Rumor: Miyamoto hints at new Zelda game, new Pikmin, Wii Fit online

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Speaking in a media roundtable, Miyamoto has been generally mum about future plans for the Nintendo DS and Wii. This inspired a 1UP correspondent to make some predictions based on the limited info from the Super Mario creator.

* Miyamoto said that the Zelda team has gotten back together. So is a new game under development? Logic says it’s very likely but there are no confirmations as of yet.
* Asked about the real-time strategy game Pikmin, Miyamoto said he is still unsure about what to do with that franchise. It could come out for the Nintendo Wii or the DS again (or it could just remain buried).
* On the topic of online support for Wii Fit, Miyamoto gave the ambiguous reply, ” I can’t talk about anything until E3.”

Be reminded that these are just mere speculation but the possibilities are intriguing.  I personally asked 3 Nintendo Reps about Wii Fit online while at a private demo and they all said no, so either they’re keeping their mouths shut or don’t know themselves…



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  • http://www.videogamedc.com Potatoman

    Pikmin is not gone. If it was Olimar would not have been a main character in Brawl he would be something like an Assist trophy.

  • http://forums.wiinintendo.net/ SirVenom

    Well, I thought that about Ness being in Smash Bros 64, too….

  • http://www.videogamedc.com Potatoman

    Your right but the later games were released in Japan

  • taylor

    Only 1. Plus, they didnt bring it anywhere else. (sadly…)

  • Pigeon_Feeder

    c’mon Pikmin would be perfect for wii

    Pikmin Thrii!

    ya…you could use the wii mote in a throwing gesture to throw pikmin…use in a plucking gesture to pluck pikmin….seriously

    Pikmin was made for the wii

  • Don

    I worked at a video game store over the summer. The Nintendo Rep explicitly told me that there is a new Zelda game in the works, and that it has been in the works since before Twilight Princess was. Twilight Princess, she said, was never supposed to be on Wii, so they’ve been working on a Wii Zelda title that is, technically, supposed to be the first Zelda title on Wii (not counting Link’s Crossbow).

  • http://wiinintendo.net/ hattrick

    @ Don – Thanks for sharing. I believe we already knew this, but for those who did not, this is helpful.