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Miyamoto admits Nintendo needs new characters

by Ben Gilbert on Jul 1st 2010 9:30PM

If the unveiling of Nintendo's 3DS-based Kid Icarus game wasn't enough to make Nintendo fans smile, some brand-new characters from the company may very well be on the horizon. Speaking during a recent investor call, as picked up by Sankei Newspaper (via 1UP), Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto admitted that "We need new game characters soon," adding that we could see the new characters as soon as next year. While we might argue that Nintendo still has plenty of characters left languishing in a vault somewhere (Balloon Fight, anyone?), it certainly wouldn't hurt to see some fresh faces from the man who brought icons like Donkey Kong and Link into the world. (And no, Miis do not count. Seriously.)

Via: 1UP
Source: Sankei Newspaper

Tags: ds, nintendo, satoru-iwata, shigeru-miyamoto, wii

Reader Comments (79)

i hope he creates something more interesting than the pikman franchise

@s ls What can be more interesting than Pikmin?

@s ls Pikmin was uninteresting?

Pikaman?

@s ls Something is seriously wrong with you if you couldn't enjoy Pikmin.

@(Unverified) I love the Pikaman games. :'D

Does Tabuu count? He was a pretty awesome villian.

Or give Waluigi his own game... PLEASE?!?!

@ZexionArmando
I initially thought that Waluigi was the most creatively bankrupt character the Big N concocted (his name is WARIO+LUIGI!). Since I've grown fond of this purple-and-black-color-schemed character, I echo your sentiment.

@EJ A
It's actually a play on the Japanese word Warui, which means bad person, and Luigi. Of course, I'm pretty sure they thought it was cool that it was also a combination of Wario and Luigi also.

@ZexionArmando

I completely agree. I think I'm one of the few people who actually liked Waluigi. I used him often in any game I could. He really should have been playable in Smash Bros Brawl.

I don't remember this clearly, but was Waluigi actually created by Nintendo? Wasn't he thought up by the company who made the mario tennis game he first appeared in?

@Metayoshi Actually, Wario's name is a play on Warui + Mario.

Waluigi, meanwhile, takes the Japanese word 'Ijiwaru' meaning short tempered, cross, etc.

Take Ijiwaru, split it in half, Iji-Waru, then reverse it. Waru-Iji.

And that's where we get the name Waluigi from!

I want more Luigi's Mansion before new characters. Then I would happily oblige.

So, no Mario on the Facebooks or Iphone/Android/WebOS Apps?

Sounds about on par with Nintendo..Its not like they need another billion dollars that those markets would give them...

@mixiboi

Nintendo likes the control that comes from having the ability to design hardware to fit software. Nintendo wouldn't be the best third party out there, i think.

@Mr Khan
Why not? They sure as hell are the best 1st party out there.

Most of the time anyways.

Nobody liked Zack and Wiki?

@Tab

Oh wait, they mean directly from Nintendo characters don't they?

@Tab
They mean Nintendo games, not Capcom..

So they're definitely not making a Mario FPS for the 360?

Never say Never.

...but they're never gonna do that.

Or bring old ones that didn't get much chances. Like Wart!

WART WART WART!

@Engerz

Or Tatanga again!

@Engerz Tatanga should've been in Super Mario Galaxy.

The cynic in me doesn't expect anything better than Watoad and Wapeach.

Or Wagoomba.

Walink.

Wakirby.

Hmm.

@Ezio Auditore da Firenze

Warosalina?
Walumas?
WaMiis?

I should stop now.

@Ezio Auditore da Firenze

Wasalina.

@Ezio Auditore da Firenze
I'm pretty sure Daisy counts as Wapeach.

Dont forget Wasamus

Oh wait, there was that dark samus character from the prime game.

Nevermind, Wasamus exists under a different alias.

@Ezio Auditore da Firenze
Wasabi?

What ever happened to Geist? That story kinda sucked but the concept would be an awesome one to revive.

Wasn't that a purely Nintendo IP?

@Nofriendo

Basically, no one liked it unfortunately and it got shelved.

I think if Nintendo did a Geist II, Eternal Darkness II, and remade Clu Clu Land and Nazo no Mursamejou, it might work.

I would love to also see a Hogan's Alley game that's like RDR but I'm asking too much.

Master Hand: The Early Years.

Maybe?

I mean there was like a zillion trophies in smash brothers, I'm pretty sure nintendo has plenty of things to choose from that would make fans happy.

@xJimmeh

or you can just buy Glover 64 :D

@s ls

Ah now I'd LOVE to see Glover brought back. Touche.

How about 'Master Hand: The Awkward Pubescent Years.'
You couldn't find a more perfect game for the Wii.

@MrSpaceCowboy
Well, during those years it would probably be less of a "Master Hand" and more of a "Novice Hand" or a "Premature Hand", so I don't know if that would really work.

If there is any publisher/developer that doesn't need new characters its Nintendo. They have a good amount of decent characters as it is now. They've generated at least 1 per generation with Pikmin and Wii avatars (sorta) being the last couple. I can't wait to play as Mii in the next Smash Bros game.

NES had Metroid, SNES had Star Fox, N64 had something, Game Cube had Animal Crossing, and Game Boy had Kerby.

@jamesFF

Also N64 had Waluigi (Mario Tennis 64), Gamecube had Pikmin and DS had Nintendogs, if that one counts.

@Diodax
I forgot about Nintendogs.

@Nintari now hold it right there. What about Chibi Robot, wasn't that a Nintendo 1st party? So in fact 2 new major IP characters were made for the gamecube(including pikmin) . And it also released a game on the DS if I remember

@Nintari

Chibi-Robo is one of the most twisted/depressing stories I've ever seen.

A guy spends all his money buying a toy robot for his daughter who dresses as a frog.

Besides that and Animal Crossing, I don't know what will make people slit their wrists faster.

Nintendo, just make a new console Star Fox and a new Chibi-Robo.

The Skull Kid needs some love. One of the most under-appreciated characters ever. Just needs the Majora's Mask again to cover up that ghastly face.

He's so under-appreciated that no one gets his name right. It's really Stalkid (Stalk + Kid) but they changed it to "Skull Kid" for the US release for some reason.

CAPTAIN RAINBOW 2 GOGOGO

Well, there's still blue left.

Ok, seriously, the Mother series is RIGHT THERE! Make another one of those!

But if they absolutely HAVE to dust off some old characters, there are worse ideas than browsing through the Smash Bros. Brawl trophies. That trophy gallery was nostalgia-licious.

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