Fils-Aime interview: Second Life, Mii, Wii, and more

Adam Reuters, the bureau chief of Reuters, sat down with Reggie Fils-Aime in the Reuters Auditorium in Second Life. Or at least their avatars did, but let’s disconnect from the real world for now. That’s the right attitude because we’re talking Second Life and Mii avatars and more:

Three things to do to stop flying remotes. Wipe off your sweaty hands. Properly attach the strap. Do not let go of the Wii remote when playing Wii Sports!!! DO NOT THROW YOUR WIIMOTE – IT IS NOT A BALL.

Second Life and Wii. The two agreed that there’s a lot in common between the Second Life demographic (evenly split between genders) and the intended audience of the Wii. Also, Reggie said he will “absolutely” take another look at Second Life.

Mii. There’s more use for them in future games. And there are more plans to add customizability and personality to the Miis. Soon, they’ll be everywhere. “We have Miis showing up on MySpace, and other places, so I’d love to see it show up on Second Life.” As Reggie put it, the Mii travels: “It can show up in the audience of a game going on in Germany or Australia.”

MMO. “The Wii certainly has enough power to drive an MMO and make it totally interactive.” Nintendo isn’t looking at it yet, but developers are free to take the Wii remote and Nunchuck and run with it.

Opera. The Wii is a closed system. But they have been approached by developers who want Flash-enabled games for the Wii.

Region lock. The reason is the difference between TVs in different nations (e.g., PAL). “We needed to do this this way to manage the technology.”

Wii for other platforms. No way. It’s what differentiates the Wii from others. Reggie also asked nicely earlier in the interview: please don’t hack into the Wii controller or the system. Still, he said that the technology is “robust” – it’s a fully-three-dimensional thing after all. To open a door you push, twist, and pull back the Wiimote.

Disabled people. The Wii remote is sensitive enough not to need huge movements. Nintendo worked with charities on this.

The best thing about this inteview: big LOLs at the fact that people throw their Wiimotes as if they were real bowling balls or baseballs. So we’ll end it at that. Oh, and how many nuns can a Nunchuck nun if a Nunchuck can chuck nuns?

Adam Reuters, the bureau chief of Reuters, sat down with Reggie Fils-Aime in the Reuters Auditorium in Second Life. Or at least their avatars did, but let’s disconnect from the real world for now. That’s the right attitude because we’re talking Second Life and Mii avatars and more:

Three things to do to stop flying remotes. Wipe off your sweaty hands. Properly attach the strap. Do not let go of the Wii remote when playing Wii Sports!!! DO NOT THROW YOUR WIIMOTE – IT IS NOT A BALL.

Second Life and Wii. The two agreed that there’s a lot in common between the Second Life demographic (evenly split between genders) and the intended audience of the Wii. Also, Reggie said he will “absolutely” take another look at Second Life.

Mii. There’s more use for them in future games. And there are more plans to add customizability and personality to the Miis. Soon, they’ll be everywhere. “We have Miis showing up on MySpace, and other places, so I’d love to see it show up on Second Life.” As Reggie put it, the Mii travels: “It can show up in the audience of a game going on in Germany or Australia.”

MMO. “The Wii certainly has enough power to drive an MMO and make it totally interactive.” Nintendo isn’t looking at it yet, but developers are free to take the Wii remote and Nunchuck and run with it.

Opera. The Wii is a closed system. But they have been approached by developers who want Flash-enabled games for the Wii.

Region lock. The reason is the difference between TVs in different nations (e.g., PAL). “We needed to do this this way to manage the technology.”

Wii for other platforms. No way. It’s what differentiates the Wii from others. Reggie also asked nicely earlier in the interview: please don’t hack into the Wii controller or the system. Still, he said that the technology is “robust” – it’s a fully-three-dimensional thing after all. To open a door you push, twist, and pull back the Wiimote.

Disabled people. The Wii remote is sensitive enough not to need huge movements. Nintendo worked with charities on this.

The best thing about this inteview: big LOLs at the fact that people throw their Wiimotes as if they were real bowling balls or baseballs. So we’ll end it at that. Oh, and how many nuns can a Nunchuck nun if a Nunchuck can chuck nuns?