Nintendo went all in on motion control, and now the rest of the industry is following their lead. But according to Mario mastermind Shigeru Miyamoto, the company doesn’t think it’s quite time for them to jump into the third dimension. More »
The storage situation on the Wii is sorta abysmal, especially if you’re an avid Virtual Console or WiiWare fan and have lots of games. Don’t worry, Nintendo knows it. According to a translated interview with Latin American pub Club Nintendo, Reggie and Miyamoto say that you can expect an announcement about storage goodness in the future, since they’re working on a number of technologies, but it won’t be a hard drive.
Nintendo has banned Shigeru Miyamoto from talking about his hobbies, fearing that The Next Big Gaming Thing could be guessed by competitors by just listening carefully to the game wizard. Apparently, all the latest Nintendo hits came from Zeldameister’s personal projects and obsessions, from Brain Training to Wii Fit, so his musings on banana pancake recipes and cricket farming had to stop sooner than later to protect the company’s future. [The Times via Kotaku]
It was always unlikely to us that the Wii Fit would be the thing to sculpt your gelatinous torso into something suitable for American Gladiators, but Nintendo’s Miyamoto finally admitted it himself.
