C3 Exclusive Interview | Mitchell Corp on Magnetica, Nintendo Wii & the Future

That was a fantastic interview Raz, very informative. I like it when Developers, Chairmen or a company in general says that they like working with Nintendo. It usually means that they produce killer games for their consoles. So Iwata-san usually checks most of Ninty's games? Woah, that's a alot of work.

Great stuff, not too much revealed there but a nice interview nonetheless. The snippet about Iwata checking each game personally is very interesting to say the least!

Lots of things to extract from this:

- There will be another version of Magnetica in the future

- Zuma's creators, Zuma being the Puzz Loop/Magnetica clone, better watch their backs!

- Classic arcade Mitchell games could appear on the Virtual Console

- Mr Ozaki confirmed Wii support (in a roundabout way)

- Expect more GBA and DS projects to come!

- Wi-Fi Connection is set to be used in the future by Mitchell (online Polarium battles would be intense!)

- Mitchell has been given the chance to work with Nintendo characters, but for the moment refused, it would seem

- Its new DS project is VERY addictive.

They're not one to elaborate are they

Off topic a little but this was from an interview with Kaplan. I was saying I can see the Wii launch first in Australia if not after New Zealand and here is a little info "sort of" confirming this.

"The possibility of demo-pods in retailers was talked about, though nothing is yet confirmed. A worldwide launch across the Americas, Europe, Japan and Asia and Australia is what Nintendo are aiming for."

Just actually watched the interview with Kaplan. It's going to be a worldwide launch for sure. Watch the interview on IGN.

( Edited on 12.05.2006 18:31 by Revolution )

He did this interview bloody fast, much quicker than expected. It's like the opposite of the (brilliant) one with Brooke Burgess, who wrote an essay for basically each question!

I still think Polarium Wii would be cool, flipping the tiles with the Wii-mote and moving the cursor round just by tilting!

So Mitchell is definitely going to develop on the Wii? That basically confirms it, right? Polarium would rule!

Mitchell is currently busy on the Nintendo DS, working on another secret project and considering the idea of Pang DS...But yes, it sounds like the Wii certainly factors into the company's future plans!