Toshihiro Nagoshi on Wii

SEGA’s Toshihiro Nagoshi, president of the company’s console division, New Entertainment, recently sat down to talk with website Kikizo.

Primarily, the focus was on PS2 epic Yakuza, although he did reveal some focus on Nintendo’s upcoming generation console, the Wii. When asked on the decision to bring Super Monkey Ball to the console, he replied “When I first listened to the presentation about the Wii hardware, I started thinking about a good match for what the hardware, and the first thing I thought of was Monkey Ball. The audience is also similar, in terms of gameplay and also in terms of marketing.”

Regarding the system’s controller, Nagoshi stated:

“I’ve played with it a lot, and I think it plays very well. On a personal level I think a lot of the things I’ve heard and spoken to people about [at E3] - a lot of the buzz has been about the different hardware, about the consoles. In one sense, it’s great that the consoles are generating a lot of buzz. But in another sense, I’m a little bit sad that there’s not more buzz about the games, because, you know, it’s a game show, so it should be about the software as well”

When questioned on the possibility of bringing more titles to a Nintendo console, he repiled “Yeah, definitely”