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Speaking to MTV, Iwata again hinted at new, as yet unseen, features of the Revolution, claiming the console will break down barriers that traditional consoles have as yet been able to overcome.
“Up until now, we’ve seen when there’s a video game console in the home, there’s people who play the video game console, but then there’s a distinct wall,” said Iwata. “There’s people in the house that don’t play video games whatsoever. And when people see what we have to offer at E3, they’re going to understand that that wall’s been broken down and we now have created a system that’s going to allow for a much, much larger user base than any system we’ve seen before.“
Nintendo has been criticised for releasing many sequels and spin-offs for popular games and Iwata was clear that this is not what Nintendo is about.
“If all we were to ever do is just continue to make sequels and not do anything new or different, people would view us as a very conservative company and a company that is unwilling to really take new initiatives and embark on new adventures. That’s not the type of person I am and not the kind of company I want Nintendo to be,” said Iwata.
Whatever the Revolution does that other consoles don’t, other than use a motion sensing controller, will be revealed at E3 in May.
