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HD Just Isn’t Enough For Wii U Says Nintendo Of America President

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Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime has reiterated that gorgeous HD visuals aren’t enough to entice today’s consumers and that the main selling point for Wii U will be the fact that you’ll be using two screens for gaming. Reggie firmly believes that the combination of a big first screen coupled with a second smaller screen will change the gaming industry as we currently know it.

“The big innovation with the Wii U is the controller and the ability to have an interactive experience that leverages all of your traditional input buttons as well as a screen built right into the controller. Yes, the system is HD capable; it’ll generate the most gorgeous pictures. But for us that’s not enough.”

“We need to continue pushing the overall experience forward. We need to bring new types of entertainment. New types of gaming and the combination of a big first screen — your home TV — coupled with a second screen in your hands, in our view, is going to bring gaming to a whole new experience and to continue driving the industry.”

Nintendo Of America President Attempts To Explain Declining Wii Sales

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The LA Times managed to catch up with Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime at this years CES to speak to him about the decline in Wii sales. Reggie told the publication that said he didn’t see declining Wii sales as a negative but rather he saw them as a positive leading into the release of the Wii U later this year.

“The Wii is now approaching 40 million homes here in the United States, so from a penetration standpoint we’re beginning to top out in terms of the total number of systems sold, and that’s why it makes so much sense to prepare for the launch of the Wii U.”

Wii U Will Push Boundaries With ‘Full Range Of Entertainment’

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Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime believes that the Wii U will continuously push boundaries with what we’ve come to expect from video games consoles and will offer consumers a full range of entertainment. Let’s hope the App Store rumour is true.

“That’s where the innovation is and we believe that not only for gaming but for a full range of entertainment it’s going to continue pushing the boundaries.”

Nintendo Of America President Says Wii U Information Will Be Shared Throughout The Year, Not Just At E3

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Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime appeared on Spike TV from the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas to give a little insight into Nintendo’s plans for 2012. Reggie briefly spoke about the Wii U and stated that Nintendo will be providing information on the console throughout the year, meaning we won’t have to wait until E3 to hear all the juicy information about the console.

“So essentially we will be sharing information throughout the entire year. I won’t say that you’re going to have to wait until E3, but we certainly aren’t breaking new information here – no launch date, no launch price, no software line-up. But we will be sharing a lot of information all through the year on how we will be driving Wii U into households”.

Nintendo Of America President Reggie Fils-Aime Will Be On Spike On Tuesday To Discuss Wii U

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Geoff Knightly has announced via Twitter that Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime will be joining him on Tuesday to discuss why he thinks 2012 is the year of Wii-U. We already know Nintendo will be showing off the Wii U at CES but sadly it will be more glimpses of the tech demos we all saw at last years E3 event in Los Angeles.

Update: Reggie is to be interviewed sometime between 4pm-5pm. Thanks btj.

Nintendo Of America President Reiterates That Wii U Will Be Priced Significantly Higher Than Wii

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Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime briefly spoke to All Things Digital about what consumers should expect from Wii U. One of the things Fils-Aime did mention is that pricing for console will be priced substantially higher than Wii and that Wii U will mainly interest consumers who want to have the latest gadgets and have a higher disposable income.

The market is going to continue to differentiate based on the types of experiences that consumers want. As an example, if I’m the head of a household of a family of four, and my disposable income is $50,000 to $60,000, I’m going to continue to look at the Wii because of the software, and it’s a great entertainment device. For consumers who want to have the latest gadgets and have a higher disposable income, that’s for the Wii U.

We haven’t announced pricing or availability or any other details, but given the current pricing of the Wii, it’s not going to be there.

We’ve been very clear, the market is going to decide how long these products will coexist side by side. Our goal is to launch the Wii U and drive it into the marketplace, but it will speak to a different consumer than the one that is buying the Wii today during the holidays.

Nintendo Of America President Says Facebook Games Are Repetitive, And There’s No Chance Of Mario On Facebook

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In a recent interview with All Things Digitial Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime has criticised Facebook games stating that social gaming platforms like Zynga continue to deliver the same experience all the time and that doing the same thing over and over again is basically no longer fine. He also mentioned that there’s absolutely no chance that we will be seeing key Nintendo franchises pop up on the social network.

“The companies that will win in the social gaming space need to show an ability to provide the new and different experiences, and a way to monetize it. In the end, these are businesses that need to make money … We make games for Nintendo devices, and that is a competitive advantage for us. You can only play Mario on a Nintendo device, so from that standpoint, I wouldn’t expect to see our franchises on other platforms, and I would argue Facebook is a platform”

Nintendo Wii U: Nintendo Says Pricing And Games Will Be Different For Wii U

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Nintendo president Reggie Fils-Aime has told Time that the pricing and the types of games available on Wii U will be different from what we’ve become to expect from Wii. Hinting towards a higher price tag Reggie also says pricing will also be different than Wii.

The consumer buying Wii hardware today is going to be a different consumer than the one who will be buying Wii U in the future. This is the first holiday that the Wii is available at $149.99 or below, so its an expanded demographic we’re reaching. These are consumers who have heard about Wii for the past couple years, but at $199 or $249 it was economically out of their reach.

We haven’t announced pricing for Wii U, but you can definitely expect that pricing is going to be different and that the games are going to be different. We do believe that Wii and Wii U will coexist for some time. As we drive the install base of Wii, we’re really setting people up to take their gaming library and be able to transfer it over to Wii U.

Nintendo: Nintendo Of America President Reveals His Favourite Game Of All-Time

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Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime has told Games Blog that his favourite game of all-time is The Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past. Reggie also confessed to being a huge Zelda fan and he admitted that he’s been playing Skyward Sword avidly since E3.

What game are you most excited about?

Me personally? It’s like asking me which of my children do I love the most. I’m a huge Zelda fan — my favorite game of all time is Zelda: Link to the Past. One of the benefits of my job is that I get to play games in development. I have a special Wii in my office, and I’ve been playing Skyward Sword since E3 [in June]. I’m very much looking forward to that game.

 

Nintendo Wii U: Nintendo Of America President Talks Wii U

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Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime believes that Wii U will disrupt the market in a similar way to Wii and Nintendo DS. Reggie wouldn’t go into specifics, but he did state that Nintendo will be taking advantage of the Wii U’s second screen and the all-round connectivity the console offers.

“The Wii U has to deliver a differentiated experience that can only be brought to bear through the use of these two screens. If all we do is a beautiful game in HD, it’s been done before. We have to take advantage of the second screen, we need to take advantage of the connectivity that the system will offer and, if we do that, we believe that we will yet again disrupt the market the same way we with DS and Wii.”