Reggie Fils-Aime says Nintendo Not Good at Making Core Games

In an interview with Industry Gamers at GDC 2010 , Nintendo Chief Operating Officer Reggie Fils-Aime, drops the bombshell remark that Nintendo is not good at making core games. [Continue Reading]

Miyamoto Talks More Zelda To Nintendo Power

Let’s turn our attention to one of Nintendo’s biggest franchises, “Zelda.” In a recent interview for Nintendo Power Shigeru Miyamoto explained that Link’s newest adventure may be more familiar than some of us hope. “I don’t think it’s going to be that radically different,” Miyamoto said when commenting on the game many thought to be taking the franchise in a new direction. Miyamoto’s comment is somewhat surprising as previous “Zelda” installments have been taking some flak for offering the same type of experiences over and over again, but in a slightly different package. Very little is still known about the game however, as Miyamoto offered little information at E3 other than showing the poster above.

Only time will tell what truly comes of the new “Zelda” adventure but even if it’s more of the same, You won’t find me complaining.

GDC ‘09: Super Mega Trailer Madness

Hola kids. GDC is turning out to be more exciting than I had originally thought it would be. Yesterday, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata  delivered the keynote speech for the event, and of course did not pass up the opportunity to show off what Nintendo has been up to as of late. For all of you who’ve complained in the past about the Wii’s storage ability – or lack there of, Nintendo has finally come up with a solution. While it may not be an external hardrive, the new firmware 4.0 update allows users to store information on high capacity SD cards. You can read more about it in Sir-G’s blog post from yesterday.

But the best was yet to come, as Iwata previewed the first trailer for Link’s newest adventure, “The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks”. The game looks very similar to “Wind Waker,” and seemingly switches the boating mechanics seen in the GameCube game for train-based strategy here. The game will be available for the DS (as well as the DSi), however, no release date has been set. [Continue Reading]