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Iwata: Not concerned about Microsoft Wii Remote

Twisted | May 05, 2008 | News | Wii XBOX 360 
The president of Nintendo, Satoru Iwata, has said that he is not concerned about Microsoft possibly making a remote similar to the Wii remote for the Xbox 360. He doesn't feel it a thread as long as Nintendo keeps on making new features. What matters to him is that if he can keep on creating exciting new surprises.
Nintendo President Satoru Iwata has dismissed the threat of a Microsoft manufactured Wii Remote being released for Xbox 360, claiming that it won't be a threat as long as Nintendo continues to offer new surprises.

"All I can say today is, it is not that easy to develop software which leverages the characteristics of Wii Remote," he said in a fiscal review.

"We are not concerned about what other companies may do but rather more concerned with presenting them with new ideas to our customers based on the prospect that our existing customers will surely get tired of the plays enabled by Wii Remote if we do not try to improve the experience.

"In other words, what matters to us is whether or not we can continue to constantly create and offer new surprises one after another."

Earlier this month, we reported that a developer was claiming he was working on a Wii Remote equivalent for the Xbox 360.

He also claimed that Rare was working on both an interface and look for the controller, as well as creating a version of Miis for 360 too. The claim has yet to be confirmed.
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    chautemoc | May 05, 2008
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      Twisted | May 05, 2008
      Crap. Sorry, the duplicate articles don't always come up. Totally different ones do.
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        chautemoc | May 05, 2008
        I know.
        It could use improving, indeed.
        Report this to someone to delete, hey?
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          R1DDL3S | May 05, 2008
            My duplicate was caught...but Andrew gets special treatment
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    chautemoc | May 05, 2008
    Special treatment.......?
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    Twisted | May 06, 2008
    R1DDL3S loves me too much.
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    IAMJOB56 | May 06, 2008
    If Microsoft copies Nintendo, my last and only vestige of faith in them will be shattered.
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    BANDITO ATTACK | May 06, 2008
    somehow i doubt microsoft is planning on adopting the wii remote, or anything remotely similar. no pun intended.

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