Miyamoto talks about Revolution

Speaking to Australia’s Sydney Morning, Herald Shigeru Miyamoto has discussed the videogame industry and Nintendo’s next generation console the Revolution. Speaking about the current state of the industry Miyamoto said how he believes that realistic looking graphics are not the only part of the puzzle and do not necessarily translate to good games.

“I am not convinced realistic graphics alone make better games,” said Miyamoto.

Although showing off the revolution’s shell at this year’s E3, crowds were left disappointed by the lack of any sighting of Revolution software. Miyamoto told the paper that things are moving fast with the development of the Revolution with testing and software development happening concurrently.

“We’re having a lot of small groups testing things, building software and hardware at the same time, so we’re busy,” he said.

Miyamoto again emphasised that the Revolution will be a console that the whole family will be able to use and enjoy, yet does not need to be an all powerful piece of hardware to achieve this, saying, “an extremely powerful machine doesn’t equate to great game design,” suggesting the Revolution will not be as powerful as other next-gen consoles.

As in previous interviews concerning the Revolution, the console’s controller was again touted as a revolution that will change the way we play games as well as creating completely new gameplay mechanics.

“Sitting in front of your monitor with a controller, there’s really nowhere to go from that paradigm, all you can do is make it prettier and faster,” he said. “What Nintendo wants to do is to open up that road, create something that goes beyond.“

We’ve got no idea what is beyond that road, but hopefully we’ll find out a few more details before the end of the year.