"As game designers, the trend is often for concentrating on pushing graphics, or other capabilities, or network features in new games," [Nintendo developer Shigeru Miyamoto says to The Telegraph]. "But I like to think that game designers would be better off trying to think about things such as health or mental improvement, rather than technology itself."

Naturally, not everyone agrees with Miyamoto's or Nintendo's philosophies, whether it's gamers, developers, or publishers. But certainly, they have their place as much as the technology fiends. In either case, this approach has obviously worked well for the company, what with such huge successes as Wii Fit. Miyamoto feels they've widened the horizon, and this is a positive thing:

"The games industry was really narrowing to a very core set of gamers. So I think it's a really good thing to see the industry moving in a direction where it is attracting more gamers. At Nintendo, we are very fortunate to have achieved such a large share of that."

Indeed, at this point, a certain portion of Nintendo fans feel almost betrayed with this shift towards, I suppose, more universally appealing games. But he says not to let things like E3 form one's entire perception of the company at this point (as touched on in an earlier piece), because they've still got you in mind:

"Making these 'traditional' games is what I am best at. Because games of that nature take upwards of two or three years to make, we always have to keep the teams working on those projects going. At any given time, the team could be five to ten people, or it could be 50-plus. People are always switching in and out of those teams. They are all working on more Mario, Zelda and Pikmin projects. And they all work in close proximity to me, so I can keep a good eye on them."

On the evolution of gaming and its future, something which no doubt Nintendo has helped usher in, Miyamoto states the entertainment aspect will steer the way for the gaming giant:

"Nintendo looks at those things absolutely from an entertainment perspective. Using the kind of technologies that develop in future, and thinking about how to interface with them, will be the direction things go in."

Certainly, I don't think I'm really one to get ahead of things, but it is terribly fun to think about the future of technology and gaming. So, anyone else excited about the next Nintendo system? Or the one after, or the one after..