NINTENDO REJECTED PROJECT NATAL TECHNOLOGY

[mike_intellivision]

More to show that Nintendo may know what it is doing

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http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3174645

Nintendo "Flattered" by Sony, Microsoft Motion Controls
Shigeru Miyamoto says it "shows that they have looked at what we have done with Wii.'

By Steve Watts, 06/04/2009

Nintendo might have been the first major console manufacturer to popularize motion controls, but Microsoft and Sony's press conference proved that they won't be the only ones for much longer. The BBC reports that Nintendo executives are taking the new competition in stride. Shigeru Miyamoto actually takes it as a compliment. "The fact that both of those companies are looking at getting the gamer off the couch, taking advantage of motion control, and getting them to control the game by moving their body shows that they have looked at what we have done with the Wii," he said. "And now they are moving in the same direction. To that end we are very flattered."

But he's reportedly "not worried at all" by the competition. "What we're really focused on at this point is taking the experience we gained over the past five years and applying that in a way that creates extremely deep game play experiences that takes advantage of motion control," he said. "Based on the announcements we've seen, they are still in the initial stages and are trying to create experiences that at this point don't seem like they have the type of depth that we're able to provide with Wii Motion Plus."

Miyamoto also took the opportunity to clear up any confusion about New Super Mario Bros. "People may mistake the game as a straight port of Super Mario Brothers Nintendo DS. This is an all new game," he said. "I think the idea of taking a four-player element of a classic game adds a new element of fun to the Super Mario Brothers series."

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(The last paragraph has nothing to do with this thread but is interesting in its own right).

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Nintendo either (a) realizes that motion can't do everything, so betting the bank on cameras is not the way to go, (b) has too much invested to change technologies, or is too conservative to see the next wave.

Since it caused this wave, I don't think it is . In my opinion, it is probably 80% (a) and 20% (b).

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Can you imagine if Sony and Microsoft are going in a direction that Nintendo dismissed? The PR war will be very interesting.

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Mike from Morgantown