Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has reiterated to investors that the company’s successor to the Nintendo Wii will include buttons rather than resemble a traditional button free tablet.
According to the numerous rumours being banded about online the console’s controller will feature a six inch touch screen along with the standard buttons we’ve come to accept from a control pad.
“I think it [tablet] is an interesting device if it creates an experience that is in line with the trend created by Nintendo DS.”
“We have never abandoned the + Control Pad and buttons for our game systems because we think these functions are advantageous when creating highly reactive games. In this meaning, I do not think Nintendo hardware will take on any of the current tablet forms as they are without buttons, to make our game devices.”
“However, this is only when we consider tablets as game devices and, for other purposes, I think tablets are very interesting, and they are a form of hardware that will continue to grow.”
– Nintendo president, Satoru Iwata
Good. I’ve played games on my touchscreen phone and…well no good.