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Shigeru Miyamoto was kind enough to sit down with us during the show to talk about the future of Wii, his thoughts on the Playstation 3 announcements and how Microsoft can succeed in Japan.

We’ll be posting the full video next week, but until then here’s some interesting tidbits from the talk—some of which we’re pretty sure you’ve never heard before. (We’re a bit disconnected since we’re weathering a storm of information here at E3.)

During the interview Miyamoto dropped a few bits on us. First at all, Miyamoto says Nintendo has been talking about how to use interconnectivity between the DS and the Wii. (Naturally.) He said the technology to support this is already built into the console, but that they haven’t decided how to use it yet, but they’ve got a few ideas (which we’ll be happy to tell you after the jump).

Some of the possibilities include using the touch screen and microphone input from the DS to effect Wii gameplay. Another possibility, he said, is to be able to download content from your Wii to your DS, edit it, and then upload it back to the console.Miyamoto said they weren’t sure when this connectivity would be available, but that it would be at launch or very early on because of the tremendous success of the DS.

Miyamoto also mentioned is that Wii remotes will likely be able to be ‘attached’ to different members of your household—each person would have their own Wiimote. Nintendo’s hopes are that everyone in the family will own their own Wii remote, each with a distinct look, and that people can just hop into a game with the controller—and the Wii would customize the look or settings of a game based on which controller turned it on the console.

Finally, I asked Miyamoto about why Nintendo didn’t release a price and date for the system at their pre-E3 press conference. He said that Nintendo has historically focused on the hardware and software during E3, saving the details of price and date for a later time.

When pressed, Miyamoto said that the price and date will likely be announced before the Tokyo Game Show, since while Nintendo doesn’t historically show up at TGS, many third-party Wii game producers do.

Make sure to check back later today to watch Miyamoto play the Nintendo version of Justify Your Game—we called it Justify Your Name.

Also, check back next week for the full interview with the always affable Miyamoto.

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