29th October 2003, 3:57 PM
EGM has posted a very good, surprising interview with George Harrison of NOA, and I can't believe some of the things he said. Nintendo is admitting a lot of their mistakes and that is extremely refreshing. He's still iffy on the whole online thing but he is admitting how Sony has been doing so many things right which is why they're number one right now (which is a big :shakeit: to lazy and ABF who said that Sony is #1 soley because of "luck"), and he even admitted that the DVD player actually helped sales of the PS2. It seems that Nintendo is starting to wake up and realize that they have to change some things, that they're really getting their asses kicked. Harrison also talks about how the look of the Gamecube gave the system a really bad image, how it looked like a toy. That ties into how successful the GBA SP has been to adults mainly because of the sleeker, more mature look. They really seem to want to change, and I'm starting to become very optimistic for the future of Nintendo.
One thing that does worry me, however, is that Harrison was suggesting that instead of having a new handheld ready to combat the PSP next year Nintendo might just make a whole bunch of add-ons for the GBA SP(like the Pokemon-only wireless link). Hopefully that won't be the case, and that the E3 surprise which Iwata alluded to a few months ago will be something much more than a simple add-on.
One thing that does worry me, however, is that Harrison was suggesting that instead of having a new handheld ready to combat the PSP next year Nintendo might just make a whole bunch of add-ons for the GBA SP(like the Pokemon-only wireless link). Hopefully that won't be the case, and that the E3 surprise which Iwata alluded to a few months ago will be something much more than a simple add-on.