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Iwata talks about Nintendo's next handheld, confirms Zelda Wii for 2010

Posted 6th of January, 2010 at 07:36 pm by Infernal Monkey Infernal Monkey is offline


In an interview with Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun, Iwata has surprisingly revealed some details regarding Nintendo's successor to the DS.

The new handheld will feature a high resolution display and a motion sensor to capture the player's movements. When asked about its rough release date, Iwata merely commented that "[the] DS saw its highest sales in North America in 2009." Basically, they're in no rush.

Shifting to the Wii, Iwata suggested that the market "has started to accelerate again", largely thanks to the incredible success of New Super Mario Bros. Wii. He confirmed that the Wii's new, highly anticipated Zelda game will launch before 2010 comes to an end, and they'll also be announcing some games for the mysterious Vitality Sensor peripheral in July.

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Posted 6th of January, 2010 at 07:49 pm by Lon Lon Rancher Lon Lon Rancher is offline
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w00t! Can't wait for that vitality sensor.

Other stuff is sort of ho-hum.
Posted 6th of January, 2010 at 07:52 pm by doggy491 doggy491 is offline
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new DS sounds interesting
Posted 6th of January, 2010 at 08:02 pm by Dale Dale is offline
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Zelda 2010?
That sounds pretty soon, considering how long twilight princess was in development for.
Posted 6th of January, 2010 at 08:06 pm by Bhaskar24 Bhaskar24 is offline
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The addition of that smooth portrait of Iwata; sheer brilliance.

Zelda Wii to be released before the end of 2010? I'll take that as a Dec 31st 2010 release until otherwise stated.
Posted 6th of January, 2010 at 08:48 pm by Lvaneede Lvaneede is offline
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Zelda in 2010 for japan maybe, probably a year later for us
Posted 6th of January, 2010 at 09:41 pm by Mo Joe Mo Joe is offline
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The Ds's successor sounds pretty interesting, although I hope the Motion censer isn't over used.
Posted 6th of January, 2010 at 10:55 pm by Boo! Boo! is offline
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Zelda in 2010 (Q4, I'm assuming, Japan only too) is the most interesting thing here IMO. I didn't think it'd be out till Mid-2011 at least, with Galaxy 2 being the big title for the 2010 holiday season. Cool.
Posted 6th of January, 2010 at 11:15 pm by Zephyr Zephyr is offline
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Oh yeah! Thanks nintendo now I can yell "OBJECTION" on the train while flailing my arms around! Interactive! FUN! Motion sense excite!
Posted 6th of January, 2010 at 11:40 pm by majTahahl
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how exactly are motion controls on a handheld meant to work? you wave the system around? doesnt seem practical to me (only other way that comes to mind would be to have some kind of peripheral- which starts making it less portable).
Posted 6th of January, 2010 at 11:59 pm by Aerodrome Aerodrome is offline
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Oh yeah! Thanks nintendo now I can yell "OBJECTION" on the train while flailing my arms around! Interactive! FUN! Motion sense excite!
Come on, you gotta admit. Yelling "OBJECTION!" was the only way to play when no one was around right?

Flailing your arms around only makes it 10x better.
Posted 7th of January, 2010 at 12:45 am by Waveguider Waveguider is offline
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Regardless of whether he's referring to an Australian release or not, the news on Zelda in 2010 has made my day.
Posted 7th of January, 2010 at 02:34 am by ungodly_gamer ungodly_gamer is offline
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Hmmmm, perhaps it will use a stylus that has some battery powered motion do hickey inside it, or a bluetooth stylus pen, bah, now im getting excited!
Posted 7th of January, 2010 at 11:50 am by Chaos_Shadow15 Chaos_Shadow15 is offline
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how exactly are motion controls on a handheld meant to work? you wave the system around? doesnt seem practical to me (only other way that comes to mind would be to have some kind of peripheral- which starts making it less portable).
See iPhone
Posted 7th of January, 2010 at 12:03 pm by majTahahl
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so basically tilting and shaking (again)? oh yay *sarcasm*.
Posted 7th of January, 2010 at 01:54 pm by TryMe TryMe is offline
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See iPhone
Exactly.
Posted 7th of January, 2010 at 09:34 pm by Gookanheimer Gookanheimer is offline
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See iPhone
For an example of why it's quite obviously a bad idea?

I thought so.
Posted 8th of January, 2010 at 08:24 am by Yoshi Yoshi is offline
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All those crazy historians thought the mayans were predicting the end of the world... but maybe 12/12/2012 is the date that the new DS comes out, or Wii, or Zelda!? It better not be Zelda cause that's flippin late!
Posted 9th of January, 2010 at 05:42 pm by Ultramatic Ultramatic is offline
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Oh goodness, if they make an iPhone-type handheld I might not buy it... There is always the issue having to shift your viewpoint accordingly to see the screen properly when you move the damn thing.

On the other hand, Zelda in 2010 seems like a realistic date, looking at the previous Zelda release history. And it will make me almost pee my pants in excitement...
Posted 10th of January, 2010 at 12:55 am by Tayaun_Nintendo_ftw Tayaun_Nintendo_ftw is offline
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Nintendo have probably been working on the next Zelda for a while but keeping it a mystery. I think we'll probably get it this year too. I mean it's Zelda. We'll probably get it around the same time as Japan.

As for the new handheld, motion control is so 2007
Posted 10th of January, 2010 at 10:43 am by Bjay
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Ughhh, pass on the motion.
Posted 10th of January, 2010 at 12:22 pm by Mop Mop is offline
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Ughhh, pass on the motion.
Nickelodeon promised me actual reality, which would supposedly blow virtual reality completely away. As of yet, that has seen more delays than Duke Nukem Forever.