When questioned about the five month difference between the Japanese and North American launch of the DSi, Dunaway said that the sales situation are different in each country, citing that in Japan one in every two households owns a DS while in America one in every four households owns a DS. According to Dunaway, the eventual goal is to have Nintendo President Satoru Iwata's dream of "one DSi per person."
She dodged around the prospect of demos on the DSi Shop, though, saying that the "Express" DSiWare titles are like demos and that Nintendo is "focusing on the [Wiis] Nintendo Channel as the primary source for getting demos."
As for DSiWare, Dunaway is a big fan: "I like the idea that every Monday morning, I'm going to be able to go into the DSi Shop, [and] see what's new."
She also talked about the state of Club Nintendo, saying that they "are always looking for new Club Nintendo rewards," and that "it's a program that we think has a whole lot of potential."
For more details regarding the DSi read the full interview.
I really want to see the Golden Wii Wheel being brought over to America. It might look a bit tacky, but damn does it look awesome!
Also, if you guys saw two versions of the same story that's because we were having problems posting this, so my apologies.
I remember wanting that gold N64 controller. Never bothered to try and get it though. How much are they going for on eBay now?The standard gold controller is fairly common, you'll just have to wait until one pops up at a good price; I wouldn't pay more than $20 for it. I got mine for $10 but that was a pretty rare deal.
1UP: How about in your house? Is it one per person?
CD: Oh my god, I think we have... five per person?
1UP: You were talking about getting new stuff every Monday, and you guys do the Wii-kly Update press releases, which is now the Nintendo Download Report. Out of curiosity, is there a chance that you could modify the scheduling of that a little bit? I admit I'm sort of asking as a gamer, but in Japan, they get an idea of what's coming out on WiiWare and Virtual Console like a month ahead. Is there a chance to get an extra idea of what's coming out, even a day before?
CD: It's certainly something that the team has been doing a lot of brainstorming about. It's something that us, our developers -- we all want to get as much awareness of WiiWare games and DSiWare games as possible. So we're certainly talking about different ways to get more exposure.
1UP: When's the next wave of Club Nintendo rewards coming?
CD: Oh, we're always looking for new Club Nintendo rewards! We just brought a new guy on to manage the program, who I'm very excited about. It's a program that we think has a whole lot of potential.
CD: Yeah, [and] one of the things that we did was give Club Nintendo premium members a chance to preview the DSi early at GameStop, so we're going to keep looking for those kind of surprising things to do to reward our most loyal fans.
You had to live near one of the stores that was going to have the preview. It wasn't every GameStop, not even enough stores to give every state a viewing.
You had to live near one of the stores that was going to have the preview. It wasn't every GameStop, not even enough stores to give every state a viewing.
I've talked to people who lived within 10 miles of a GameStop that was participating and they didn't get an invite either.
She is talking BS about GameStop. I have been a Platinum member of Club Nintendo since January but I never got any notice from them about the DSi preview.
