Cammie Dunaway answers all your questions – Disaster in North America, a new Pikmin, re-releases in NA, more
“Well, it’s just that we roll out things at different times and so we chose to talk about some of the ones that we are committed to rolling out in 2009, but there is some other stuff that we’re still taking a look at…As I said, we’ve just selected ones that we’ve already made commitments to. We weren’t trying to show our full lineup for the first part of 2009.”- Referring to Disaster: Day of Crisis in North America
“No details yet. Actually, I’m kind of interested to see all the buzz that’ll probably be out there about what kind of prices we should be offering [laughs]. Hopefully that gives me some good ideas…you will be able to bring over some of the points, but we’re still figuring out how it’s going to work. It’s not necessarily going to be all of them.” – On Club Nintendo
“It’s not the Pikmin that Mr. Miyamoto referred to, no. Mr. Miyamoto referred to a new Pikmin, as opposed to the classics that are being rereleased on Wii.” – Referring to a new Pikmin (the re-releases were not what Miyamoto was referring to back at E3, so yes, there is a new Pikmin on the way)
“We don’t know the timing yet, but as Reggie said, it’s going to enable a much more seamless use of the SD card, which is pretty bulky and complicated today. And you’ll be able to save from the Virtual Console straight to the SD card. So we’re excited to hear it.” – On the Wii storage solution
“Our strategy is always to find a variety of games that appeal to a variety of types of players. To utilize what’s working well in Japan and to work with second-parties here to develop new franchises that may be unique to the U.S. And to keep working with third-parties. We wanted to highlight primarily the things that are coming for this holiday season because we wanted to make sure we’re getting the word out about our holiday titles. But we also wanted to give a peek at some of the things that are coming in 2009. Our peek is by no means meant to be an exhaustive list.” – On the software lineup, games shown in Japan
“I know, it is kind of quiet down there. No, no news to announce right now. They’re always working hard. Yeah, they are working hard, I’ll tell you that.” – Referring to Retro Studios
I’d say that, overall, this is some pretty useful information. Honestly, the only thing that confounds me here is Disaster: Day of Crisis. If any title was primed to launch in North America, it’d be Disaster!
