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Wii Sports appears to have been a masterstroke on the part of Nintendo, with more than nine million units of the game now in the hands of gamers. Some seven million are accounted for by a Wii pack-in outside of Japan, while a further two million have been sold as a standalone title in Japan.
Its success is largely down to its pick-up-and-play nature and the game is seen by many as a key to the Wii’s runaway success.
With the Wii approaching its first birthday talk of a Wii Sports sequel is natural, but fans wanting more are out of luck, at least for the time being.
“We’re not going to take such an easy way, not by including seven new sports in the game since Wii Sports has five,” Iwata told Japanese game blog 1101.com. “We’re not closing our doors to the possibility of a sequel, but it’s definitely not coming out soon.“
Iwata believes that a rushed sequel would only offer incremental improvements and this would not be as fun for players. A sequel would also go against Nintendo’s goal to expand the video game market.
“Our mission is to surprise people in a good way, and this became very clear as we made Nintendo DS and Wii. You can’t open up a new market of customers if you can’t surprise them,” said Iwata.
