Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has explained that the company is working on brand-new types of games for the company’s latest home console, Wii U. Iwata says that they will announce them nearer to completion to minimise the chances of other development studios copying their ideas. He concluded by saying that with Wii U Nintendo wants to satisfy existing video game fans first and provide new surprises later.

“When it comes to brand-new types of games, we have to announce them not too far in advance of the actual release dates in order to have a strong impact in the market and minimize the chance of others introducing similar or competing products. We are working on new types of games, but we would like to announce them much closer to their actual release timings for this reason.

“When it comes to Wii, as ‘Wii Sports’ spread throughout the world at a sensational speed, some misunderstood that all Wii could do is enable them to play games by moving the Wii Remote. With Wii U, therefore, we planned to satisfy existing video game fans first and provide new surprises later.”

That's good to hear, but I think I'll be keeping my expectations low until I see these "new experiences" with my own eyes.

Hope it is not another vitality sensor type of experience.

We've heard the "we don't want the competition copying us" talk before. Often times it's relevant, such as the Wii remote/Wii Sports for example, other times it's... uh... Mario with a water pack...

I sure hope he's right, though. They need a "Wii Sports" type of game that shows why the market should embrace the Gamepad/asymmetric dynamic (no, Nintendoland doesn't cut it). Something that the competition would want to try and copy with Vita and Smartglass. I'd hate to think that Nintendo designed their entire console around this idea for nothing.

Just a shame that these types of games didn't arrive at launch.

Brand new types of games that will make everyone drop their iPhones...

Good luck, Nintendo.

And everything gets reduced to Smart Phone competition again.....

I hope they'll make a horror game.

A large part of their Wii userbase now game on smartphones and tablets, I think it's relevant.

That's good news. Here's hoping for something cool :)

I've been saying this for close to a decade now. It doesn't make sense for a company as creative as Nintendo to only keep milking out new versions of established franchises. You need several new franchises every generation, and then i don't mean just a series based around a new type of controls either.