On how Wii U and Wii informed the development of the Switch...

Certainly a key differentiator for Nintendo is that you have hardware developers sitting side-by-side with the [operating system] developers, sitting with the game content creators. They're all housed in the same building [and they] all talk to each other. So it does create this mechanic that discussions happen around, 'Hey there's this interesting new tech, how do we leverage it" How do we maximize the opportunity"' All of that constantly happens.

That's why you're able to see this legacy of innovation and how it ties back to the content. This goes back all the way to the original Nintendo Entertainment System [NES]in terms of thinking about, 'How do we continue to innovate" Let's have a second controller within the system.' So that was one of the transitions. 'This [directional]pad is nice, but what about a joystick"' Low and behold that shows up on Nintendo 64. There's been this steady pace of innovation and each time it's linked to a piece of content that leverages that.
On the 3DS...

The Nintendo Switch, being a system that's been in the marketplace now only seven months, certainly that's a system that our teams will continue to develop for and bring fantastic new experiences. We have to do that to keep driving that platform forward. We view the 3DS as a very important part of our lineup, but really targeted aga...