Reggie Fils-Aime: Wii shortage, hardcore, online more than "simply first person shooters" |
Perhaps the biggest issue is how many Nintendo fans, which include the core gamers, suddenly feel left behind, despite the DS and Wii breaking sales milestones every quarter of a fiscal year. With so many casual, mini-game and non-gamer appealing titles being shoveled, hardcore gamers felt as if they were shot in the back by the Japanese gaming giant.
Games that cater to the core are apparently taking too long, and there are very few and far between in terms of caliber and gameplay level being delivered in the third-party development front. Fils-Aime took the opportunity to re-assure hardcore gamers that they aren't being ignored, stating:
From that standpoint we embrace these new customers the same way we embrace the Core. That's why it was so important to bring out Metroid Prime 3 in its perfect state; that's why it's so important to launch Smash Bros. this year; that's why it's so important to bring Mario Kart for Wii out early next year. These titles for the Core are very, very important for us.
And while concern that the mini-games, brain-twisters and even the newly announced Wii Fit is becoming Nintendo's new sweetheart has settled in lately, Fils-Aime admitted that it was something they had to do - something they had to prove once and for all. It's a classic Blue Ocean opportunity. Nintendo had the opportunity, saw it, and knew they had to take it. He said:
This is something Nintendo takes very seriously. In our view we need to lead the industry in certain areas to show what can be. Wii Sports was very important to us. That's why we packed it in with every piece of hardware to show just how intuitive using the Wii Remote could be. Wii Fit is a way to just expand the mind and have people thinking about an input device in a whole new way. Brain Age and Brain Age 2 again were very important this way for DS. So I think at times the Core gamers mistake our passion for constantly pushing out the envelope for fear that we'll leave them behind. We'll never do that.
And in that respect, Nintendo will be serious about anything being implemented online, including online multiplayer. The Regginator stated, "We will offer more than simply first person shooters online," and emphasized how the Wii will become instrumental in inviting everyone to go online - everyday. "That's why we have the Check Mii Out channel. That's why we have Wii Ware with other downloadable content that consumers can choose from," added Fils-Aime.
But they aren't forgetting what matters most to the core. He reassures gamers that online gaming and multiplayer is already part of the strategy. It took them long enough, but he stated that 40% of Wii consoles are already connected over the Internet now, so Nintendo's system is now online. But they're doing more than just taking shooters and popping online play into them. Fils-Aime explained:
[Madden NFL 08] is going to be fabulous. [Mario Strikers Charged] is fabulous. But we want to do more. These are the little examples that highlight how we are different from our competitors. They talk about online versus and co-op play. For us online will be much more than you against me sitting in our living rooms in two different states.
But more interestingly, even while the Wii is catching up to the total global sales of the competition, Wii supply is still struggling against demand. Contrary to what's been said before, it appears that the problem of the console's shortage is no longer a supply issue. Fils-Aime had this to say:
I have to correct you. It's not a production issue. It's not like our competitors who are missing a component and couldn't scale up. We're making huge amounts of product every single month. It's not a capacity issue; it's a demand issue. We're not trying to temper demand, what we're now trying to do is to figure out how to add additional lines to meet a higher level of demand.
Efforts have been spotted in Taiwan and other parts of Asia, with venerable hardware manufacturers stepping up to aid Nintendo in supply.
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Comments [refresh]
i hope all of you hardcore people out there enjoy you're 3 games over the next 6 months. But seriously, Thats ridiculous! Sorry but i had to speak my mind on that one.
I think hardcore's awesome for the wii on the other hand....madden, no more heroes, medal of honor, mario strikers, there's tons more....but seriously, reggie can talk the talk....but can nintendo walk the walk (regarding that online plan)?
well sorry i meant first party on that since 3rd party support is next to crap.
You have to have a decent FPS before you can make that claim. I'm fairly disappointed with the lack of action so far. Zelda doesn't count considering that it's a glorified Gamecube game with tacked on controls.
Zelda wasn't an FPS....it was 3rd persn adventure. Metroid is First Person. It is also an adventure/shooter/puzzle.
BUt its not online :'(
"why it's so important to launch Smash Bros. this year"
Let him shut up, I'm reading this as an frustrated gamer from Europe :(.
Kravos yeah you better because ypou are not going to si smash bros unti next year unless you do something triky jajaja
wii has been online for about a month now and it works great
You mean it isn't good or there's no 3rd party? Cuz you can't judge 3rd party games that aren't out, and you can't ignore that every single wee there are at least 1 new company anouncing devlopments for the Wii. Like EA shifting teams from ps3 and xbox360 for Wii games...
oh dear go danything but that!
It's also an RPG/third person shooter/action/MMO/RTS...
nintendo betrayed me and i couldnt care less about what is coming out for the wii. its so funny that me ( dylan ) as a prior hardcore nintendo cant help but smile cause i know nintendo is going down. they've shifted their audience from dylan the hardcore and are catering to the casual, but i know nintendo is going down cause casual gamers dont buy games. casual buys 2 or 3 games within a 6 year period and hardcore gamers buy 2 or 3 in a month or 2 months. i remember when my n64 started to suck or had a dry spell in releasing good games or just a game in general, i was there supporting nintendo and buying their products while chanting strongest system ever having 64bit. i remember buying 4 games with my gamecube and then starving a few months after to get a game but i was there fiending over everything that was released being halfway decent cause i was hardcore. now, reggie the *****ing frankensteinato r says '' ***** you dylan, we now cater to Ms Agnes, Mr billie bo bob brain, lilly, andrea ,sherryl and others , so you have to play the 1 game they will play or play metroid without any online. '' ***** you frankensteinato r reggie, i have 3 broken xbox 360 and a ps3 so i dont need to play redsteel that sucks and zelda that looks like crap. i only have 2 games for my wii and dont plan on buying anymore. nintendo will fail and the casual gamers wont buy enough software to support the system. i will be there to laugh at nintendo when their ship is sinking, while playing killzone 2 on my ps3. ***** nintendo, i hate you, i hate reggie, i hate shigayro miyamoto and all the nes fools.
first person shooters on the wii. I bought one and finished red steel but now theres nothing else. I'm just waiting now for the mario and metroid titles
I have a Wii, and I'm a nintendo guy... but soon I will have a ps3, and i have a 360... they may be selling consoles but they have no games, and if brawl isn't online equipped.... ridiculous...
About online. If BRAWL isn't, then what everyone saying ninty lies too much will become true. I mean, it sounds good. Help the hardcore. it seems there are surprises around brawl. if HAL is able to put in these little cool enhancements to the game, ONLINE SHOULD DEFINETLY BE FIRST ON THE LIST!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH HAAHHAHAHAHAAHA HAHAHAHHAAHAHAH AHAHAHAHAH AHAHAH Its okay bleeder, go join the PS forums. Your complaining about hardcore games. Nintendo in my eyes always made sub par hardcore games. Its always 3rd party software to release innovative game scenarios. And Ninty has always been innovative with gameplay. nothing has changed. The one this that will change is that 3rd party software companies like EA and others will wake up and see that you need to create games where people are more likely to buy your product. And ninty never betrayed you cause you weren't a real nintendo fan anyways. you have 3 Xboxes and a PS3. whose fan are you? riiiiight buddy your the bandwagon horn. Hey good news Grand turismo is coming out soon. see you later.
I wouldn't be surprised is Brawl had no online. I mean look at Metroid: a launch title delayed a year and no multi-player at all, not even co-op.
I thought that Metroid was delayed so that it could compete with Halo 3 which has offline co-op and multiplayer.
I know that Metroid games were always primarily single player games to begin with but co-op would really bring to fruition the "Play Together" mantra that Nintendo's been preaching.
Same for Mario Galaxy. I was certain until E3 that it would have at least 2-player co-op (one player Mario, the other Luigi), but I was wrong.
I mean if you want to "Play Together" you're better off with the 360 or PS3.
Hopefully Red Steel 2 will be the true Halo Killer.
In light of all this, I would actually be surprised if Brawl had online multiplayer, but I'm not counting on it.