Miyamoto hints at new Nintendo franchise in 2008
by Justin McElroy 
on Jul 31st 2007 12:35PM
In
an interview with Dean Takahashi, Shigeru Miyamoto said that Nintendo may introduce some new characters next year "in the same way [Nintendo] came up with Pikmin when [they] introduced the GameCube." While that's all well and good for getting us pumped for The Next Big Thing, we're more interested in Miyamoto's explanation of why it's taking so long.
"I guess I don't necessarily see my job as creating new characters as it is creating new experiences," he said, later adding, "For characters, we came up with the concept of the Miis and that allows people to come up with their own characters." So don't forget you read it here first, the next big Nintendo characters are
Chuck Norris,
Kenny,
Dr. Zoidberg and, of course,
indie rockers Wilco. Wow ... the next
Smash Bros. is going to be
awesome.
