Wii Fanboy Interview: Johnny Lee

Wow, this is pure genius. He is pure genius. It was like watching Einstein when he first unravelled the theory of relativity... or you know, when Rocky beat Drago.

I'd love to see stuff like this more accessible. It's awesome.

Shame on you, Nintendo, for being too proud or stubborn to hire on one of the most pioneering minds of the video game industry in the 21st century.

I hope better rhythm games come out.

:) Ahhh~
When I first got the Wii and tried it out... I saw all these incredible possibilities with it. I may not have known how to make it, but I mapped out everything it COULD do.
I drew and wrote on papers, typed in my little journals, and all sorts of things that could happen from the Wii.

And when I became even more excited, I looked up all these new controllers, holograms, sensory-systems, and etc up on books, colleges, and on the internet!

I was so excited! The future of gaming was gonna' change and the Wii was there to start it! It wasn't just about gaming anymore!
Can you believe it?! We have WORKING INTERACTIVE HOLOGRAMS now! That's the future we dreamed of, and we already have it! We already have ROBOT "societies" now! Mind control games! Texture-changing controls! Completely computer controlled houses!

They're even working on advanced bio-technological computers! The internet on paper! A GPA-ing, Credit Card-ing, Phone-ing, Personal Computer-ing, Music Playing Watches! Emotion-reacting robots! And what the heck, they already have an almost-working infinite energy!

And think of the things they haven't touched yet!
Like liquid metals that can change into hardened specific shapes and forms when struck with magnetism! ( Advanced Rumble Robots, anyone? )


But we can't afford to make any of those mainstream!
But if we could!

No wait! We CAN! We just need more people like Johnny Lee working in the front lines! By making simple ideas do incredible things, we can create even simpler forms of the specific ideas of the future! And as such, future tech and resources grow higher demand!

Ah~~ So refreshing that there's people like Johnny out there. :)

Bottom line, he just seems like a nice guy, and I hope he finds success (if he doesn't I'd be shocked).

I can sort of understand why nintendo didnt contact him. In a way, they might have taken an idea they had already thought of and were going to implement on the next system and were if anything, maybe a bit let down someone else did it. I donno, either way, if he doesn't even want to work there it all worked out for the best. I'd rather his dream company went to him to give him a job instead than him just settling.

I liked how he gave us a small glimpse into the future with wii game production. It sounds like developers are just starting to finally *get* the controls, and hopefully can implement them even better in the next wave of titles this winter and next year.


Thanks for the interview, was a nice read, Wiifanboy.

this guy seems pretty cool especially making stuff from his home and making episodes on youtube and I think he should go to Nintendo.

Great interview Alisha! Johnny Lee is one of the great minds on the Wii developing scene, and it's funny to think that it isn't even his main interest. Lots of great info and great questions. It's good to see NWFB churning stuff like this out.

Also, as an aside, I'm like the "Add a comment" link as you go further into the interview.

-racecar
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A smart person, no doubt, I hope that works on something that likes him, videogaming industry is not at his interest at all.

Congrats Lee for the graduation.

Reaserch is the shit!

I think it's better he's not working with Nintendo. At least for him. As he said, they like to control too much their people (which is good, but might be bad for overactive minds) and this guy needs to work in a place without any limits.

Glad everyone's liked the interview so far! He was really great to talk to.

Unfortunately, it sounds as though there will be restrictions wherever he goes, since he was saying he may not be able to release too many videos after he starts working, but it's still good to know that his stuff is out there and that we should see more before he's sucked away into the working world.

Alisha, this is just plain good journalism & interviewing. At least as good, and probably better, than what many of the "mainstream," big-budget gaming sites do. Well done.