Wii could see something totally new

The first original Nintendo characters since Pikmin could emerge next year.

Dean Takahashi at the Merc landed some quality time with Shigereu Miyamoto for some question and answer chat. They got onto the topic of new characters, which haven’t been seen from Nintendo for several years:

Q: What was interesting to me is that they had about four or so original Wii games. They were original and creative. I expected more of that from Nintendo. You instead have a lot of games based on existing characters or previously known games. I was looking for more next-generation Wii games. Or a second wave of original Wii games. My question along with that is why aren’t you interesting more brand new characters?

A: I guess I don’t necessarily see my job as creating new characters as it is creating new experiences. Recently, Wii Fit is creating the concept and the idea and the feeling behind the game. That has been one of my new creations. For characters, we came up with the concept of the Miis and that allows people to come up with their own characters. Maybe next year sometime, we may have new characters in the same way we came up with Pikmin when we introduced the GameCube.

The Legend also said that in America, the strategy is to make existing franchises “more gorgeous or more complex.” That’s cool too.

Via Mercury News and GamePro