Dean Takahashi of Mercury News was fortunate enough to speak with Mr. Shigeru Miyamoto at GDC in a one-on-one Q&A session. During the session, they discussed Sony, Miis, developers and their game ideas, epic games such as Fire Emblem, and third parties. Check out the excerpt below:
Q: A lot of people questioned whether the Wii would take off or not. Nobody really knew. It has taken off. Now the question is how long does it last? Will people really stay excited about the Wii. What about it tells you they will stay excited?
A: It depends on the software we create to make it appealing. Originally, people said Wii Sports was a fun game but it was simple. People would lose interest in it very quickly. We are finding people are still playing it. It is a question of how long it will hold their attention. Another option for us is, instead of having single player games where people lose interest in them, having the Wii become a tool in the household. Every time people get together in the home, people bring out the Wii to entertain themselves. That’s one way to try to sustain the momentum the Wii has gained. To turn it into that tool. But that of course depends on the software that we create. So of course one main point that has been there for us is having this idea of having a system that is connected to the Internet 24 hours a day. So that it’s always there. It becomes a device you turn on and interact with every single day. It’s a product you turn on as naturally as you do your TV. To interact with and see what kind of entertainment is waiting for you there. Making it part of your every day life. One project we are working on is what we call “health packs†or “Wii fit.†It’s still a project name. But it’s health or exercise-based software.
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