The future of Nintendo

GameSpy has a lengthy interview with Nintendo President Satoru Iwata, which seems like it's sorta lost the plot lately, at least when it comes to game consoles. Sony and Microsoft eating their lunch (the GameCube ranks third behind the PS2 and the Xbox) and there are rumors they'll give up on that part of the business altogether. Iwata says they will definitely make a GameCubeNext, but that they won't try to compete with Sony and Microsoft in the race to build the biggest, baddest, fastest console. Which sounds little bit like a cop-out to us. All we know is that Nintendo better hit a home run with their new portable console (the DS/Nitro/whatever-they're-calling-it), and Iwata says that the company's future plans might include a souped-up Game Boy that can play both Game Boy Advance and GameCube games.

[Via FirstAdopter]