Miyamoto Confirms Work Underway on New Nintendo Consoles

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Miyamoto Confirms Work Underway on New Nintendo Consoles

Company executive adds that the next major Mario game could be reserved for next platform; Responds to Mario movie speculation.by Rob Crossley on  

December 19, 2014

 

Shigeru Miyamoto has openly stated that Nintendo is actively working on new ideas for its next wave of hardware systems.

 

Though it is common for a platform holder to begin work on next-generation hardware soon after the release of the current system, it is rare that a company executive will openly discuss those plans.

 

But Miyamoto told the Associated Press that Nintendo is in the formative stage of designing new hardware, and suggested that preliminary work is underway on more than one system. That does not necessarily mean a new console will be released next year, but it does suggest that potential product roadmaps are being considered.

 

"We're focused on providing a robust line-up of Wii U software for next year," Miyamoto said.

 

"It seems like we've managed to do that this year and people are very happy with what we've done on Wii U. For the time being, our focus is on the Wii U hardware, but Nintendo as a whole has groups working on ideas for new hardware systems. While we're busy working on software for the Wii U, we have production lines that are working on ideas for what the next system might be."

 

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