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Miyamoto: Have Faith in Nintendo

04.08.2009

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Nintendo's living legend Shigeru Miyamoto has urged fans to have faith, especially with the Vitality Sensor for Wii.

When the peripheral was announced at E3 earlier this year, a fair few gamers and critics were confused as to how it could be used in actual games. Nintendo has discussed some concepts and examples, but as for announced software we're still wondering what could be done.

Ideally we would have been able to talk about this in terms of the software implementation rather than just the sensor itself. I don't have any indication for you (of what we have in the works) other than to say that we have lots of very creative ideas. We understand the challenge before us, and we have met these challenges in the past. We just ask that people have confidence in us.

The famed designer also mentioned efforts from the Wii's competitors, namely the motion control options from both Sony and Microsoft. At the the end of the day pricing and how it's presented to the consumer is as important as the fancy technology itself.

One of the challenges is not just to create a natural controller, but how do you get it into the hands of the people? How do you do that cost effectively? I think we've accomplished that. We have sold millions of controllers at a good price point. And we have that delivery system successfully already implemented. For other companies starting from zero and trying to figure out how to get it out there at a decent price point is a big challenge.

Thanks to Official Nintendo Magazine, via NintendoLife.

What do you think of the Vitality Sensor? Do you see it as becoming fairly regularly used/implemented, or another Wii peripheral shoved away in a cob-web-stained cupboard?

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Sonic_13 04.08.2009#1

I will always have faith in Nintendo.

PoRtCuLLiS 04.08.2009#2

I believe in Shigsy. He's one smart cookie.

xXxTin Can ManxXx 04.08.2009#3

Fuck off, Shigsy.

We've had faith in nintendo for 3 years, and unlike religion, fans can't rely on faith alone.

Well, most fans...

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Mario_0 04.08.2009#4

Our Miyamoto, which art in Kyoto
Hallowed be thy Name
Thy Wii game will come
Thy will be done, in the living room as it is in Kyoto
Give us this day our daily gaming
And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that flame against us
And lead us not into xbox or playstation
But deliver us from evil
For now we are playing with power, the Nintendo power, for ever and ever. Amen

( Edited 04.08.2009 02:46 by Mario_0 )

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Keven 04.08.2009#5

Mario_0 said:
Our Miyamoto, which art in Kyoto
Hallowed be thy Name
Thy Wii game will come
Thy will be done, in the living room as it is in Kyoto
Give us this day our daily gaming
And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that flame against us
And lead us not into xbox or playstation
But deliver us from evil
For now we are playing with power, the Nintendo power, for ever and ever. Amen

If there was a button to give you all my stars at once, I would press it right now! Smilie

But, in all seriousness, I'm sick and tired of having to "interact" with games. After a long day, when I come home and I'm all tired, I don't want to wave my arms around and do all this cheesey stuff. I just want to sit and play video games.

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Faust_D 04.08.2009#6

Keven said:
Mario_0 said:
Our Miyamoto, which art in Kyoto
Hallowed be thy Name
Thy Wii game will come
Thy will be done, in the living room as it is in Kyoto
Give us this day our daily gaming
And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that flame against us
And lead us not into xbox or playstation
But deliver us from evil
For now we are playing with power, the Nintendo power, for ever and ever. Amen

If there was a button to give you all my stars at once, I would press it right now!
But, in all seriousness, I'm sick and tired of having to "interact" with games. After a long day, when I come home and I'm all tired, I don't want to wave my arms around and do all this cheesey stuff. I just want to sit and play video games.

Then play one of the plentiful non-waggling titles on Wii?

I only have one Wii-game at this moment where the waggling is an essential part of the game.
Okay, I admit, I'm lacking quite a few titles that I want to own, but still,, 1 out of 6 being a genuine waggler isn't too bad, really.

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MasaMuneCyrus 04.08.2009#7

The vitality sensor could have so much potential if it didn't require you to essentially devote your entire hand to it. If they somehow made it so you could hold a controller and use the sensor simultaneously, it would open the door to spectacular new games; imagine an Eternal Darkness with the vitality sensor to tell when your heart is racing! Unfortunately, how the heck do you frantically use a joystick when you have a brick attacked to your pointer finger?

mooojc 04.08.2009#8

Hah, I have lost all my faith in Nintendo. I have very little expectations these days.

meeto_0 04.08.2009#9

Wii balance board has loads of untouched potential. They have neglected it. The vitality sensor looks even more of a niche so why wont this be neglected just the same. If PS3 and xbox 360 can price their tech at £60 then that will fall in line with wii's complete controller

Darkflame 04.08.2009#10

Natal would ALSO need a nunchuck bit to do the same functionality as the complete controller.
No one has a solution that replaces the need to character walk/run controlled by motion tech. Short of supplying a treadmill with consoles, I dont think that will ever be fixed.
---
It amaze\'s me how someone that has played, say, Mario Galaxy, or Metroid Corruption, could possibly lose faith in Nintendo O_o

Nintendo always produces absolutely great games, even if they arnt in the quanity we would like, the quality has never gone downhill...like..umm...Sega.

As for the vitality sensor (hu, dumb name), I do agree its way too dominating a design. Should have been in a strap-like form, so it dosnt conflict with holding controllers.

Personaly, I\'m all for controllers taking as much information as possible. My ideal controller would be something like a wiimote+analogue stick, for both hands (seperate, no wire), and those controllers -also- somehow sensor pulse, temperature, how hard I\'m gripping them and full room-based positioning.
(from, say, locators in speakers you can place about your room...thus having quad sound and full positioning at the same time).

Of course though, that set up, would be very expensive.
--

Incidently, you gota love how modest and respectful Nintendo are about their competitors.

Sony \"Motion controllsucks, look, our 6axis dosnt even need a sensor bar!\"

Nintendo \"Well, our compeditors may have trouble getting the price right\"

Smilie
(an accurate comment for sure, given how expensive Natal must be to make...an actual 3d-scanning camera? Not cheap, not yet anyway)

( Edited 04.08.2009 14:44 by Darkflame )

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Trepe 04.08.2009#11

I believe Nintendo will find good aplications for the vitality sensor. But one thing I\'ve never liked and always tried to avoid is having loads of peripheral add ons and gadgets. Before you know it your whole room is cluttered with them.

So far we have the the controller, which we obiously need. But then there\'s the Nunchuk, Steering Wheel, Zapper, Motion Plus, Balance Board, Classic controller, Gamecube Controller if you want to play Gamecube games, and now Vitality Sensor. Not forgetting you\'ll need two of each if you want to play two player games.

How much space am I going to end up needing to play Wii games. My house is starting to get very cluttered and Nintendo\'s philosophy of keeping it simple is starting to look a little ridiculous. Smilie

( Edited 04.08.2009 10:23 by Trepe )

Mario_0 04.08.2009#12

I wouldn't count the wiiwheel or zapper. They don't do anything.

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Darkflame 04.08.2009#13

Trepe said:
So far we have the the controller, which we obiously need. But then there's the Nunchuk, Steering Wheel, Zapper, Motion Plus, Balance Board, Classic controller, Gamecube Controller if you want to play Gamecube games, and now Vitality Sensor.

Some of those you dont really need though.
Zapper and the steering wheel are just bits of plastic.
Nintendo makes them better then most, but they are no more needed then those silly "make the wiimote look like a golf club end" plastic add ons.

2 Wiimote/Nunchuck sets are all I have bought so far, and they have done me just fine.
I already had gamecube controllers (Wavebird ftw), so havnt needed anything else.

Balance Board I see as just like a Guitar add-on or something...not really needed, just something for a specific game, or game set.

The only stupidity for me is the classic controller not being 100% compatible as a Gamecube one.
They should be interchangable, so you only need one or the other.

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welshwuff 04.08.2009#14

I have faith but its wearing thin, for now im just playing retro and gamecube games i hadnt played yet.

HazukiSan 04.08.2009#15

Honestly, fuck you Nintendo. We're not a loyal band of fans, we're consumers and you have to earn our money. I think you've forgotten that.

JoshSL 04.08.2009#16

I don't rly care what Miyamoto says half of the time anymore. His latest big genius titles were Wii Fit and Wii Music, and I honestly couldn't care less in them. He's also the only person almost trying to prevent Nintendo franchises from keeping up with evolution in gaming.

Darkflame said:

It amaze's me how someone that has played, say, Mario Galaxy, or Metroid Corruption, could possibly lose faith in Nintendo O_o

Thankfully Metroid Corruption isn't inhouse Nintendo, or else I'd have much less faith in them than I do now! Smilie

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J4K 04.08.2009#17

mOojc said:
Hah, I have lost all my faith in Nintendo. I have very little expectations these days.

I\'m afraid I\'m heading down that path too. I can no longer guarantee that I\'ll buy a Nintendo console next gen. I\'ll definitely stick to their handhelds, but I\'ve missed so many amazing games this gen (Bioshock for one) because I backed the Wii. And Galaxy (and near perfect shooter control) aside it\'s been a disappointment. I\'m hoping Wii Motion Plus can rectify things but it has a ways to go to restoring my hope. Even Brawl, the game that guaranteed I\'d stay in the Wii camp was just Melee reskinned with a terrible online mode.

It amaze\'s me how someone that has played, say, Mario Galaxy, or Metroid Corruption, could possibly lose faith in Nintendo O_o

I don\'t think anyone is doubting they can make amazing games. I could hand them my graphing calculator and they could make something that is GOTY quality. Its the tons upon tons upon tons of questionable decisions they make -- like this freaking sensor -- that infuriate us and drive us to lose confidence. You need more than a few amazing games. Online mode? Seriously gimped. Horsepower? None. HD Support? Sorry. Can I just play a DVD? Nope.

My Nintendo posts aren\'t generally this gloomy. Smilie

( Edited 04.08.2009 16:49 by Jacob4000 )

meeto_0 04.08.2009#18

I agree that nintendo has made some very questionable decisions this gen.
Why arent more of their games supporting online? why isnt motion plus now in the box with every wii or built into the remote.
Why has the balance board been poorly supported?
Why launch DSi with little softare/download support?
Why isnt there a stronger balance in your software line up?

erv 04.08.2009#19

Respect is not given, it's earned.

The games I have played this generation were very, very good. But also behind on what could've been possible.

I don't need extra gimmicks, I need quality games. Now there's a whole lot more this generation than there ever was, so no question about that. I love it. But it is the constant proof of things being able to have been way better than right now that is making me wonder how "even better" things could've been. Sort of ironic how you can be totally awesome and still not have utilised enough of your full potential.

So yeah, trust there is. But longing for simple improvements (hd, online that-does-not-suck) makes me feel twisted about it.

Guest 04.08.2009#20

They all suck. I'm sticking to my SNES.

Trepe 04.08.2009#21

Darkflame said:
Trepe said:
So far we have the the controller, which we obiously need. But then there's the Nunchuk, Steering Wheel, Zapper, Motion Plus, Balance Board, Classic controller, Gamecube Controller if you want to play Gamecube games, and now Vitality Sensor.
Some of those you dont really need though.
Zapper and the steering wheel are just bits of plastic.
Nintendo makes them better then most, but they are no more needed then those silly "make the wiimote look like a golf club end" plastic add ons.
2 Wiimote/Nunchuck sets are all I have bought so far, and they have done me just fine.
I already had gamecube controllers (Wavebird ftw), so havnt needed anything else.
Balance Board I see as just like a Guitar add-on or something...not really needed, just something for a specific game, or game set.
The only stupidity for me is the classic controller not being 100% compatible as a Gamecube one.
They should be interchangable, so you only need one or the other.

Yes, But your given the Zapper & Wheel with games wether you want them or not.

Other consoles also don't need extra controllers to play games from past generations.

WP-Final 04.08.2009#22

They\'ll release this sensor with a collection of mini games that will appeal to all gamers old or young. They\'ll then forget all about the sensor and announce the next crazy accessory. Just like with the balance board.

I like that Nintendo have gone in a different direction with the Wii Remote etc, but I\'m also very disappointed at their lack of effort with online games/features and the shoddy Wii Shop Channel interface. Increasing the price of Nintendo Points also was a stab in the back.

Trepe said:
Other consoles also don\'t need extra controllers to play games from past generations.

To be fair on Nintendo, at least they made the Wii to have backwards compatibility with pretty much every Gamecube game whereas the PS3 and 360 are quite a mess in that department.

( Edited 04.08.2009 22:01 by wAyNe - sTaRT )

maeda 04.08.2009#23

I have faith in Nintendo. Next year is going to be a stellar one for Wii and the second half of this one looks pretty good too. As of right now Wii is my favourite console this generation ( I also own a 360).