Following the announcement of the black limited edition Nintendo Wii, Shigeru Miyamoto has indicated in an interview with Popular Mechanics that the next version of the Wii is set to have the a similar feature set and be smaller, cheaper and more cost-efficient.

When asked by PM “The Wii uses a motion-sensing controller. Going forward, as Nintendo releases future consoles, do you view the motion-sensing controller as an integral part of the experience that’s going to stay with Nintendo indefinitely?” his response included the following quote:

“And while we don’t have any concrete plans for what we’ll be doing with hardware in the future, what I can say is that, my guess is that because we found this interface to be so interesting, I think it would be likely that we would try to make that same functionality perhaps more compact and perhaps even more cost-efficient.”

Within the interview, he is also keen to note that although video games started off as toys, they have developed now to no longer be toys:

“I think originally video-game systems were viewed as a toy, and they were something you played with. Whereas now I think we’re starting to see a blurring of the lines, where, obviously, the internal guts of a video-game system is essentially a computer, and we’re gradually seeing video games moving beyond simply entertainment into other aspects of everyday life.”

He also was asked whether he had any rituals for getting old NES cartridges to work after they got dusty or old (I personally used bang and then blow technique before hammering it back into the console), his reply was:

“Surprisingly, some of those rituals do seem to help. But maybe it’s kind of similar to what we say in Japan, which is if a TV stops working, whack it. Because if we hit it hard enough, those bad connections in there might be reconnected and it will work again.”

So I throw that question out to you. What rituals did you have for getting those temperamental cartridges to work again after they seemed to of thrown in the towel? Leave you comments below!

Exclusive Interview With Nintendo Gaming Mastermind Shigeru Miyamoto [Popular Mechanics]