Yasuhiro Wada has two new games hitting handhelds: Innocent Life: A Futuristic Harvest Moon for the PSP and Harvest Moon DS. And he's got a version of Harvest hitting the Wii! Wada has been around. He knows things. And he likes Grand Theft Auto. So, what's his advice to Nintendo regarding the Wii?

Wii cannot really compete against PS3 or 360, which is why Wii's main competitor right now is DS. They are competing on the same level. So, Nintendo has to work harder to make Wii's own market, as opposed to competing against DS's market. This would be my first piece of advice to Nintendo.

Wii Sports is the only game that can be ONLY played on Wii, not on any other console. So future games plans such as Brain Training on Wii or that type of thing — I don't think this is such a great idea — as these games are already being played and are very popular on DS... they are not specific to the Wii.

The third piece of advice I would give them would be to reduce the price of the DS! [compared to price of Wii] That's my main bit of advice. I think they can do it... If they want to reduce the price they can.

I like this Wada guy. He's full of ideas and wants things cheap. Good for him. Brian Ashcraft

Harvest Interview [Spong]