Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa has explained to investors that games are now taking more time and more resources to develop and that is impacting development times. However, he says to remedy this, the Kyoto-based company is “continually expanding our development resources and making the necessary investments.” Tetsuya Takahashi chimed in and told them that “as hardware advances, it is inevitable that software development takes longer” and that they “aim to continue with a variety of new offerings”
Furukawa: Game development today is more prolonged, more complex, and more advanced. That is unavoidable. To deal with this, we are continually expanding our development resources and making the necessary investments.
Takahashi: As hardware advances, it is inevitable that software development takes longer. But I believe we are succeeding in our efforts to shorten development cycles, for example by steadily improving the development environment following the release of the hardware. Whether titles take a long time or a short time to develop, we want to make games that are fun.
It is not as if Super Mario Bros. Wonder was under continuous development for nearly a decade. There was a long gap between the release of the previous title, New Super Mario Bros. U, and the current title because various initiatives and studies were made in the meantime. Going forward, we aim to continue with a variety of new offerings, and we hope you look forward to them.
Takashi Tezuka (Executive Officer): After we finished Super Mario Bros. Wonder, I was reminded 11 years had gone by since the previous game. However, that doesn’t mean we did nothing during that time. We developed several new Mario games, such as the Super Mario Maker series and the 3D Mario series. To reiterate Nintendo’s creative philosophy, first we think about creating entertainment that has never been done before, regardless of whether it is a Mario series game or not. Then we think about how we can make it fun for everyone so they fall in love with Nintendo. All of our games involving Mario, not just Super Mario Bros. Wonder, are created with the goal of encouraging as many people as possible to enjoy them. As for upcoming new titles, some will take time to develop and others will be made in a short period of time. I hope you look forward to our new offerings.
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