Nintendo hits hardware limitations of Wii in new Mario game

Posted on Sunday, June 07 2009 @ 19:25 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck

Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto reveals features in the upcoming New Super Mario Bros. Wii game had to be cut back because the Wii's hardware couldn't handle it:

When talking about New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Miyamoto said that since the game features four-player multiplayer and multiple camera views, the Wii's processor is already being pushed pretty hard. It's clear that the Wii processor is starting to show some limitations -- when fielding a follow-up question regarding possible implementation of the microphone peripheral Wii Speak for that game, Miyamoto continued by saying, "I would like to use Wii Speak more, but [in SMB] the Wii processor is already being taxed."

Source: GameDaily

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