 The console was conceived in 2001 , as the Nintendo GameCube was first released . According to an interview with Nintendo game designer Shigeru Miyamoto , the concept involved focusing on a new form of player interaction . " The consensus was that power isn 't everything for a console . Too many powerful consoles can 't coexist . It 's like having only ferocious dinosaurs . They might fight and hasten their own extinction . " 
