> yonizaf
The Wii is already very small, of course but it hasn’t been designed to be an easily portable console and as a result many aspects of its design could be significatly improved to reach that goal. Like Nintendo latest strategy choices it won’t be about adding features just for the sake of it but to lure different customers and even in a way change the way people use their consoles and play games. HDD would help that> no need to take your games with you as those would be installed, redesign > obviously smaller console, wiimote > compact controllers, perhaps even wireless nunchuks would also make sense. HD would be just a plus thought not something necessarily required for this concept but I think this feature would be perfect for the realistic environments of a game like Pikmin 3 that we can certainly expect for Fall 2011.
Perhaps you think that this concept is not compelling enough, still I don’t think you can say that’s an approach that was experimented with the original design and you can’t either say that Nintendo hasn’t shown interests in trying this kind of approach either.
About Pokemon you made a very good point and you’re probably right when saying that the reasons you gave explained why there hasn’t been any true Pokemon game on a Nintendo console yet but I just want to say that you can’t affirm that there is no way to fix that. Nintendo could maybe use online to fix that, or they could give the possibility to put your game data on a SD card to make battles at your friends home or add the possibility to put this data on the new generation of wiimotes or use the 3DS to make the exchanges and battles or any other solutions I’m not thinking about right now. Or they could find another formula which would keep other main strengths of the licence and adding new ones, just like 3D Marios are different than 2D Marios, who knows? That’s why I was saying that you should be more cautious with your assessments because nothing is definitive: it’s always possible to find a solution to a problem. I’m not sure what would be the best way to resolve this one but they imo have to find a solution about it because that's a key franchise they have here, one with a very specific audience and one that could even help them to have a much better support from third parties as it is JRPG, a very important genre in Japan.
Lately Nintendo has made an amazing job at taking the best out of their main licences especially on Wii, I just can’t see them not at least trying with one as important as Pokemon.
