Nintendo Pres On Launch Leaders, Coming Titles, and Online play
November 29, 2006
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Nintendo of America’s president Reggie Fils-Aime recently discussed the top launch titles, plans for Wii launch, and the longer-term software line-up for Nintendo’s console with MTV.
Following the company’s recent announcement that 600,000 Wii consoles and 454,000 copies of Zelda: Twilight Princess were sold in the first 8 days in North America, Fils-Aime also commented that Red Steel, Rayman Raving Rabbids, Trauma Center: Second Opinion were top Wii sellers. He also noted that Super Mario Galaxy will debut between March and Christmas, 2007.
Defending Nintendo’s upcoming first-party Wii line-up in North America, which has WarioWare: Smooth Moves, Wii Play and Mario Party 8 debuting by March 2007, Fils-Aime commented to MTV of any perceived post-launch drop-off: “I wasn’t here for the GameCube launch, but there was a time period when there were no titles. There wasn’t even titles you could or could not sink your teeth into. Wii Play and WarioWare are going to be hugely fun titles.”
Regarding online play, Fils-Aime was explicit: “For the consumer who is saying, ‘Gosh, when is Nintendo going to get on board with online play?’ The answer is very early in 2007.”
About his plans for the Wii’s game line-up into the future, Fils-Aime said, “The piece that I am more and more involved in is really looking longer-term and making sure the full range of games are being brought to the Americas. Making sure we have core gamer games like Metroid, like Galaxy. Making sure we have our types of market-extension games not only for Wii but for DS.”
