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Hamster Poop: I doubt it will have DS in the title. It would confuse people who don't follow things as closely as some of us. Though if everything is backwards comp... more »
Foxstar is in love with Kotaku's two Brians.: Nintendo was said to have invested about 30% of it's profits at one time into development and maturing of motion controls after the first year of the ... more »
Blore07: But I just want a gameboy... I dont need two screens to be a pokemon master! more »
天: In my opinion, an accelerometer in a portable system is fine, but beyond that motion controls are rather unnecessary. I have an old beaten up iPod To... more »
alaCarter: OH MY GOD STOP WITH THE MOTION CONTROL. You play handheld games because they're small, portable consoles you can keep to yourself without disturbing ... more »
excel_excel: Why does everyone think that motion control automatically assumes means shaking the DS? It could be similar to the Sony Wand using stylus, which would... more »
Y-bot: With an iPhone, motion control is fine. It's basically a brick. Nothing is gonna fly away when shaking. On the other hand here is the DS, a device th... more »
超外人: Every time I hear this I always think they'll just have a new stylus attached to the DS with a small laser light and you practically have something si... more »
Bouchart: Playing a racing game with tilt and waggle controls while riding the bus to work doesn't sound like a great idea. more »
hazelnut: The DX, X for Xtreme =O more »
Techno-Atom: I think that this will result in fail. It doesn't even sound good on paper to be honest. Isn't the point of playing handheld games... you know, to pla... more »
Donutta: Iwata's English isn't that great. I wouldn't read too much into his comments. more »
WhiteMåge is in fact a boy, damnit: Oooh, actualy being ASKED to speculate. This is the article for me. Totilo's article seemed to think Gyroscopic motion was the way to go. The same th... more »
Kenofthedead: So the DSiPhone? more »
excel_excel: As long as its used only when its needed and what not I'd be up for it. We need a new WarioWare Twisted and Kirby Tilt'N'Roll more »
Karlott: Hey, I got a better idea. How about we continue to support that DS that has sold about eleventy billion hardware units and has no real competition (so... more »
NickAVV: I want a Kirby Tilt n' Tumble sequel. That's an important part of my childhood goddamnit more »
Grind_Axis: But how can I look at the screen in a clear manner while i'm shaking it? I think touch control is the perfect compromise between buttons and motion co... more »
Falsoman: I'm in with montion controls on a handheld, if the Wii and the iPhone have showed me something is that there's gonna be tons of crappy montion games, ... more »
Enkur: I did really like Kirby TnT, and Warioware Twisted too, but I'm just worried this would be a precedent for needless motion controls in future games th... more »

#nintendo

Motion Control on a New DS — How Might That Work?
An oblique reference to a DS successor helped turn Satoru Iwata's interview with Japan's leading newspaper into a full-on bombshell. Specifically, the Nintendo chief said such a device must be enabled for motion control. What could they be working on? More »
#shigerumiyamoto

Miyamoto Also Wanted Motion Control In A Nintendo DS
Earlier today, we reported that Nintendo chief Satoru Iwata told a Japanese newspaper that a motion sensor in the successor to the DS would be "necessary." That reminded me of something Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto told me in 2004. More »
#nintendo

Shigeru Miyamoto Wishes You A Happy New Year, Nintendo Style
The newest issue of Japanese Nintendo magazine Nintendo Dream—the one with Link and Zelda on the cover, Spirit Tracks style—features a big batch of New Years wishes from Nintendo's developers, including the Shigeru Miyamoto well-wisher seen above. More »
#ds

DSi LL Was Almost Called 'DSi Executive'
Other names batted around for the big-screen handheld: "DSi Comfort," "DSi Premium," and "DSi Living." And Shigeru Miyamoto proposed "DSi Deka." that's according to the latest Iwata Asks roundtable, discussing the DSi LL. More »
#real

Miyamoto On Hyper Realistic Graphics
Nintendo graphics look fantastic — even on underpowered hardware, they're great. Nintendo knows how to make characters and worlds with a strong visual flair. But what about hyper realistic graphics? More »
#shigerumiyamoto

Why Mario Is In So Many Darn Games... Explained!
The story goes that Mario was originally called "Jumpman." That's not what Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto called the character. More »
#mario

Mario 64 Used To Have Multiplayer
Mario 64 remains, for many, the pinnacle of singleplayer gaming. As close to a perfect game as you're going to get. Wonder how that would have changed had the game's original multiplayer component made it into the final product. More »
#nintendo

Miyamoto Wanted To Patent "Jumping"
Nintendo's website has published another Q&A session between company legends Satoru Iwata and Shigeru Miyamoto. And, like always, there's some interesting stuff being discussed over upturned tea tables. More »
#nintendo

Shigeru Miyamoto Couldn't Get A Job At Nintendo Today
Nintendo is a top notch Japanese company. Top notch Japanese companies want top notch Japanese recruits from top notch Japanese universities. Not folks like, you know, Shigeru Miyamoto who went to a normal college. More »
#nintendo

Super Mario Galaxy 2 To Be "Really Challenging," Could Warrant Super Guide
Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto says that, like the recently released New Super Mario Bros. Wii, the Wii sequel to Super Mario Galaxy will be "a really challenging game." Does that warrant a little Super Guide-style help? More »
#nintendo

Nintendo Talks About Its (Possible) HD Future
When will Nintendo join us in enjoying the clarity of high-definition? While it's had impressive, money-printing success with the Wii, twice as powerful as any GameCube, it's going to have to step things up graphically at some point. Right? More »
#satoruiwata

Nintendo President: "There Was A Miscalculation"
Today at an investors event in Tokyo, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata was once again frank, admitting a "miscalculation" was made about the game market. More »
#nintencats

So, Shigeru Miyamoto Got A Cat
Remember when Shigeru Miyamoto started weighing himself everyday? We got Wii Fit. And before that, he had a dog. We got Nintendogs. And even before that, he took up gardening. We got Pikmin. Now, Miyamoto has a cat. More »
#nintendo

Miyamoto Wishes There Was More Star Fox Love
Oh Japan, why must you make Miyamoto sad? The legendary game designer recently spoke to MTV Multiplayer about his disappointment with the performance of the Star Fox series in his native land. More »
#screengrab

Miyamoto's Wii Measure
Kotaku reader phNord's concept based on Shigeru Miyamoto's recently confessed fetish.
#awkwarrrrrd

N'Gai Croal Breaks the News to Miyamoto that Mario is Dead
N'Gai Croal, the former games writer for Newsweek (and friend of this site) floored Mario's creator with news that one of the famed video-game character's live-action, uh, actors had died recently. More »
#wii

Shigeru Miyamoto Sees "Nothing Wrong" With HD Graphics
The Nintendo Wii is not an hi-def gaming machine. When Nintendo launched the console in late 2006, the company touted its analog TV friendly aspect — not everyone has an HDTV, you know! More »
#wtf

Miyamoto's Secret Hobby: Measuring Stuff
Shigeru Miyamoto and the Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata chat about Wii Fit Plus, and Miyamoto discusses an odd fixation he has - guessing the length and weight of certain things. It's why he carries a tape measure. For real. More »
#shigerumiyamoto

Will New Super Mario Bros. Wii Be A Long Seller?
Last week, Nintendo held an event for Japanese retailers. New Super Mario Bros. Wii was dated and priced for Japan, apparently. Nintendo's resident game wizard Shigeru Miyamoto talked and demoed the game as well. But what did he say? More »
#wellplayed

When the Going Gets Tough... Let the Game Play Itself
Like many younger brothers I had a contentious relationship with my older brother. We butted heads, fought, lied, accused each other of unimaginable atrocities and genuinely despised one another — while secretly caring deeply what the other thought. More »

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