A Nintendo Wii 2 with 3D won’t be the firm’s next step, according to Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto. While Nintendo head honcho Satoru Iwata discussed the idea last month, Miyamoto says the Wii 2 isn’t going to jump down the pipe and follow the Xbox 360 and PS3 into the 3D gaming world. Should Nintendo stick to portable 3D and swerve it in the living room as it has with HD?
Miyamoto told German site, Spiegel online: “I do not believe that Wii 3D will be our next step. One reason Wii is successful is because most people do not have any HDTV equipment and know how to appreciate what the Wii offers.”
He continued: “The Nintendo 3DS is possible because it is a portable console and it works without 3D glasses. For the living room, consumers would need a 3D TV and it will take some time before enough households have 3D TVs.”
In his comments on the possibility to creating a Wii 2 3D, Iwata said Nintendo was watching 3D TV adoption trends and pegged the number necessary to make it worthwhile at 30%.
Meanwhile Sony has gone all in with 3D, with its 3D TVs and the PS3 3D firmware update and Microsoft is toying with Xbox 360 3D gaming in a deal with LG.
The Nintendo Wii was a roaring success despite taking an entirely different route to the next gen consoles. Could the Nintendo Wii 2 repeat that strategy? Or is 3D going to become a must have feature?
