Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of numerous iconic game characters, was recently interviewed by CNN about the lackluster sales the Wii U. Miyamoto defended Nintendo's latest system, and compared the hardware another Nintendo system.
"There was a period when we first released the Nintendo DS that people would say there's no way people can look at two screens at once...I almost feel like, as people get more familiar with Wii U and these touchscreen interfaces, that there is going to come a point where they feel like 'I can't do everything I want to do if I don't have a second screen.'"
Miyamoto further emphasizes that the second screen on the Wii U is not just meant to be there as another screen for users to follow, but also as a way for gamers to continue playing their games when others wanted to use the television.
"The challenge that we had was if someone wanted to view television, then you couldn't play games. We wanted to have a second screen for Wii U that would make it possible for people to essentially play games even if something else was on the TV,"
While to Wii U may be facing stiff competition from current consoles so far, it still is the first next-gen system to be released, and Nintendo has some plans to build up the console before the PlayStation 4 and next Xbox arrive.
"Our immediate objective over the next few months is to improve the Wii U system and make it a little more stable, a little bit more convenient to use from a system standpoint..The other thing I think about is how do we begin getting people to understand that and convey the usefulness of Wii U to them. For me as a game developer, obviously I look at Wii U from the perspective of what games I can bring to Wii U."
The Wii U should begin seeing more and more sales in the coming months as blockbuster titles such as Pikmin 3 and a port of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker make their way to the console.
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