Next Gen News

For Nintendo "Nintendo Live" Pre-E3 event, company president Satoru Iwata gave us some juicy details of the U of the Wii, and what you hope to accomplish with the new device. Come to the next generation, Iwata hopes to change the relationship between families and consoles, consoles and televisions, and better integrate the Internet more than any console before.

Iwata echoes the mission of the U of the Wii is "to unite rather than divide," which will take place not only through the local social game (like the Wii) but with "Miiverse "Nintendo and the network. Wii G are also fully equipped with their own remote, accessible from the touch screen to help the integration aspect of television, and as previously announced, will continue to support all when the TV is off. He cited the book by Sherry Turkle