Pregunta a Iwata: ¿Lanzarán algún día Mother 3 en América? Respuesta: (Risas)

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Entrevista

Cita:Me: I would be remiss in not telling you that some of my writers would like to play another Advance Wars and they would someday like to play <em<Mother 3 in AmericaÔǪ [Note: Iwata writes something down] ÔǪ Whenever I ask Reggie about Mother 3, he says, ÔÇÿask Mr. Iwata.'"

Iwata: [in English]: "Just yesterday, before I left from Japan, I met with Mr. Itoi, who is the creator of the Earthbound series. [laughs]"

Me: "Oh, I know. Are we ever going to get it?"

Iwata: "And, yeah, accidentally we were discussing that there are huge fans from Western countries for the Mother series [laughs].

Me: "So, someday? Someday?" [I stand up to shake his hand]

Iwata: "[laughs] Thank you. Great to see you!"

Cita:"So our goal is to create DLC in such a way that consumers do not feel that they have been cheated or deceived. Now I believe there are people out there, readers, who have are worried about that, and we just want to ensure them that we have that in mind and want them to know that that's not what we are planning on doing."

Cita:"Sidescrolling Mario has a special existence in that it really is part of the fundamental DNA of gamers," a cheerful Iwata said through a translator during an interview with Kotaku at Nintendo's offices in Redwood City earlier this week.

"What we have in the sidescrolling games is a goal, and to reach that goal you're jumping and flying and collecting items and attacking and defeating enemiesÔÇöand you have this sort of almost in a managerial sense a checklist of the things you have to do to get from here to here. I think that structure is something that really goes beyond cultural and language boundaries, which means we are really presenting Mario games to consumers as a 'Nintendo-representative' game that you can only play on a Nintendo platform."

Cita:As Iwata discussed the appeal of his star character, he asked a question of his own: "Before Mario became Mario, when he was a nameless character, do you know what Mr. Miyamoto called him?"

"Jump man?"

"That's one," he replied, smiling. "Another is Ossan, which is basically a generic name. It could be anything from an older brother to an older guy in the neighborhood. 'That guy,' sort of thing.

"And the other one was Mr. Video Game," Iwata continued. "And this is important. Mr. Miyamoto sometimes referred to him as Mr. Video, but I think really it's important that we call him Mr. Video Game. And Mario, of courseÔÇöother than the sidescrolling Mario that we're talking about nowÔÇöhas appeared in lots of different games and has had lots of different roles. But I think what Mario has come to symbolize for a lot of people is sort of this quality guarantee. They think, 'It's got Mario. We know that it's a good experience.'"

This explains, Iwata suggests, Mario's relevance in the sports games he's been in and therefore why it seems that any time a gamer turns around there's another game with Mario in it. It explains why he's also the star of racing games and role-playing games, maybe why he's the ref in Punch-Out and the medical master of ceremonies in the puzzle game Dr. Mario. "We want him to become 'Mr. Video Game', the guy. That was the basis. I believe he fulfilled that dream."

Note that name: Mr. Video Game. Could that mean that Mario's last name is "Video Game"? No, Iwata replied. "He does not have a last name."

Cita:"We only create a New Super Mario Bros. title one per platform," Iwata said, while acknowledging that is unusual and a "challenge" for the company to be making two for the same calendar year, one for 3DS and one for Wii U. "I think we'll probably go ahead and continue at that pace. That being said, that's probably [Mario creator Shigeru] Miyamoto's choice, so I can't give you a 100% guarantee that that's the pace we'll continue at."

"They do share a name and there are some components that are similar," Iwata said. "That being said, these are two very unique and separate titlesWe have a Mario you can play in the palm of your hand and a Mario you can play seated in front of your TV. I believe the two titles are unique enough that I wouldn't say that I'm super-worried that people are going to be confused."

Resumen:
- Iwata habló con Itoi sobre los fans de Mother en occidente.
- Iwata se ríe al preguntarle por Mother 3
- Crearán DLC de manera que los usuarios no se sientan engañados. No recortarán nada de los juegos
- Mario es una parte del ADN de los jugones, va más allá de las diferencias culturales.
- Es un juego que representa a Nintendo.
- Nombres de Mario: Jump Man, Ossan y Mr Video Game
- No tiene apellido.
- Mario se ha convertido en el sello de calidad de Nintendo.
- Solo crean un Super Mario Bros por consola, pero ha sido un reto lanzar dos en el mismo año.
- Aunque es decisión de Miyamoto si lanzarán más.
- Cree que ambos juegos son lo suficientemente distintos.