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Despite consistent success for Wii throughout the world, Nintendo has no plans to move away from its Eastern focus when it comes to development of first-party titles, with the company’s George Harrison unaware of plans to produce more games aimed specifically at North American audiences.

Harrison, a senior vice president at Nintendo of America said, “I’m not aware of any plans to push for more software development here in the US. The actual decision about producing more software and who should do it is driven by Satoru Iwata and the management team, including Mr. Miyamoto, in Japan,” he said.

Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, one of the top-selling Wii games, was one of a couple of exceptions though, developed by Texas-based Retro Studios. Apart from that, Harrison indicated that Nintendo feels that third parties are catering well enough to Western audiences.

“They’re doing a great job both on DS and on Wii,” he said. “They tend to provide product in categories that we aren’t particularly good at doing, like sports or other genres. And since they’re Western publishers, they tend to be more in tune with Western tastes.”