Satoru Iwata believes the Wii U is “important to the world”

July 21st, 2012

Satoru Iwata believes the Wii U is “important to the world”

Satoru Iwata has explained that “being first in the next generation race is not important at all”, but:

One of the reasons we believe this is the time for Nintendo to launch the Wii U is it’s going to be important for the world.

And although there is an attractive factor within confidence, I hope Nintendo isn’t leading themselves into a self-righteousness that will only distract from making something fun. It would be a shame to see them so caught-up in bird’s eye conceptual stuff of “what’s important for the world” that they forget to think about the many practical matters they will have to face. Time will tell, of course. Time will tell.

Kaizar

Here is more good news about Rare & Nintendo, but it’s only a Rumor.

http://www.gamingvlog.net/

WE THE BEST! FOREVER!
- Ropey
  
  Oh man, this would be really great news. You cannot grasp the true form of my enthusiasm
- Luciano Fran
  
  Please let that happen I miss B and K one of my first N64 games
- Bigpete849
  
  This is the greatest gaming rumor of all time and if it is true I will die from joy.
- RockieOllie
  
  Someone is messing with me! I hope to GOD that this is true. Banjo-Kazooie for Smash Bros. 4!
- sniklefritz
  
  sorry bud but the micro faggots made sure that would never happen because there a bunch of scared little bitches so they took rare to try and hurt nintendo but it didnt work because we have retro now and there amazing and even if nintendo did want rare back would you really be able to trust those damn traitors known as rare ware?
- RockieOllie
  
  I’d rather we get the I.Ps back and have Retro make Banjo-Kazooie
- Tails the Foxhound
  
  Hate to break it to you, but Nintendo sold rare as a bunch of the top brass was abandoning ship. Microsoft didn’t “steal” anything and Rare didn’t “betray” anyone.
  
  It must taste awfully bad…having both your foot and Nintendo’s penis in your mouth.
- http://wwwdonicwebstartscom.webstarts.com/ donicx
  
  I hope this is true.
- http://youtube.com/user/spacemanpurple Space
  
  This is old news … A WHOLE DAY!!! :P
- Co-Wink-Key dink inc
  
  Now-one wants Conker back?! D:
- YayGs
  
  ”
  It is a good thing that this rumor says that Retro is making the new Banjo Kazooie, because I dont think we would want to see Rare do it…”
  
  Lol, that’s right!
  But I think Retro is way too busy to be deep in the development of Banjo. And I’m not sure Nintendo would want Rare back, unless they really want the rare titles and the only way to get them is to get them back, but I think there would be a better chance of Nintendo saying forget it then buying back Rare.
- Exclusive Content
  
  Rumors will be rumors…. :(
- StarTropics
  
  Remember how much Microsoft payed for RARE. That alone makes me think its rather unlikely unless Microsoft were to sell theme at a price Nintendo approves of because one of the reasons Nintendo didn’t fully buy RARE was because the Stamper Brother’s were selling their 51% ownership of the company for too high and Microsoft was willing to pay that price.
  
  I wonder why none of the former Game designers that left RARE pulled a Retro Studios, by which I mean make an agreement to build a studio with Nintendo to make games exclusively for them. Retro Studios was made by an agreement between Nintendo and Jeff Spangenberg(The former head of Iguana Entertainment, the guys that made Turok for the N64) to build a studio that would make games for Nintendo and target an older audience. Nintendo ended up buying the whole studio in 2002(Ironically a couple months before the sale of RARE
- Usaki Ojimbo
  
  Understand that most of the Rare team has been dispersed since Rare’s Nintendo days, so I don’t know how much of “RARE” Nintendo would actually be acquiring back if this rumor were to be true. Somethin’ to think about.
- http://twitter.com/YuriWhitehall Yuri Whitehall
  
  that’s why it would be best to just take the development rights for the I.Ps they want and leave Microsoft with the company itself
- Ness
  
  You guys don’t seriously believe this, do you? Why would Nintendo pay Microsoft to get Rare and their IPs when – 1. Rare is crap
  nowadays (contrary to what those high on nostalgia would like to believe) and
  2. Their own IPs are way more popular than Banjo-Kazooie, Conker, and the rest?
  And Retro Studios hard at work on a new BK title? How could they be working on
  it if Ninty doesn’t have the rights to it yet? This is just some fanboy’s wet
  dream.
- Co-Wink-Key dink inc
  
  Well Microsoft has them as first party so basically Microsoft owns the company, unlike Nintendo which had it a a second party company, half third and half first, and in the end, don’t blame the workers a rare, BLAME MICROSOFT FOR POOR DIRECTING
Enigma

It’s gonna suck like everything else Nintendo makes like the 3DS.

Thats why I am all about Playstion & X Box, because they are the only people to know that everyone should stick to the “Status Quo”.

:P
- http://www.facebook.com/hugh.kim.7 Hugh Kim
  
  Troll much?
- Mystery
  
  Obvious troll. 1/10. Try better next time. Playstion isn’t even a console.
- TheMightyFludd
  
  How is PlayStation not a console?
- Falcon
  
  Lol “PlayStation” is however “Playstion” is not
  #Typos
- Big E
  
  Don’t forget X Box…Wait, that may be a console in Cjina. Ahh yes. Cjina, the clone of China. A place where bad copies of everything comes together to live as one.
- NintendoR0CK3T
  
  aaannd you have the most liked comment! :D
- TheFarmboy
  
  Death to the Status Quo!
- Soeroah
  
  Ah yes, the ‘status quo’. Where America wouldn’t have experienced a rebirth in video games had the status quo remained unchallenged. Where the USA wouldn’t even EXIST had the status quo remained unchallenged. Where humanity would still be in the trees had the status quo remained unchallenged.
- Co-Wink-Key dink inc
  
  Wow, the fail is strong in him, so much Ness’ comment above has less dislikes lol
  
  No wonder why, his pic has (probably) a facepalm of it!! LOLOOOOOLLL
- Co-Wink-Key dink inc
  
  You have more dislikes than Ness comment?! The Fail is strong in this one
- Pika pika
  
  Wow, really? It wasn’t funny the first time, asshole
- Co-Wink-Key dink inc
  
  It wasn’t intended to be funny, it wasn’t in the reply stream which is why I did it again
- SuperTurtle
  
  Co wink key dink trolls again. :)
- Co-Wink-Key dink inc
  
  Im a troll?! I hadn’t annoyed anyone nor had I did thing like Ness or Engimna did, the fake Co-Wink-Key dink inc troll is gone
- SuperTurtle
  
  It looks like you trolled Pika pika, I think… I was just kiding, that’s why there was a :)
  You didn’t have to get really mad. :0
- Co-Wink-Key dink inc
  
  I wasen’t mad, really, but I don’t get it when you said “That’s why there was an a”
- SuperTurtle
  
  a smiley :)
- http://www.nintendoworlds.com/members/turbopikachu.22921/ TurboPikachu
  
  Guys, I realized this “Enigma” is a fake. Check out community, and find the real Enigma in the top commenters section. The real Enigma is a true gamer who thinks of Nintendo/Sony/MS equally. :3
- Co-Wink-Key dink inc
  
  Well if you come back, please change your icon please!
- Lucas
  
  PK TROLL STORM!
- Co-Wink-Key dink inc
  
  Yah, Playstation did, WHEN IT USED CD’s INSTEAD OF THE “Satatus Quo” Cartridges
- NintendoR0CK3T
  
  WOAH!!! 53 DISLIKES!!?? Is that like, what? The record on both the 3DS & Wii U Blog!?!
Neon Nerd

Honestly, I can’t see how it is going to be Important to the world. I don’t want to sound like a troll as I do intend to get a Wii U.

I could understand if it was the first console to have actual online gaming like the Dreamcast, or dual analogue sticks like the ahem Playstation but there is nothing world changing that I can see which would warrant it as important to the world. Even touch screen gaming and dual screen gaming has been done previously.
- ePik Min
  
  And complaining without any actual arguments has been done before too. Why are you doing it?
  
  Just wait for more info.
- Neon Nerd
  
  Like I said I am not trying to be a troll…I am just saying for it to be important to the world is a bit much…I mean what life changing experience does it offer that has not been done before?
- ePik Min
  
  I understand, don’t worry.
  But what is the last time a system “changed your life”? If you don’t talk about the Wii and its motion sensing idea, you would have to look far away into the past to find a real revolution.
  The DS, for its dual screen and touch screen?
  The N64 and its 4 controller ports/its controller featuring right ‘D-pad’ for camera and targeting?
  The Sega Saturn, one of the first consoles capable of 3D graphics that
  actually looked like something else than just a big chaotic pile of
  pixels?
  
  I don’t know what the next revolution will be in gaming, but I really doubt it will be for this gen. You might have to wait a bit longer if you really are hopping for THE system that will change everything.
  
  But I know (at least with everything we learned so far) that the WiiU has everything we need: power, online structure, new controller/traditional controller/Wiimotes, retro-compatibility, attractive price, and probably not hot enough to make omelettes on it…
  
  I think we will talk about the WiiU in decades. It has everything to beat good old consoles like the SNES, not only about sales, but also by its reputation on the long run.
- NeonNerd
  
  I would say the last real console that was important was the Dreamcast. It was hugely underrated and ultimately SEGA departed from the hardware business due to it’s poor performance in terms of sales.
  
  However look at the trends in consoles now such as Online Gaming, HD Gaming, even to a very small degree working motion controls. They all started in some form or another on SEGA’s console…Be it through modem connection (though there are Broadband adapters), VGA adapters and the Samba Di Amigo Maracas.
  Just to clarify though I do intend on purchasing a Wii U, I just feel Nintendo need to show us something that would be important to the world and become used as standard in future generations of consoles.
  While I am intrigued by the gamepad, I am not totally convinced it will be as influential on the gaming demographic as Nintendo are making it out to be. Of course I am only speculating at this point and would like to be proven wrong.
- Co-Wink-Key dink inc
  
  by the same people/Company sir
  
  Add to that, it’s supposed to be the first console that fully supports the powerhungry demands of a MMOG (RPG) maybe LOL or WOWC could make it
- Neon Nerd
  
  Well no….Check out DC Online before you try to make your argument coherent.
- Co-Wink-Key dink inc
  
  I know Xbox 360 does some of that, but compared that to LOL or WOWC, it needs alot of processing power
Egghollo

I think Iwata was high on something when he made that statement.
- Nintyfan10
  
  Important to the world lol haha
- MRCOPPERTHONG
  
  I know isn’t it supposed to be good but not that important
- Co-Wink-Key dink inc
  
  I think he means people around the world thinks it’s IMPORTANT for gaming
http://wwwdonicwebstartscom.webstarts.com/ donicx

I think he means that it can bring family’s closer together it’s either that or something else.
http://profiles.google.com/xdavidxhoylexx David Hoyle

i hope they know its not about games anymore. and it hasnt been that way for years. like phones, no one buys a cell phone, only to call people.
- csaw
  
  Its still largely about games, a console won’t sell without them. Look at how many features the psvita has, but its selling poorly becuase of the lack of games. Other features are important, but ultimately it comes down to the games.
- BR!4N
  
  People still call?
Co-Wink-Key dink inc

They got the Dreamcast to tell them that
Usaki Ojimbo

Important to the World? Perhaps it comes with a nation-wide, antipartisan, deficit removal program. I hope Nintendo is just focusing on fun and innovative game ideas.
Zack

When Nintendo made the Wii, they were aiming towards “gaming for everyone”. Everyone knew what the Wii was, anyone could pick up a controller and play, and the controller could be anything. I think i speak for everyone when I say that Nintendo has succeeded in this, even in the console’s last days. If Nintendo is aiming their next console towards bringing people together, off of their devices on together on one, then I do believe the Wii U is important to the world too.
- Co-Wink-Key dink inc
  
  nintendo said they were actually aiming towards the hardcore gamer market, with the wii but, it’s hidden within the deep realm in Wii U Go please make a link if you find it
- Zack
  
  The market they’re aiming towards is in the title. Wii U = We You. It’s for both.
LaLaLa

It will help the world, that tv button will help when we lose our remote. jk
- epicgameturtle
  
  XD I don’t even watch t.v.!!!
- LaLaLa
  
  who does?
- http://www.fanfiction.net/u/3204673/ GameManiac
  
  I only use it for ambience when I’m on my laptop or 3DS.
- Willpower
  
  Don’t – it rots your brain.
- Co-Wink-Key dink inc
  
  Now audio is the new thing that rots your brain?!
- Seb
  
  Iol XD I do, but not very often.
- Co-Wink-Key dink inc
  
  Yah Tv sucks, in Canada, we get Adventure Time TWICE A WEEK (two episodes in one day, for one week)
- ectoBiologist
  
  I KNOW!
  But you should try out CN in canada,pretty good.
- Co-Wink-Key dink inc
  
  We don’t have a Telus box, only Shaw Cable, guess ill have to wait, I remember last week, they didn’t air it at all.
- BR!4N
  
  Be glad they don’t have Comcast there (My (and Google’s) assumption).
- Co-Wink-Key dink inc
  
  I never know how bad they had been, porn in the middle of handy mandy?! *facepalm*
- http://www.facebook.com/MR.SWAGGER14 Stephon K Frierson
  
  LOL!
- Co-Wink-Key dink inc
  
  It was true, or you have somthing to say about it?
- NintendoR0CK3T
  
  LOL Me neither XD
The Video Gamer

Has anyone else noticed how Nintendo is getting really cocky lately? I kind of like it!
- idk
  
  yeah and so are its fans…..
Ness

He thinks the Wii U is important to the world? Wow. This guy is full of it. It’s just a fucking video game system – and not even a good one at that. Iwata needs to stop drinking the Priderade and get in touch with reality for once.
- LaLaLa
  
  It’s the tv switch, Ness. It’ll help stop remote-loss-idus. jk again
- Pyroblock
  
  cant judge something you have never used
- Co-Wink-Key dink inc
  
  Your important to the world Ness, you are the master troll on this blog and the 3ds one, it’s your quest to troll the world!!!! JK (Just Kidding)
- http://www.facebook.com/jack.smith.315080 Jack Smith
  
  I love you Ness
- Ness
  
  I love you too, bro.
- Pika pika
  
  I swear, ness is the only person on this blog who can think logically without being a Nintendo infected fanboy. People need to take a step back and think how this stupid game console could change the world. Half the world won’t be able to afford the console because they live under 5 bucks a day. Unless this thing can solve world hunger or create world peace, then we can assume Iwata was exaggerating.
- Co-Wink-Key dink inc
  
  you’re going too deep in your comment, and besides a invention can’t save world hunger, or make peace, it is only achieved through people’s actions with their company
- http://profiles.google.com/xdavidxhoylexx David Hoyle
  
  im not a nintendo fan. and i only complain when it makes sense. im also a nice guy but people dont realize i only hate people who doesnt do things right.
- TheFarmboy
  
  This is nothing comopared to Molydeux’s idea for $50,000 DLC for one of his upcoming games.
http://twitter.com/Airaku69 Airaku

Iwata is becoming so delusional…. ugh!
idk

This is the kind of attitude that gets to people and ruins them, being all too confident is not good at all
StarTropics

Important to Nintendo Fans around the world: YES
Important to the Video Game Industry: Yes
Important for the World: ………………Not really
epicgameturtle

Yeah, time as in, THIS HOLIDAY SEASON!
- Total911
  
  Woah, EGT, I haven’t seen you in a while. Why no comment about cherries?
- epicgameturtle
  
  I don’t want to have to battle with people anymore that’s all. It’s not worth saying my catch phrase, but if you still want the CHERRIES you can always move you’re little mouse over my gravatar! Unless you’re on a smart phone, then you have to touch it! TOUCH IT!
epicgameturtle

I think what he means by “important for the world” is miiverse’s social aspect that he thinks will impact the way we communicate with one another. “we believe this is the time,” is evidence of my thinking, because so many people have smart phones today it makes sense to put miiverse on EVERYTHING.
DonnyKD

Important to the GAMING world, Iwata?

I hope he means that.
- Carlinhos
  
  Nope, not just gaming. WiiU’s gonna eradicate hunger, and also cure AIDS and cancer. Oh, and it’s gonna do all that for only $5 via DLC.
Tecpeds94

Why do nintendo’s home consoles always look plain, they should make the look with more detail but luckily its what is inside that matters and whats inside is amazing :)
Midori

No Mr. Iwata… no.
Diamond Ammo

well being able to stream your game over on the controller is awesome, I am mostly a handheld gamer so this feature is awesome for me, plus I dun have an hd tv yet so I will be able to see the games the way they are MEANT to be seen
http://www.facebook.com/nick.markgraf.5 Nick Markgraf

David! Look at this!

Nintendo attempting to negotiate its way into ownership of Banjo and Kazooie!?

http://www.zeldainformer.com/news/comments/rumor-nintendo-attempting-to-negotiate-its-way-into-ownership-of-banjo-and
Tails the Foxhound

Wii U cures cancer confirmed.
- Bicentennial_Pidgeon
  
  Wii U solves Middle East crisis..confirmed.
- Wade Havick
  
  Wii u can wipe out haters in the purge..,….confirmed
- jat
  
  Wii U solves Global Warming problems..confirmed.
Symbol de Au

Donicx has it right. He means it’ll be important for dealing “alone together”. I’m not sure it really will help but it may. He’s not saying it’ll be important for the world because it’s a revolutionary game console he means that he believes it’ll help familial interaction. This could still turn out to be selling it too highly though, I’m not so sure how it’ll bring families closer than any of their other consoles but if it works it would definitely be good for the world if not important.
Robosteak

Im checking to see if this works.
Robosteak

Ok, this article makes me want to smack iwata and miyamoto in the face. Dont get me wrong, i LOOOOVE nintendo, i was born with a triforce on my hand, lol jk, but i just think that the guys at the top are retards. Miyamoto once said he could make halo, he just doesnt want to. -_-
the vita is dead

the Wii U will unite the clans †
BR!4N

Overconfident, much?
no friends

Wii U will give you friends. so happy :P
Randomite

I don’t want to start rumors but does anyone find it suspicious that the author of the blog has disappeared after posting the slightly critical comments of:

“And although there is an attractive factor within confidence, I hope Nintendo isn’t leading themselves into a self-righteousness that will only distract from making something fun. It would be a shame to see them so caught-up in bird’s eye conceptual stuff of “what’s important for the world” that they forget to think about the many practical matters they will have to face.”

I know from personal experience that Nintendo fans are one of the biggest most fanatical fan-bases around the world which makes me think something suspicious is going on…

Either way the plot thickens.
- Carlinhos
  
  Japanese mafia is surely quick XD.
http://www.youtube.com/user/blackheart0478?feature=mhee NintendoPunk

wii u is important to the world? whoa get of your high horse yeesh its just a gaming console
http://www.youtube.com/user/blackheart0478?feature=mhee NintendoPunk

wii u is important to the world? whoa get of your high horse yeesh its just a gaming console
Elspeth

STOP being lazy arse! and UPDATE more news NOW!
- http://profiles.google.com/xdavidxhoylexx David Hoyle
  
  i hate lazy people. thats why i complain about the 3ds’ software when i can. i hope when i get a wii u i wont have to complain about it also. unless someone like me speaks out, nothing will be done and companies will always take advantage of people just like microsoft. although thats a different subject. but $60 a year for every 1 single person just to play games online, or $80 just so that i can change my background on a windows 7 starter, is epic bs beyond human.
jj

Iwata is nuts. He must be dethroned!!!
anti

The latest post on 3ds blog is supposed to be here i think
Amtoj

I guess the Wii U is in its secret stage where no news comes out? Well, it it fitting to start it with this I guess.
69baby

DAVID! Update the Wii U page! you missed so MUCH information on the Wii u these past weeks. If you have time to update the 3DS blog often then you surely have time to do the same with Wii U. If you can;t keep yourself organized then close the blog!

God
RequiredName

That was a foolish thing for him to say. What’s important for the world is to give jobs to real people–the nonworking poor who are being passed over for employment in favor of drug addicts and violent sociopaths. THEN people will have the MONEY to SPEND on these devices. Oh, Nintendo’s innovation is crucial towards giving video gaming any true credibility as a lifestyle, but the world at large is a lot bigger than Japan. I see this as a mistake they frequently make (especially via their bizarre cultural practices which are strange even by standards of the ethically-skeptical “cultural relativism” philosophies).
Leo

blog seems a bit slow lately…
Carlinhos

May your bodies be ready guys! WiiU’s gonna mess with our brain waves in order to create virtual reality, so that we ourselves are gonna turn into characters and be transported into the games. It’ll be an experience like AVATAR the movie. Watch out for game overs, though.
TheUltimateKoopa

*checks site on July 29, 2012*
*last news is July 21, 2012*

Wow, 8 days and nothing? Slow news is slow :(

I hate it when something isn’t out for months, because then it’s so long that any news has run out, and then, the only news worth posting is maybe once a week or less, otherwise, to keep this blog more active than this, you’d have to resort to posting stupid things like “My dog ate my ice cream”.
PenguinMania3:16

Its been too long before a new update. I need my WiiU fix!
- callmeawesome
  
  ikr
Galaxy

There’s actually been a lot of News about Wii U and 3DS. To see all the News got to either
http://wiiudaily.com/ OR http://www.nintendolife.com/

All missed 3DS and Wii U news:
-Little Inferno developers interview(Wii U talk Game Talk)- http://www.nintendolife.com/
-Smash bros news/roster/development- http://www.nintendolife.com/
-A different Analyst talks about Wii U sales- http://wiiudaily.com/
-Nintendo Predict sales for Wii U- http://wiiudaily.com/

-Pachter “Upset” or “Frustrated”- http://wiiudaily.com/
-Another rumor about Wii U price- http://wiiudaily.com/
-Biker Bash coming to Wii U – http://wiiudaily.com/
-Crysis 3 possibility according to developers- http://wiiudaily.com/ and http://www.nintendolife.com/

-Nintendo says NSMBU will be better much better than NSMB2- http://wiiudaily.com/
-Analyst talks about incoming Wii U announcement in September- http://wiiudaily.com/
-How Nintendo test ALL DS systems (brutal)- http://www.nintendolife.com/
-KH 3D composers praise 3DS- http://www.nintendolife.com/
-eShop Game reviews (Planet Crashers, etc..)- http://www.nintendolife.com/
http://profiles.google.com/xdavidxhoylexx David Hoyle

i heard a rumor about the wii u blog getting an update tomorrow.
Leo

david update the blog or else everyone probably going to the wii u daily. They might not always have the most accurate data but they update ….
- http://profiles.google.com/xdavidxhoylexx David Hoyle
  
  alot of websites, like that one, needs a better theme. becuz thats why i dont bother and careless about alot of websites, like that one. it just looks plain ugly.
Sammie

David… post something new
RequiredName

You gonna update the blog or what?
Total911

Everyone, He’ll update the blog when something happens. David doesn’t have the power to make things happen, so you’re SOL if you want something new from him every day.
- MadCrain
  
  Dude, there is so much news for the Wii U right now that I’m reading my ass off, on Wii U daily, it’s crazy, I’m sure there’s a reason, maybe he’s looking for big news, but damn, I love David but come on.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100004072460495 Samoht Teews

DAVID WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING YOU’VE MISSED SOOOO MUCH WII U NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MrIceCreamCow

Ok, I’ve seen this for the past week. Post something new.
Shaun

Hey David how about some news?
Diamond Ammo

looks like the kitties are getting impatient :)
http://profiles.google.com/xdavidxhoylexx David Hoyle

yes, tv remotes are important to the world. and so is freakin metroid dam it.
EddKupo

Wii U prevents diabetes and pimples.

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