Nintendo 'will consider HD gaming'

Nintendo is to look into high-definition technology in the near future.

Famed game designer Shigeru Miyamoto said that the company will "take advantage" of new technologies.

"I don't think there's anything wrong with pretty graphics, and if I'm a consumer that has an HDTV, I'd want to be able to play my games with nice graphics too," he told Industry Gamers.

"And I think as we've seen the penetration rates for HDTV increase, we're going to see video games and Nintendo's games move along in step with the progression of technology."

Miyamoto was keen to stress that the experience of playing is more important than visuals.

"But what I don't think is necessarily true is that the graphics itself is something that's going to make the gameplay experience better, so we're still going to focus on the gameplay, but we'll take advantage of the technology as it comes out," he said.

It has previously been rumoured that a HD Wii will be released in 2011.