Howard Lincoln speaks again, this time to Rage Magazine, and IGN64 reports. Kind of in a round about way he doesn't say a whole lot that's new...but here it is anyway...

In an interview with UK game magazine Edge, Nintendo of America chairman Howard Lincoln commented on the company's plans outside of its already established franchise brands. Topics touched upon in the discussion include Nintendo's Internet strategy, the RPG genre that passed over Nintendo 64, third-party support and a solid sports lineup.

"I'm very hopeful we will see more RPGs," said Lincoln. "One of the things we will bring to the table that we've been working on with N64, is to increase our market share in the sports arena. I think you'll see those not just from Nintendo but from major third-party publishers. It will be easier to develop for Dolphin."

While Lincoln did not comment directly on Nintendo's planned future online strategies, he did confirm that work is already underway. "We have not announced an Internet or online gaming strategy but we have invested a great deal of money and effort in this area over a significant period of time. It would be a mistake to assume that just because we haven't announced anything, nothing exists, because that's not true. I think, particularly in the U.S., connectivity and online gaming is extremely important, and I think we are spending the necessary time and effort to see if we can get that right.

"I had anticipated that we would have had an announcement sometime just after E3, but things didn't work out, so we're still working on that."