Reggie teve que lutar com Miyamoto e Iwata para incluir Wii Sports como jogo gratuito

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Update: Added in the full quote provided in comments due to misinterpretation.
WiI Sports did an amazing job back in 2006 to help sell Nintendo’s new console at the time, the revolutionary Wii system. However, former Nintendo of America president, Reggie Fils-Aime, has stated in his new book which is titled, Disrupting the Game, that Wii Sports almost wasn’t a Wii pack-in title. He says Mr. Miyamoto told him and the executive vice president at Nintendo at the time, Mike Fukuda, that the motion controlled sports game shouldn’t be a pack-in game, telling them “Neither of you understands the challenges of creating software that people love to play. This is something we constantly push ourselves to do. We do not give away our software.” Thankfully as we all know, they managed to push Nintendo’s legendary game maker to change his mind.
“I advocated packing Wii Sports with Wii so that every consumer would get access to this great content. After I made this suggestion, Mr. Iwata paused long enough for me to notice the faint buzz of the incandescent lighting in his office, and get uncomfortable. ‘Reggie,’ Mr. Iwata said. ‘Nintendo does not give away precious content for free. We work hard to create special experiences. It is unique software that motivates consumers to buy our hardware, and we expect to sell these games over extended periods of time. No, we should not pack in Wii Sports.’ ‘Mr. Iwata, I understand the value of our software. I know unique software has always differentiated Nintendo. But we know that Wii is a very different concept in the history of video games. Wii focuses on unique gameplay. The goal of Wii is to expand gaming from its current niche to a mass market medium. Wii Sports has the power to do this. Wii Sports can be a unifying element for all players of the system, and be a key motivation for people to buy the system and have fun immediately. Plus Mr. Iwata, I know Nintendo has history using packed-in software to drive a system.’ I knew this from personal experience as I had bought my Super Nintendo Entertainment System with a bundle that included Super Mario World.”
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Why everybody only mentions Miyamoto?
Reggie said that Iwata was against the idea too, saying that Nintendo doesn’t give software for free, websites should include this part too…but it’s cool to paint Miyamoto as an evil being, isn’t it?
you shouldn’t speak ill of the dead. i think Reggie is just being respectful. he does call Miyamoto the world’s best game designer in the same breath, so not exactly evil.
Actually Reggie said that Iwata was the one against the idea of the bundle (read the full interview), Miyamoto wanted to bundle the wii with wii play, also mentioning it isn’t talking ill about iwata…anyway sorry if someone felt offended but i wasn’t talking ill about Iwata.
Here’s as stated in Reggie’s book, you can read this in nintendoecerything too.
“I advocated packing Wii Sports with Wii so that every consumer would get access to this great content. After I made this suggestion, Mr. Iwata paused long enough for me to notice the faint buzz of the incandescent lighting in his office, and get uncomfortable. ‘Reggie,’ Mr. Iwata said. ‘Nintendo does not give away precious content for free. We work hard to create special experiences. It is unique software that motivates consumers to buy our hardware, and we expect to sell these games over extended periods of time. No, we should not pack in Wii Sports.’
‘Mr. Iwata, I understand the value of our software. I know unique software has always differentiated Nintendo. But we know that Wii is a very different concept in the history of video games. Wii focuses on unique gameplay. The goal of Wii is to expand gaming from its current niche to a mass market medium. Wii Sports has the power to do this. Wii Sports can be a unifying element for all players of the system, and be a key motivation for people to buy the system and have fun immediately. Plus Mr. Iwata, I know Nintendo has history using packed-in software to drive a system.’ I knew this from personal experience as I had bought my Super Nintendo Entertainment System with a bundle that included Super Mario World.”
So sickr you should update and correct the information.
Thanks the site I used: https://www.destructoid.com/reggie-fils-aime-says-he-fought-miyamoto-on-including-wii-sports-for-free/ didn’t include the full information and neither did Nintendo Life. I’ll add that in! 🙂
No problem!!!!
I mean, Miyamoto is the reason Star Fox Zero has forced motion controls, forced dual-perspective gameplay, and gimmicky controls that make it fairly unwieldy to play.
He also claims he doesn’t understand why people want another F-Zero game after 20 years, so that’s my real beef with the guy.
I miss Nintendoland…
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