In the Asahi Shimbun article, Iwata stated that the "requirements for the [next Nintendo handheld] will be higher resolution screens and sensors that will be able to read the player's movement."
Scibetta refutes this statement, saying that, "Mr. Iwata did not make any comments regarding the functions of Nintendo's future hardware systems."
Kotaku also asked Nintendo to clarify other statements made by Iwata such as whether Zelda Wii was confirmed for a 2010 release. Nintendo gave no response to that request.
Nintendo of America President Reginald Fils-Aimé said in a recent Nintendo Week segment that the next home console entry in The Legend of Zelda series will "come out when it's perfect."
"come out when it's perfect."For some reason this quote reminds me of Duke Nukem Forever...
Unfortunately, Nintendo needs to be secretive about its upcoming hardware because Sony has a long history of ripping off their innovations. Nintendo needs to make sure the features of the PSP2 are written in stone before they unveil the DS2, or else the PSP2 might ripoff its innovations.
At this point I think it is a given that the PSP2 is going to ripoff the touchscreen idea, but if the DS2 is going to have something like motion controls then it would be best if this is kept under wraps until the last minute.
I find this hard to be believed, to be honest. We had the original story translated by our Japanese guys and Iwata DOES confirm that the DS's successor is in the works. I seriously doubt that the Japanese source would misquote Iwata.
The way I see it, this is likely damage control. Iwata perhaps said too much and Nintendo is known to keep everything quiet until the right time to talk shows up. They are now covering everything related to that because they want to keep things secret.
