Edge UK magazine is publishing a series of interviews with the three heads of the competing console manufacturers, Satoru Iwata, Phil Harrison, and Peter Moore, and the first subject featured is Satoru Iwata, head of Nintendo. The focus, of course, is on the Wii, both its unusual control method and name. On
the Wii controller, even experienced Nintendo employees had problems, with Iwata stating:

“I think it’s an unusual feeling for players once they begin using two different controllers with two hands. For example, even inside Nintendo, those who had been working on the Zelda and Super Mario products, some of them are saying now that we have to change completely the way we play the game.”

He also commented on Sony’s inclusion of motion sensing technology, saying it “was something we expected, actually. Because this is not the first time this has happened…we really don’t think that other companies having a similar approach and technology will affect the advantage the our controllers bring to the Wii.” They discuss briefly the plans for the virtual console, and Iwata stated that the design for the Wii is basically complete, with small tweaks being made to the hardware and components. The unusual name also had to be a topic, but Iwata believes there should be no problems with the name, and hopes “that someday in the future [people] will like it.”