Miyamoto defends MotionPlus approach
Nintendo always looking to innovate
The MotionPlus add-on for the Wiimote may make the Wii console into what some critics say it should always have been, but Nintendo are philosophical, Shigeru Miyamoto describing the system as in constant evolution, while the advances of MotionPlus simply weren't possible in 2006.
"It's a continuous evolution. Not all the Wii software requires MotionPlus, so it is appropriate for us to position it as a peripheral," Miyamoto tells The Telegraph.
"Also, it was not technically feasible for the technology to be realized with such a compact size. The fact we are now being able to sell Motion Plus at this price, at this size, is the result of technological advancements in the field of microelectro-mechanical systems, which took place after Wii launched."
Speaking over E3, Miyamoto-san also insisted that Nintendo were unflustered by the rival motion technology being created by Microsoft and Nintendo. He suggested that the Big N have their own advances in the works.
