In addition to rumors of GoldenEye on the Virtual Console and a later than expected Mario Galaxy for Wii, MTV's interview with Nintendo president Reggie Fils-Aime drops some additional information nuggets on the company's competition, "hypercritical" Wii reviews, controller bundles, and online play.In regards to competing console makers, the Ninty prez believes Sony and Microsoft view their success as a right of manufacturing passage rather than something that is earned. "I do think that highlights a difference between us and our competitors: We're not arrogant. We don't view success as a right. We feel we need to earn success every day. And we're going to do that by being true to the gamer," he said. We like that consumer focused perspective, but our memories venture to the Yamauchi days after "arrogant-less" comments like the one above. And we hope the company stays truer to the gamer than it was during its profitable but drought-ridden GameCube campaign.
Fils-Aime also called out IGN in the interview criticizing the gaming site's complaints of lackluster Wii Sports graphics: "They're negative on the graphics of the game, but we always said what the graphics would be. I think that's people just being hypercritical." He might have a point. If the Wii is "new generation" hardware, maybe it needs to be reviewed under new methodologies. Especially since reviewers traditionally cater to hardcore gamers and not casual or non-gamers that Wii hopes to reach.
Lastly, Reggie noted that Nintendo may include both the Wii Remote and Nunchuck in one package if the attach ratio becomes one-to-one and stated gamers can expect online Wii play "very early in 2007." If you haven't already, hit the link for the informative interview nestled away in MTV's crappy Flash site.
[Via Game Daily]
