When will videogame systems like Nintendo’s Wii go HiDef?
During the firm’s recent financial results briefing, Genyo Takeda, general manager of Nintendo’s Integrated R&D Division, said his division is looking at HD but there are no specific plans as yet, according to Edge-Online.com.
“Since an increasing number of the TV sets at home around the world are becoming HD today, it will be natural for a machine to be able to generate graphics that people will be accustomed to see on HD televisions. Since the ordinary TV programs are now shifting to HD, moving to HD appears to me a natural flow.
Nintendo designer Shigeru Miyamoto said it will depend on each software title. “For example, we have to ask ourselves if HD is really necessary to develop Wii Fit. Won’t HD be better for the games like Pikmin? The developers should choose the most appropriate graphical format depending on the software they make. To Nintendo, our theme is how we can prepare the SDK library to cater to the needs of the developers, with which the developers can more easily develop their games.”
In an interview with Gametrailers, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime strongly denied that a Wii HD is in the works. “I don’t know how forcefully we can say that there is no Wii HD,” he said, before being asked if one would ever be released. “No,” he responded.
– Scott Hettrick