Topic: Nintendo Refutes Iwata's Comments About Next Nintendo Handheld

[Penguin_Of_Thyme]

Nintendo of America claims that Iwata's recent comments about the DS successor were misunderstood.
 http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/newsArt.cfm?artid=20766

 CEO and President of Nintendo Satoru Iwata spoke last week with the Asahi Shimbun, discussing the likely features of Nintendo's next portable game console.  Charlie Scibetta Senior Director of Corporate Communications at Nintendo of America, recently told Kotaku that, in fact, Iwata did not reveal any details about a new handheld system and that the CEO's comments were "misinterpreted."    

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."

[BlackNMild2k1]

Should I believe Iwata, President and CEO of Nintendo (The ENTIRE freaking company) or someone from NOA who couldn't make a decision about anything important to the company and likely doesn't even know what the head is planning before the hands are passing it out.....

That's a tough one.

[Mop it up]

"come out when it's perfect."

For some reason this quote reminds me of Duke Nukem Forever...

[Jonnyboy117]

Charlie is lying to avoid a panic in the U.S. market for DS hardware.

[NWR_pap64]

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.

[BlackNMild2k1]

Lucky for Nintendo, the general public wasn't paying attention during his little peak behind the curtain, so I doubt DS sales are gonna take a hit in the mean time. But I would be surprised if we don't see the DS2 at E3 this year and released this Xmas(or possibly early 2011*).


*Gotta give the DSiXL a holiday season to sell on it's own before making the uninformed realize that they should have waited another month or two.

[Chozo Ghost]

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.

[EasyCure]

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.

cough*SIXAXIS*COUGH

[ThePerm]

didn't he also say he didn't even want to talk about a successor yet because the current generation is doing so well?

wouldn't a successor you know have better features like a better screen and what not? Its kinda dumb to freak out over it if its a given, unless its not a given. Japanese companies try not to make idle promises, they don't want to disappoint fans by breaking promises. The cat is out of the bag though...

[KDR_11k]

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.

I think they're more worried about people misinterpreting that quote as "new handheld SOON" when Iwata was probably talking about some years down the road.