World renowned banjo player-slash-gardener Shigeru Miyamoto got the interview treatment from MTV's Steven Totilo and gave up some very cool (pronounced coo-UHL) details on how the Wii will make your gaming experience just a little bit different.

On the Wii remote's integrated speaker:

With "Zelda" you can hear the sound of the bowstring draw back [from the controller]. It gets kind of a [string-tightening] sound and as you release [an arrow], you hear the "thwip." And then you hear the sound travel to the TV.

Very neat. I'm sure someone will take further advantage of this "depth of sound" capability for some interesting gameplay mechanics.

And on Wii Sports:

"Wii Sports" features these little models which you can put your own faces on ... and then you may start to see those characters, with faces you've created, appearing in different games on the Wii system

Very neat. There are some other nuggets of knowledge from the legendary designer scattered throughout the interview; do check it out.

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