During a brief Q & A with the Seattle Times during E3, Nintendo's president Satoru Iwata commented all things Nintendo from the Wii's challenges ahead to Sony's Q: Do you think Sony copied Nintendo with its new controller?
A: (Laughs.) Actually before they made the announcement we already anticipated that they might do that, so I had to laugh. Even though I was laughing, it was with a grim face, I should add. (Laughs.)
Having said that, please know that putting the motion-sensor technology into the classic-style controller is one thing. Putting the motion-sensor technology into the Wii remote as well as the "nunchuck" controller, where you can use both hands freely and independently, this is quite another thing.
[Via Go Nintendo]
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5-15-2006 @ 11:44PM
maxwell said...
I love the second to last question in the interview. Isn't that what every Star Wars fan has been dreaming of since the controller's introduction in October?
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5-16-2006 @ 2:39AM
Pikachelsea said...
I want to see Iwata's "grim face" in a dramatic stare-off against Kutaragi. He will win!
btw, I love Iwata but you'd think with all that money he could hire a hairdresser or something. :
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5-16-2006 @ 8:25AM
Stuart said...
If they make a star wars light saber game i will crap myself, clean up, and then be the first in line to buy it.
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5-16-2006 @ 9:51AM
Loban said...
Star Wars game where the internal speaker on the Wiimote makes light saber sounds when you swing it around = AWESOME!!!!!!!
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5-16-2006 @ 10:56AM
Jeremy said...
This statement seems to prove that the technology in the Wii is not so different from the PS3's as shown in detail herE:
http://www.xgaming.com/newsletter/Wii%20Dupe.shtml
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5-16-2006 @ 12:05PM
Wari0 said...
@ #5
One could argue that the technology in the Ford Festiva is not so different than the technology found in a luxury car.
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5-16-2006 @ 9:08PM
Brian said...
Very good point Wari0 (#6)
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