older Nintendo systems).
The reason why people care is because GoldenEye 007 [wikipedia.org] was one of the most popular games for the N64.
Hopefully this background information answers your questions... I'm not trying to provide too much information, you just didn't seem to understand what you were complaining about.
Word complete feature (Score:5, Informative)
Re:question-dodging executives? (Score:5, Informative)
This is completely wrong.
First they never said 10 new games a monday. They said new VC titles every monday, 30 games by the end of the year, and then 10 games a month starting in January.
Second. It was 1 turbographix16, 2 genisis games (Ecco and Golden axe).
We all want all the games, but give them time to get it all right.
Re:I call bullshit. (Score:3, Informative)
"[UPDATE: Readers have noted that some games slated for the Wii Virtual Console in Japan and not for the U.S. by year's end include surefire American favorites like "Super Mario World." On Tuesday, Fils-Aime addressed that point: "I do think here in the Americas we want to be a bit more strategic in how we use the titles
So yeah, they're taking a strategic approach to game releases, which is what I always thought they were going to do. I never expected them to release an old Mario/Zelda game around when they release a new one, or to flood the VC with all the triple-A titles right off the bat, much as I would like them to. Filling in gaps in the release schedule of new games with good VC games is also something I would have expected. The strange part is that apparently they don't think this is as important in Japan. The bad part is that it looks like we're getting shafted as a result (even though all those games will almost certainly come out on the U.S. VC in time).
I think Nintendo doesn't fully understand the difference between Japanese and U.S. game markets, and more to the point doesn't understand how they've been coming closer together over the past few years especially now that the internet lets us all know what the other markets are getting well in advance.