Nintendo's Iwata and Miyamoto talk Wii, DS, Micro, more

by Blake Snow @ on Jun 20th 2006 11:35PM

Nintendo of Japan released the full transcript of the company's Corporate Management Policy Briefing today in which president Satoru Iwata and Shigeru Miyamoto fielded questions regarding Wii, high demand for the DS, and disappointing Micro sales. A good bit of haps at this one, so we'll just list all the important stuff below:

Regarding expected Wii sales, Iwata replied: "Wii will be a failure if it cannot sell far more than GameCube did."
Miyamoto on Wii's inferior power: "I have not been able to use 100% of GameCube's power yet, so I am very happy with Wii's far superior functionality."
Iwata suggested that a more powerful system creates longer load times and interference with WiiConnect24 (?)
Regarding lackluster GameCube adoption, Iwata said, "To avoid repeating this with Wii, we have been intensifying the software development, both internally at Nintendo and at developers outside the company, in order to prepare aggressive software lineup for Wii at and after the launch."
Shigeru Miyamoto revealed that he is working on a secret project to be announced within the next six months.
Regarding DS Lite shortages in Japan: "We could have made a lot more DS Lite if we had had compromised on the quality level, but we have never wanted to do so."
On poor Micro sales: "[T]he actual consumers had to evaluate Micro without touching them (NOTE: Nintendo didn't use demo kiosks). In the end, we failed to explain to consumers its unique value and they concluded that Micro is not worth the price they have to invest."

[via Gamasutra and 1UP]