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Nintendo: Wii U will do stereoscopic 3D but it won't be our focus
Ricardo Trejo
While Nintendo’s 3DS handheld is all about displaying all 3-Dimensions without the use of glasses, they’re not too keen on bringing that experience to the home console. In fact, their big executive sort of just shrugged it off in a, “yes, it will have that feature but it’s not a big deal,” quote. Pretty surprising stuff, especially to some who may have thought that Nintendo would forego it entirely.
Speaking with Mercury News, Nintendo’s President and CEO, Satoru Iwata had this to say on the subject:
“If you are going to connect Wii U with a home TV capable of displaying 3D images, technologically, yes, it is going to be possible, but that’s not the area we are focusing on.
When it comes to the home console, it depends upon the availability of 3D TV sets at home, which, unfortunately, is not expanding enough. And rather than pouring a lot of energy into that kind of area, with the Wii U we’d like to focus more on each Wii U owner being able to have an equal opportunity to enjoy it.”
While we probably won’t be seeing a Mario Galaxy 3D adventure developed by Nintendo, it looks like we might see some third-party titles get the 3D treatment — again, only available for people who have 3DTV’s. Though it is quite interesting that Nintendo would still throw in this ability, especially after saying a few years ago that HDTV’s weren’t in enough households to think of them as a viable reason for the Wii to be in HD.
