Information Update // Noticias Nuevas - Nintendo 3DS & PSVita

Information Update - Nintendo 3DS


1.- Corporate vice president of Microsoft Studios Phil Spencer was recently interviewedby GamesIndustry International. During the interview, Spencer was asked to share his thoughts on Nintendo’s upcoming console. Spencer believes, that with Wii U, Nintendo is ”building a platform that is effectively a 360 when you think of graphical capability.” Spencer also claims that Wii U will receive plenty ports of games that are available on the Xbox 360 because of its Wii U Pro Controller “that feels familiar for 360 gamers.”

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Nintendo president Satoru Iwata made it clear that Shigeru Miyamoto is not yet retiring but Nintendo is preparing for when he eventually retires. Iwata says, “Mr. Miyamoto still will be actively creating things but we are working for the transition of power to go to younger people at the same time.” Nintendo is preparing “competent replacements” for Nintendo directors who will get “too old to be able to continue their current positions.”


Details have emerged regarding a brand new home console titled Ouya. The system will retail for $99 and will run Google’s popular Android operating system. The console’s games will be entirely free to play, but supposedly they will feature in-game purchases. The console is being designed, worked on, and marketed, by an impressive array of people. One of the other intriguing aspects is the underlying hardware is ‘built to be hacked’—every customer who buys a retail box will get a dev kit in the bargain, claims the developers. We should hear more about this promising project in a few days.

The Nintendo 3DS has been selling well in Japan but Nintendo president Satoru Iwata admits that the 3DS’s momentum is weak in other regions, including the U.S. and Europe. Iwata claimed that this is normal for the 3DS because Nintendo’s previous handheld, the Nintendo DS, “gained momentum within a year in Japan; however, it took more than two years in the U.S. and in the end the total sales of the Nintendo DS exceeded the Wii there.”

Nintendo president Satoru Iwata claims that the reason Nintendo developed the Nintendo 3DS XL is because consumers wanted it. According to Iwata, “When Nintendo introduced a larger screen version of the Nintendo DSi in the past, it was very much appreciated by consumers, and the Nintendo DS market expanded.” Iwata was asked if Nintendo will be releasing variations of the 3DS, after the 3DS XL releases, and he said, “We won’t deny the possibility.”

Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has told investors that the company can’t promise that the Wii U will never be excluded from multi platform software. Iwata believes that Wii U, and the next generation consoles from both Microsoft and Sony, won’t be drastically different with regards to visuals.

Shigeru Miyamoto announced at a recent investors meeting that creating museum guides could be a core business for Nintendo in the future. You may remember that Nintendo designed the Audioguide Louvre 3DS software, which has been created specifically to help assist self-guided tours of the Louvre museum. Miyamotyo said that while the venture has yet to earn any money for the company, it has the potential to become a core business in the future.

Theatrhythm Final Fantasy released today in North America. So far, the game has received overall positive reviews and the game’s producer, Ichiro Hazama, is pleased with its reception. Hazama hopes that Theatrhythm becomes a series that includes Square Enix’s other franchises, such as Dragon Quest and Kingdom Hearts. According to Hazama, “Dragon Quest has a lot of music and Kingdom Hearts would be wonderful to do if it’s possible.” Theatrythm Final Fantasy will bereleased in Europe on July 6th.

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Mister Gaga