Wired Magazine

Wired admits it was wrong about Nintendo

From the July 2008 issue, in a short article called Revenge of the Wii: In January 2003, when we last spoke to Nintendo’s secret weapon, lead designer Shigeru Miyamoto, we urged him to start making games with a “grown-up aesthetic” ’ you know, something like Grand Theft Auto. Thankfully, he ignored us. With more than 20 million Wii consoles sold, Nintendo is now winning the video...