Miyamoto Interview

[ShadowMarth]

I didn't know exactly where to put this, but the majority of the news resulting from this interview is for the Rev, so here we are.

Anyway, there was recently an interview between EGM and Miyamoto on many subjects... Some very interesting things.

Major points:

EGM: You've promised Wi-Fi for the Revolution but will it also have a standard Ethernet port?

SM: (No, it) doesn't have an Ethernet port. However, through the USB port, it’s possible to have Ethernet with an adapter. Considering where the machine will be placed in the household, we think it would be difficult for people to route the typical Ethernet line to it. Also, We're considering connecting the DS with the Revolution via Wi-Fi.

EGM: Moving on to other games--we know Smash Bros. is coming to the Revolution, but what about DS?

SM: We're thinking about it.

EGM: What about Luigi's Mansion? Is that series over, or will we ever see another?

SM: The director often says, "Make another one! Make another one!" and I want to use Luigi again.

EGM: Any chance we'll see another Pikmin?

SM: Nothings set in stone yet, but the interface we're creating for the Revolution is well suited for Pikmin - I think it would be a good match. Not much I can say other than that.

EGM: Speaking of the virtual console, might older offline multiplayer games, like Mario Party, be altered so you could play them online with the Revolution?

SM: We know that we will offer the past games for sure. But we are discussing the possibility of having older games like Mario party playable online. So if our discussion goes well, and if the technical aspects of Revolution also go well, that's possible.

Oh, and remember that japanese mario kart arcade game? Well, we might be seeing some of that coolness on consoles apparently...

EGM: Will we ever see anything more of Stage Debut? (a technology demo that allowed players to map their face on in-game characters)?

SM: Yeah, I want to do something with it.

Full interview here thanks to Nwizard.com:
http://www.nwizard.com/modules.php?n...=0&thold=0

On a side note, I would like to invite you to the Nwizard forums. He was one of the first to break the story about the Router, and he keeps his site updated well. His forums just went up, but currently it's just me and him. His site is about everything nintendo.

[Trentendo™]

niiiiiccceeee

[ShadowMarth]

Now what would be REALLY cool, is if they could have some sort of sensor, probing laser, sonar, or otherwise that would scan the layout of your room, so you could have mario jumping around a 3d virtual replica.