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Nintendo neemt Mii’s heel serieus

Voor third party developers is het natuurlijk interessant om Mii’s te verwerken in spellen voor de Wii. Nintendo neemt de Mii’s erg serieus en daarom willen Shigeru Miyamoto en Satoru Iwata nog even duidelijk maken dat Mii’s ook een merk van Nintendo zijn net als bijvoorbeeld Zelda.

Ontwikkelaars moeten dus toestemming krijgen van Nintendo om deze Mii’s in een spel te stoppen. Hieronder het gehele bericht:

 

To Nintendo, licensing Mii is identical to licensing Mario. If you read Iwata Asks interview series in website, you can understand how Mii was created in detail, so I hope you can read them if you have time. Mii is actually the result of more than 10 years of efforts.

Mr. Miyamoto, the inventor of Mii, himself has been saying that, "In a sense, licensing Mii is same as licensing Mario – Nintendo should grant the license when we can conclude that the proposed project is worthwhile. Should we allow any and all the licensees to use Mii license for whichever projects, Mii’s brand image will be hurt. Because we are not granting Mario license to any and all, we should not do so with Mii either."

This is the current policy of Nintendo. So, at the software development stage, we are consulting with the developers as to how they would like to make use of Mii, and our Licensing Department handles on a case-by-case basis. – Satoru Iwata