“Iwata Asks” Wii Fit Interview Part 3
By Shawn on Monday, February 18th, 2008 at 4:06 PM PST In Game Companies, Game Consoles, Game Platforms, Games, Nintendo, Nintendo
In the third installment of the “Iwata Asks” series of interviews on the Wii fit, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata invited producer Tadashi Sugiyama and chief director Hiroshi Matsunaga from the Entertainment Analysis & Development Division to talk about the game.
The trio talk about how Wii Fit evolved from the idea of a nutritional tracker for the DS and a bathroom scale for your Wii. In the second part of the interview, the hardware team talked about developing the concept of balance from Sumo wrestlers that use two scales to weigh themselves. In this third installment the software team had the same inspiration from the a Seitai Therapy method using two scales for maintaining good posture.
The funniest part of the interview is the talk about the player’s choice of personal trainers.
Matsunaga: Early versions only had a female trainer! (laughs)
Miyamoto: That’s what happens when you have a bunch of men working to make a fitness game! (laughs)
Read the entire interview on Wii.com.
