Aonuma involved with creating Hardware
In an interview with Edge magazine, Aonuma mentioned how he was very surprised by the Wii and it's motion controls as were the consumers. He goes onto to saying now Nintenod even asks him about what hardware he'd like to see:
"When they told me about [Wii's] motion controls, I was kind of surprised. But I've been with Nintendo a long time. At first they would say, 'Hey, we made this new platform. Make a game.' The next step was, 'Is there anything you want to add to this new platform?' Now I'm involved in creating hardware. They'll ask me what would be a good feature to add. I'm not so taken aback by it anymore." — Eiji Aonuma
Edge magazine also tried to figure out if the NX had a gimmick by playing Breath of the Wild but to no avail:
"Perhaps Nintendo does have something up its sleeve for NX [like a gimmick], but there's little evidence of it to be found in this game."
