E3 2009: Miyamoto 'Not Worried' By Rivals

Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of Mario and Zelda and one of the key creative driving forces behind Nintendo, has said he is 'not worried' by the motion controllers introduced by Sony and Microsoft at this year's E3.

'The fact that both of those companies are looking at getting the gamer off the couch, taking advantage of motion control, and getting them to control the game by moving their body shows that they have looked at what we have done with Wii' the Nintendo star told BBC News, "And now they are moving in the same direction. To that end we are very flattered.'

Nintendo unveiled the Wii's motion controller at 2005's Tokyo Game Show, a device that has since changed the face of the industry as it has helped push the Wii console into previously untapped markets.

At a pre-E3 conference, Microsoft unveiled its own take on motion control with Project Natal, an ambitious device that uses a camera and advanced recognition technology that has impressed all who have tried it.

Sony soon followed suit with its Motion Controller, shown off at its conference on Tuesday in an impressive display that highlighted the device's true 1:1 motion sensing capabilities.

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