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Earlier today, we reported that Nintendo chief Satoru Iwata told a Japanese newspaper that a motion sensor in the successor to the DS would [[link]] be [[link]] “necessary.” That reminded me of something Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto told me in 2004.(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c" }).render("79703296e5134c75a2db6e1b64762017"); }); https://kotaku.com/report-new-zelda-out-by-end-of-2010-first-ds-successo-5441242 Just days before the official start of the E3 gaming trade show that year, Nintendo’s chief game designer provided me a private demonstration of the then unreleased Nintendo DS. He introduced me to the system’s dual screens, touch screen and microphone. And he told me the feature that Nintendo omitted. As I wrote in The New York Times back then: To keep costs down, Mr. Miyamoto said, some features were left out of the DS. Maybe next time, he said, he will be able to include a tilt sensor for gyroscopic control. For now, he is focused on double screens. Nintendo had experimented with tilt controls previously, including a motion sensor in the cartridge for the Game Boy’s 2000 game Kirby Tilt ‘N Tumble. In 2004 Nintendo would release Wario Ware Twisted, a Game Boy Advance game with a cartridge containing a rotation sensor. Iwata told the Asahi Shinbun this week that a DS successor would need motion detection: “[It will have] highly detailed graphics, and it will be necessary to have a sensor with the ability to read the movements of people playing.” Current Sony and Nintendo handhelds do not detect motion. The Apple iPhone does. Just as some other long-discussed Nintendo projects such as Miis have come to fruition in recent years, now it seems that a motion-controlled Nintendo handheld may be upon us. Kotaku has requested clarification on plans for a new motion-sensitive handheld and will update you if we find out more. [PIC: Cropped photo of the DS, as it looked when it debuted [[link]] at E3 2004 via Wired… The DS was redesigned prior to release]