Interview Gives Scant Details on Retro’s Happenings, etc.

Gamasutra interview Nintendo’s in-house public relations manager, Eric Walter, on the state of Nintendo in 2007, and he had a few interesting tidbits:

See, I almost feel that it’s the opposite of that. I think the Wii console is really, really intuitive, and once people pick it up, they realize how easy it is to play a game. We had some mommy-bloggers that we brought in today for a special kind of lunch, and in talking to them, [we realized] four years ago, we would’ve never thought to talk to moms who blog about gaming, and now we are.

When you play Wii Sports, or you know, even when you play Super Mario Galaxy, or any of the [other] titles… I think anyone from five to seventy-five can get up and running pretty quickly. And I think that’s what’s so special, and I think that’s why the Wii has been selling like it has been.

Hit the jump to see if he was able to let on what Retro is doing now that Metroid is out:

Can you say, at all, what Retro is working on now?

I can’t. I can tell you they’re definitely hard at work, though! I just talked to those guys this morning, in fact, and they’re definitely hard at work. There’ll be some things coming out, for sure. They’re really excited about Metroid Prime 3; it’s doing well, and that’s a game that I think will see good sales through the holidays.

Certainly, the hardcore ran out and got it right away, and I think as fans start to see that game — and there are still folks coming to the Wii every day — it certainly hasn’t reached its lifespan just yet. So, I think as people begin to come to the Wii, they’ll see that game; and even new players can get into a game like that.

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