Sonic will be gracing the Nintendo DS with a collection of his older critically acclaimed smash hits.
Australia’s Office of Film and Literature Classification has recently rated an unannounced DS Sonic game titled Sonic’s Classic Collection. Undoubtedly this collection will feature many of the hedgehogs previous exciting escapades from the Sega Megadrive.
Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma recently spoke to online gaming publication, IGN, and informed them that the overall structure of the Zelda franchise is set to change with Zelda Wii.
“We’re making efforts regarding the total flow of the Zelda game. So far, the basic flow of the Zelda games is you’re exploring a field, you go to a dungeon, you conquer it and return to the field. We’re looking at altering that traditional flow. That’s all I can share, and I can’t say more until E3 next year.”
- Eiji Aonuma
Nintendo’s Eiji Aonuma, the Legend of Zelda producer, recently sat down with the Official Nintendo Magazine and informed them that they’re hoping there will be a huge Zelda Wii related surprise at E3 2010.
“It is something we used to talk about with Mr Miyamoto, and he and I agree that if we are following the same structure again and again, we might not be able to give long time Zelda fans a fresh surprise.”
“So we have been trying something new in terms of the structure of the Wii version of the new Zelda game this time. I am really hopeful that people will be surprised with the changes we have implemented for this Wii version.”
“I hope that we can show you something at the E3 show next year and it is something we are hopeful will be surprising.”
- Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma
Whilst a plethora of highly anticipated franchises are making their way onto both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, Nintendo are trying relentlessly to persuade certain publishers to provide Wii owners with similar offerings.
“I think for those games (i.e Modern Warfare 2, Assassins Creed etc), typically decisions are being made two years prior,” Fils-Aime says. “And so the decisions two years ago were that those types of games would not be effective on the platform. But we’ve shown that that’s just not the case. High-quality, effectively marketed against our installed base will sell, period — end of story.”
“Upgrading to HD is not the way we at Nintendo do things. The way we at Nintendo do things is, you know, when we will move to a new generation, it’s because there are some fundamental things the [current] console cannot do,what that says is that simply the addition of HD capability will not be the next step for us. There will be more to it. There will be additional capability. There will be additional elements, and, given that, it is far into the future.”
- Reggie Fils-Aime
Nintendo has finally delivered and is offering free downloadable demo’s of select WiiWare titles on the Nintendo Wii via the Wii Shop Channel. To gain access to these demos you will need to do the following:
Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime has spoken openly to news network CNBC about his feelings on Modern Warfare 2′s phenomenal success.
You know, I was not (surprised about Modern Warfare 2′s success). We know that it’s a high-quality title. We know that it will do exceptionally well. Their challenge is going to be sustaining that. It was so big so fast, what happens next week and the week after? Versus, Mario is going to sell for high numbers every day now through, really, for the next couple of years”
- Reggie Fils-Aime
Capcom’s Matt Dahlgren has told gaming press that he believes it will be possible to port Resident Evil 5 onto the Nintendo Wii after developers at Capcom Japan witnessed the miraculous work the team have done with Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles.
“At Resident Evil 5’s launch it was announced that a Wii version was not technically possible. But after some of the work that Cavia has done (with Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles), the producers of Resident Evil 5 over in Japan now think it is possible. Some of the light effects in the South America stage are pretty incredible. Whether it is going to come, I don’t know the answer to that question. But, it has been said that now at least it is possible.”
- Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles Product Manager, Matt Dahlgren
Nintendo of America president, Reggie Fils-Aime, has explained the reasoning behind Nintendo’s decision to release a larger version of the popular DSi hand-held gaming console.
Its purpose isn’t just to make things bigger for the player, but to attract observers, as well. With an improved view angle, it begins to mimic the extended appeal of Wii. As more people watch the action, more want to get involved and in the process, new players are born.
- Reggie Fils-Aime
President and Chief Operating Officer of Nintendo of America, Reggie Fils-Aime, has openly stated that he’s completely un-fazed about rival motion control solutions from both Microsoft and Sony.
“We applaud anything that will further expand the market of game players; it’s in everyone’s best interest. But all of this talk around new motion controllers does make me think about the people who initially said that the Wii Remote was just a fad. I wonder what happened to those people? For some reason, no one’s invited me to a first-hand demo of either of the other motion controllers reportedly in development. I don’t know what they’ll cost, and I don’t know what software they’ll operate. It could be that our current 100 percent marketshare in motion control could lose a couple of points, but… with a head-start of over 51 million controllers, I still like our chances.
- Reggie Fils-Aime
Modern Warfare Reflex for the Nintendo Wii has scored favourably with the folks over at the Official Nintendo Magazine.
The magazine awarded Modern Warfare Reflex a genuinely positive 80/100 score in its exclusive review. Whilst the Official Nintendo Magazine believes the Wii version retains all the brilliance of the critically acclaimed original, it does take issue with the initially unimpressive visuals.
