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September 8th, 2010, 12:51 GMT · By

Metroid Creator Says New Nintendo Home Console Will Impress Gamers

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A Nintendo game creator has said that the new home console from Nintendo, which has been widely rumored to be in development but has not been confirmed by the hardware maker, will come with the same level of innovation that the unveiling of the Nintendo Wii provided when it was introduced in 2006.

Yoshio Sakamoto, who was the creator of the widely popular Metroid series, has told a Spanish language website that, “At Nintendo we always have the obligation to surprise users with a new game console.”

He added, “We have never done what others have. We prefer to create something new that catches attention, and I think this will continue this time as well. Surely the new Nintendo machine will leave you all with your mouth open.”

The big rumors is that Nintendo is working on creating a High Definition capable version of the Wii, with more powerful hardware and a bigger hard drive, but the company has not acknowledged any of the rumors.

Satoru Iwata, who is the president of Nintendo, has offered hints that the next home console might incorporate three dimensional gaming capabilities, something that both the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 lack at the moment.

Reggie Fils-Aime, the president of Nintendo of America, has previously said that Nintendo is not yet interested in launching another home console, probably still satisfied with sales of the Wii and waiting for Sony and Microsoft to actually pose a threat before it makes an announcement.

At the moment Nintendo is working on the 3DS, a new handheld that will offer full 3D gaming without the use of any glasses.

The device is set to be launched during the fall on the Japanese market and in spring 2011 in Europe and North America and a price point has not yet been set.

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Comment #1 by: Freak on 08 Sep 2010, 19:28 UTC reply to this comment

People seem to forget just how great Nintendo actually are. Sure Wii has had some awful games released by third party developers looking to make a quick buck, but the sheer quality and innovation in all of Nintendo's first party titles is testament to their dedication to be the best. Wii as an all round console is not the best machine, there I said it. Wii as a console for Nintendo fans is a dream come true, undoubtedly the greatest machine they have ever made, Forget all the 'casual' talk and trite lazy games released, Nintendo have ALWAYS been, and still are, about their fans first and foremost, never forget that. My advice, get a 360 or PS3 for everything else, get a Wii for Nintendo games (and the odd 3rd party game from developers who 'get' the machine, games like Zack and Wiki etc.)
Nintendo have never let us down, not really, and things are gonna get better, I promise you... :)

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