Nintendo considered Nintendogs game for Wii
This information comes from the latest edition of Iwata Asks focusing on nintendogs + cats…
Konno: There were even ideas for animals like horses and dolphins. Some people said that horses would definitely sell well in Europe.
Iwata: So you were thinking about it, experimenting, and discussing it. Fate just wasn’t with those experiments and weren’t able to find that key element to validate them as a product.
Konno: Yes. We actually considered it for the Wii system. But it doesn’t have a microphone, so you couldn’t talk to your dog.
Iwata: Oh! So if the Wii Remote controller had a mic, there might have been a Wii version of Nintendogs?
Konno: Yeah. We might have moved forward with it.
Miyamoto: But there’s a distance between the Wii Remote and the television, so it might not have felt like you were petting your dog.
Konno: Right. We decided to consider any good ideas that might come up, but nothing ever developed.
Miyamoto: And to be honest, I didn’t feel like making a follow-up Nintendogs at the time.
Thanks to Thomas N for the tip!
