Iwata doesn’t think Wii U’s concept and potential have been rejected, development talk
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Nintendo president Satoru Iwata recently conducted a wide-scale interview with Toyo Keizai Online. Among the topics discussed include the Wii U and his thoughts when it comes to being a developer.
You can find a few tidbits below, courtesy of Kotaku. We’ll have more quotes from the interview over the next few days.
Level-5 announces and dates Vision 2013 event
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Level-5 is returning once again with its annual “Vision” event after taking a one year break. Level-5 Vision 2013 was announced and dated by the company today.
The event is set for August 26. Along with details on existing titles, Level-5 will make announcements about new projects.
This year’s Vision theme is “swirl”. T-Pistonz+KMC will be performing live.
Denis Dyack on what drew Precursor to Wii U, says console race “is way, way too early to tell”
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Precursor Games pledged support for Wii U in a big way when it announced Shadow of the Eternals for the console (and PC, later followed by PS4). Yet not all companies are willing to put out new titles for Nintendo’s system. There’s no denying that the Wii U is struggling, which is one of the big reasons why third-party support has been slim.
So what is it about the Wii U that drew Precursor to the console? Chief creative officer Denis Dyack pointed to a number of reasons in an interview with GameSpot:
“We like the Wii U. …Well, I think first of all we’re great friends with Nintendo. We love Nintendo. Also, Eternal Darkness got its roots with Nintendo and I think a spiritual successor should follow those roots and I think that was just natural. I also think that the controller and the system itself is very, very unique and leaves a lot of possibilities for us.”
Later in the interview, Dyack went on to speak about Nintendo’s recent struggles and said of the console race: it’s “way, way too early to tell.”
“I’m always very cautious about saying Nintendo’s put themselves in a corner or made a lot of huge mistakes because I’ve never seen a company surprise so many people and come out of nowhere to win and I think certainly this console race with the Wii U is way, way too early to tell. The people at Nintendo are extremely smart, really great people. We’ll see where it goes. I think it’s just too early to tell…”
Video: “Ubisoft Quebec’s Behind Closed Doors” – episode 5
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Shigesato Itoi on what EarthBound means to him in new message
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Nintendo has published a message from EarthBound creator Shigesato Itoi on the newly-opened Wii U VC site. In it, Itoi discussed what the SNES game means to him. You can either find the full message below or on the official site here.
Miyamoto talks Pikmin “anime”
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In the past, Shigeru Miyamoto has mentioned how he has been working on Pikmin “cartoons”. These videos never emerged, but they do seem to still be in the works – or at least something in the animation department is.
Miyamoto recently spoke with Japanese publication 4Gamer and discussed the “Pikmin anime” he’s been working on. Surprisingly, he mentioned: “The truth is for the past two years, I’ve been spending more time on the Pikmin anime than the game.”
Miyamoto said the following regarding the Pikmin anime:
“To that end I am currently working on putting all the elements that can’t be conveyed only by a game together in one package and am experimenting with making a Pikmin anime. The truth is for the past two years, I’ve been spending more time on the Pikmin anime than the game. (laughs) We’d like people to develop a more fond connection with the Pikmin themselves. In fact, at last year’s E3 many of the Pikmin things we passed around were made from elements we used for the Pikmin anime. Furthermore, since December of last year at Toho Cinema movie theaters there are Pikmin in the logo shown before movies. Even during the parts where they ask people to please put on their 3D glasses, there are Bulborbs running around. These are one piece of the things we’ve done in preparation for the anime.”
Regarding its availability, Nintendo is currently “considering how to release it.”
Third portion of Miyamoto’s 4Gamer interview translated (unofficially)
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Shigeru Miyamoto recently conducted an interview with Japanese publication 4Gamer. Two portions of the talk have been translated previously, and now the third and final piece has appeared
There’s still a bunch of discussion about Pikmin 3, naturally, but Miyamoto also speaks about the Wii U in general. You can find the full thing here.
Codemasters founder says there’s a “good chance” Nintendo will be fine, they’ve “always been a pioneer”
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Codemasters founder David Darling
Darling apparently went on to talk about how Nintendo could look into the realm of brain-controlled gaming with their next home consols, or perhaps something even later than that, and said that the tech is already being researched heavily at Warwick University.
Video: “Play With Your Food – Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D Edition”
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Nintendo to let users purchase digital content through PCs/smartphones by year’s end
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Nintendo has been emphasizing its “digital business” over the past few years, and it sounds like an even greater focus will be placed in this area going forward.
Recently, president Satoru Iwata stated, “It’s important for us to expand our revenue opportunities.”
Means of downloading content, other than the eShop, have been looked at. Nintendo officials have confirmed that a system will launch by year’s end so that users can purchase items from a PC or smartphone.
The company’s statement reads:
“By the end of the year, we will launch a system where you can purchase (content) from your computer or smartphone through strict account management.”