Iwata Wants Holiday 2009 To Be ‘Best Ever’

It seems Nintendo boss, Mr Iwata, is confident that gamers wil be happy following this coming holiday season and wants to hear gamers say “Holiday 2009 was the best one ever for Nintendo!“

“In September, which people overseas call ‘back-to-school,’ people start to pay more attention to home consoles. If we can convey the appeal of Wii Sports Resort to existing customers then, it will surely contribute to the sales of hardware and generate good momentum toward the holiday season. So we feel that Wii Sports Resort will drive hardware sales mainly in Q3 from October to December.

Last year, we had some internal discussions about the close launch period of Mario Kart Wii and Wii Fit but we ended up launching them with the hypothesis that several major title launches in close proximity can produce a synergetic effect. As a result, it went very well. This year we hope to do well again as we will be launching three ten-million class titles consecutively, and would love to hear that ‘Holiday 2009 was the best one ever for Nintendo!’”

One way they can definitely go about succeeding with that is by releasing more than one ‘triple A’ quality title at Xmas. Many Nintendo gamers were unhappy with the lack of choice last year, with Wii Music falling short on depth and fun and Animal Crossing on Wii not really adding anything new since the first game on the N64.

To me it feels like Nintendo are increasingly trying to drag-out the life of their games. For example they are still airing TV commercials for Mario Kart Wii which launched over a year ago! That’s fair enough as it’s still selling well, but the old Nintendo faithful need new games and on a more frequent basis.

/Rant