Nintendo's CEO sat down with TVTokyo for an interview back in early Janurary 2009, although it was never released to the public, it will soon be the talk of the video game world becuase it reveals the failed concept of another Nintendo DS, one with more capabilities than the new DSi itself, codenamed: DSwift.
Iwata speaks about the DSwift being more of an upgrade to the DS family than from the original Nintendo DS to the new DSi. The major changes: Far improved visual graphics, built-in motion sensor, built-in rumble feature, and would include the infamous Virtual Console the Wii had created, but to download classic, color, or advance gameboy games.
In contrast, The DSwift would be far more powerful than the DSi and would actually be able to emulate the games from the Nintendo 64 console, with revised controls of course, as this was another idea Iwata shared.
The main reasons for the 'scrapt' concept were, according to Iwata, "The cost of the system would be more then the Nintendo Wii. About US$400 with all the new added features and we would have to start creating different games for the Swift, we'd have to slow production on DS games and accessories. The consumers would not easily accept it."
Although now, DSi sales are through the roof all over the world, the average gamer has to pause and think, "how much better could have this DS been than the latest one I purchased?" Well full details on the concept and translation of the interview are to premier on the Greedy Productions' video game show 'Electric Playground' later this month.
"It was something that I personally wanted to create, but at the end of the day, things cannot be as perfect as you want them to be", a dissapointed Iwata confessed.
