Wii 2 "needs something new" - Iwata

[wraggster]

Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata has repeated Reggie Fils-Aimé mantra on the firm's next console, telling investors that simply making the next console compatible with HD televisions wouldn't be enough to guarantee sales.

Last month Nintendo US boss Fils-Aimé said the successor to the Wii would have to offer more than an HD upgrade and Iwata obviously agrees.

The Nintendo boss says: "If asked if making the Wii compatible with high definition -- just making it compatible with high resolution -- will get players throughout the world to buy it, I would of course say: 'Do you think it would sell with just that? It needs something new.'"

According to Andriasang, Iwata claimed that he's never spoken about Wii HD and wonders where the information came from. Try Reggie, boss!

Iwata has also called BS on claims he spoke of the next DS having motion control and HD screens.

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[djdynamite123]

well if it's anything like Wii 1, it will be a lot of shovelware hitting the market, and not much created by Nintendo themselves. It will be aimed again at (*everyone* even your pet monkey!) HD was last generation, there is HD, and the use of HD, we need better optimised games that will run smooth and this time when big games are to be released the WII will be considered as an option along with Microsoft, Sony and PC gamers systems. Also we need real 3D like what NVIDIA are creating.

[Qmark]

For one thing, it needs a better method of transferring paid content from Wii 1 than the current "ship it to Nintendo" method.