Kaplan Speaks To GameDaily

Nintendo of America big-wig Perrin Kaplan recently sat down for a chat with GameDaily, discussing the Wii, Gamecube and more.

Kaplan pointed out that consumer choice is better than ever before, stating “We’ve got 27 products between January and June, which gives people a lot to choose from, and that doesn’t even include all of the Virtual Console games…we have about 2/3 of our products coming from third parties, which is really healthy.” 

She also address third party support, an area where Nintendo have been lacking in since the days of the SNES.

“(third-party support is) Probably (the best since SNES). It was pretty robust on the N64 but that was also still a cartridge based, but I think [the current third party support] feels pretty darn good… It’s good times for everybody…(regarding competition) I think they’re inspired by the remote and I think they’re inspired by the simplicity and fun of what it is we’ve been able to do, and I’m sure out of that comes some learning. We all learn from each other”,  Kaplan enthused.

To round it off, Kaplan confirmed the demise of the Gamecube, adding “Are we producing any more GameCubes? No. But do we have the inventory there for people to still purchase? Yes…(is Nintendo no longer supporting Gamecube?) Right, that’s correct.”