Reggie Fils-Aime, Nintendo of America president, is a man on a mission. His mission is to sell the red-hot Nintendo Wii and make sure people who have them love them.
"Are we feeling good about our success? Do we think we can have more success in the future? Absolutely," he said during a stuffed 40-minute interview with MTV News in a hotel just south of Central Park. "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."
In the same hotel 51 weeks ago, Fils-Aime gave MTV News an early handle on the Nintendo Wii controller (see "First Look: Nintendo Revolution Controller Feels Smooth As Puppet Strings"). Now he's ready to talk about any Wii topic under the sun - to a point.
"We're looking at this as about eight days into the mission," he said, opening with a report of the company's recent success. Nintendo has sold 600,000 Wiis in North America and nearly half as many extra Wii controllers, Fils-Aime said (see "Wii Unmasked: Nintendo Reveals Price, Launch Date, Lineup Of Games"). The company has also sold more than 450,000 copies of "The Legend of Zelda: The Twilight Princess." He said "Red Steel," "Rayman Raving Rabbids" and "Madden" all have sold well, as has the surgery game "Trauma Center: Second Opinion."
He offered a preview of the Wii's winter lineup. In addition to support from third-party game developers, Nintendo will publish three more titles for the Wii by the end of March: "WarioWare: Smooth Moves," "Wii Play" and "Mario Party 8." The first two will be released in January, the latter in March. All are compilations of shorter games...
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...he sounds more and more like a little b*tch.
"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."
Seriously...where does he come up with this bullsh*t? Reggie, you may be too ignorant to realize this, but just MAKING such a blanket statement, makes you appear arrogant. Nintendo isn't doing ANYTHING to be "true to the gamer".
Charging $250 for a rehashed 5 y.o. piece of hardware and a gimmicky controller isn't doing ANYBODY any favors...except you, who profits from it. Get off your damned highhorse, and stop trying to be the next Ken Kutaragi; we don't need another pompous jackass in the gaming world.
yeah that is pretty stupid. this coming from a company who dominated then decided to make things harder for developers and suddenly saw them merge with other systems, sound familiar? ms is the only one truely giving gamers what they want right now but i'm sure its costing them a sh*tload. nintendo always tries to make low budget games and sell them for as much as the high priced games and then have the nerve to say they are humble.
Finally after all these years of not they listen. MS is listening for now because they need support, once they get it you can expect them to go the way of Nintendo and Sony. You get to big you stop listening. Nintendo isn't that big anymore so they want to please costumers again and they have with the release of the wonderful thing call the Wii and that handheld everyone called a lowend gimick but can't stand still on the retailer shelves the Nintendo DS. Give me a break you two Wii is everything they promissed and more. And (<-- yes I started a sentece with and!) furthermore it can only get better for Nintenod is all about the gamer nothing but no movies or bull that you already own two of. They want you to play games and the best ones at that
If Microsoft got Goldeneye as part of Rare's assets when they bought it, then it is doubtful they will let it be distributed on a competing platform. That is bad news for N64 fans who bought Wii for backwards compatibility because Rare was one of the few publishers who stuck with the 64 after everyone else left. Wouldn't it be a kick in the pants if MS made Rare's N64 titles available on Live??
Golden Eye on the Virtual Console would kick so much butt. It'll be tricky though seeing that Rare is tucked in MS shelves and Activition owns the bond rights soooooo we shall see