Miyamoto: Logical step to go HD with next console, system will feature something totally different

Shigeru Miyamoto has been asked about the Wii’s successor over the past few days due to a ton of speculation about Project Cafe. Yesterday, he said that “it’s a matter of when we announce it” and that we should “be patient.”

Miyamoto was once again asked if there is any truth to the recent Wii 2 rumors in an interview with Dutch website Sp!ts. While he didn’t reveal anything specifically, Miyamoto did indicate that it is a logical step for Nintendo to move on to HD since a large percentage of households have an HD television, and echoed previous statements by the company that the console will offer something totally different. You can check out the full Google translated response below.

“I may not tell you, but to us it is of course a logical step to doing something with HD. The number of households with a HD television is now big enough to make an HD game console. And of course we are always busy anyway with the development of new consoles. We focus not only on HD and the next system will feature something totally different than usual.”

Thanks to Jake for the tip!