Japanese gaming publication, Nintendo Dream, has gathered together a host of legendary games designers, such as the revered Shigeru Miyamoto, to create their own New Year’s greeting drawings.
Whilst many Nintendo gamers were initially disappointed to hear that that the well received Super Mario Bros Wii didn’t include an online multiplayer mode, Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto hasn’t ruled it out for future titles.
“Well, it’s not for purely technological issues that it wasn’t included. After all, as you know, we already have online play in Smash Bros., and technologically speaking, I don’t think it’s creating a high amount of lag. It’s just a matter of our priorities when it comes to the creation of a game. We just prioritised on making a multiplayer mode where four players can sit together and play while seeing each other’s faces.
“We thought that this was more important as far as this New Super Mario Bros. was concerned, but we don’t know about the future. Because network environments are getting better and better every day, it may be possible in a future edition to incorporate that type of multiplayer online mode for a real-time action game. But I am just talking about the technological aspect here. What’s more important, of course, is if it’s going to add to the fun aspect of the game.”
- Shigeru Miyamoto
God of War producer, David Jaffe, has stated that he wants to combine elements from Zelda: Ocarina of Time in the next installment of the highly regarded PlayStation exclusive action title.
“If I were to do God of War now, I would do God of War meets Zelda 64 structure. Much more interested in immersive games now vs. scripted experiences…But I think Zelda open world+God of War puzzles/combat=pretty good mash. Many other games have mash’d that up…Not to imply I don’t love God of War. I DO very much. But I just would not design it the same way now, in 2010.”
- David Jaffe
Zelda series director, Eiji Aonuma, has stated that he would like to produce a new addition to Link’s Crossbow Training but has instead been urged by his peers to continue to work on the next Zelda title for Wii.
“To tell you the truth, I actually wanted to create Link’s Crossbow Training 2. I thought that we should do something more and better in the field of the first person shooter, based on our experience of the first game”.
The “more” he wanted was an expanded multiplayer mode, but Nintendo would have none of it. “The fact of the matter is that a lot of people inside Nintendo insisted that I should work on a new Legend Of Zelda title rather than working on more Crossbow Training”.
- Eiji Aonuma
Nintendo of America have officially announced that they’re releasing the compulsively cute Pink and Blue Wii Remotes for Valentines day, February 14th 2010.
Following in the footsteps of Microsoft, Nintendo have finally decided to introduce environmentally friendly games cases.
The first game to benefit from having the environmentally friendly games cases is the highly anticipated Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers, due for release today in the United States.
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Nintendo of America’s president, Reggie Fils-Aime has spoken openly to Fox News regarding Wii sales.
Reggie Fils-Aime openly admitted to the Fox news network that it’s hard to beat last years phenomenal sales records, with the third year generally being the peak time for hardware sales.
“The third year in a generation is typically the strongest year. We’re now in our fourth year, and last year was a record year for the Wii hardware business. So, it’s going to be really tough for us to lap those numbers, but we’re having a great holiday season so far.”
- Reggie Fils-Aime
Zelda series director, Eiji Aonuma, recently sat down with Edge Magazine to discuss the critically acclaimed Twilight Princess and the next instalment of the Zelda franchise.
Eiji Aomuma readily admitted to Edge that scale is an element that wasn’t emphasised enough on in Twilight Princess, however they are looking to expand on this aspect in Zelda Wii with bigger and more diversified game worlds.
Nintendo have taken the top four spots in the individual titles Top 40 list with Wii Fit Plus, Wii Sports Resort, Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games and New Super Mario Bros. Wii
However, Activision’s immensely popular Modern Warfare 2 has taken the number one spot in the Entertainment Top 40 List which includes combined sales for multi-platform games.
