Discussing high definition graphics, Shigeru Miyamoto has said that Nintendo's games will “move along in step with the progression of technology”, but the designer maintained that gameplay is still the company’s key focus.
“I don't think there's anything wrong with pretty graphics, and if I'm a consumer that has an HDTV, I'd want to be able to play my games with nice graphics too. And I think as we've seen the penetration rates for HDTV increase, we're going to see videogames and Nintendo's games move along in step with the progression of technology,” he said during a roundtable attended by Industry Gamers.
"But what I don't think is necessarily true is that the graphics itself is something that's going to make the gameplay experience better. So we're still going to focus on the gameplay, but we'll take advantage of the technology as it comes out."
In June, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata said that the company had found no “significant reason” to release an HD-compatible Wii, although he noted that any new console the company launched would “probably support HD because it is now common throughout the world”.
Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter has forecast that Nintendo will release a high definition Wii in 2010.