In an interview with MTV.com, Nintendo President Reggie Fils-Aime offers up some interesting tidbits about the near (and not so near) future of the Wii console. Highlights include:
On online play: Fils-Aime repeats once again (much to the dismay of many) that the first online Wii title will be Pokémon Battle Revolution … in Japan. He pegs “very early 2007” as when the company will be on board with online play in other regions.
On Super Mario Galaxy: How does “any time between the end of March and next Christmas” sound to you?
On Goldeneye coming to the Virtual Console: He doesn’t rule it out, but cites “a lot of issues” as the reason it hasn’t been confirmed. Keep holding your breath, though, as Nintendo is currently “exploring all the rights issues.”
On breaking your television with the Wii remote: Fils-Aimes suggests you wipe your sweaty hands, and uh, don’t let go of the remote while playing.
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9:21 PM on 11.28.2006
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I hope you are REALLY enjoying Zelda guys, because thats the only decent thing to play it for at least 3-6 months or so (and that is if you are Into SSMB or Pokemon)
But Elebits is being reported today as having some online functionality even if its not Vs play. Its something I guess.
The Wiire
On Super Mario Galaxy:
I'll put it on my xmas list then. Since when have Nintendo ever released anything early? And I'm guessing we're getting Wario, Metriod, Smash Bros first half of next year.
On Goldeneye coming to the Virtual Console:
Would be nice if they could bring such an iconic title to the Wii and would be a prime suspect for the UPDATE function. Given the amounts they are charging for VC titles this should be one they subsidise a little to get the license.
On breaking your television with the Wii remote:
LOL stick it to em Reggie. But hey, give the 'tards some fishing wire on those straps anyway.
I too probably wouldn't grab it unless there was some update done but I'm sure it'll be a popular download for those who maybe never saw it the first time or people who didn't play it to death.
Jelster, you don't play many FPSes, do you?
BTW - what has my FPS experience got to do with discussing Goldeneye being a VC title and it being a good candidate for updates?
Then again, there was the rarely used, often overlooked "use two N64 controllers at once for a dual analog setup" that Goldeneye offered...
I couldn't care less about goldeneye. It wasn't that good when it came out now its even worse. If I could go back in time I would stop FPS games ever being on consoles. It's wrong, WRONG!
“any time between the end of March and next Christmas” sound to you?"
Say it aint so! GIMME!