When it comes to Nintendo shareholder Q&As you generally get a mixture of very dry queries about sales performance or exchange rates, the rare juicy question and an occasional left field, bat crap question which has you wondering how these people got in the building in the first place.
The latest shareholder Q&A turned up the expected mix of questions earlier today, although in pace of a real eyebrow-raiser we got a relatively simple and rather heartwarming question for the board of respondees (which included Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa, Shigeru Miyamoto, Ko Shioda, Shinya Takahashi and Satoru Shibata) — essentially, what's your favourite game?
We're still waiting on an official translation of the Q&A, but our search engine-powered alternative is at least efficient enough to accurately translate the game titles from Japanese. When asked to name their favourite game, Mr Furukawa responded by describing how he played Super Mario Bros. for Famicom as a junior high school student. Here's an overview of the other responses:
- SEO Ko Shioda also mentioned the Famicom and Super Famicom eras as highlights, before dutifully mentioning the more recent Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit as a personal favourite.
- Shinya Takahashi mentioned Famicom Disk System title Famicom Mukashibanashi: Yūyūki, a "lesser-known" adventure game from 1989 and the first game he was involved in when joining the company.
- Shigeru Miyamoto said that while he doesn't often play games that he's not making, both Pac-Man and Tetris struck him as wonderfully designed games.
- Satoru Shibata talked about enjoying Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir a lot, and also mentioned Famicom Mukashibanashi: Shin Onigashima, another Japan-only Famicom Disk System title.
Finally, Shuntaro Furukawa wrapped things up with a nod to Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics as something he'd been enjoying recently.
So there we are! Everyone's very much toeing the company line — there aren't any "OMG MIYAMOTO DIGS RATCHET" or "FORZA FTW FROM FURUKAWA!!1" bombshells, but it's interesting to see love for some lesser-known (outside Japan) Famicom Disk System titles. We thoroughly enjoyed the recent Famicom Detective Club localisations on Switch, so perhaps the answers above indicate we might be seeing more localisations in the future...
Or it could just be a bunch of old-ish folk reminiscing about the games of their youth. Hey, we can definitely relate to that!
Let us know below what you think of these best game picks from Nintendo top brass.
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"The story of a game is a big factor in deciding which game would be my favorite, this is why as a company we seek to provide compelling but easy to understand stories that allow the players to enjoy the games without feeling overwhelmed by them."
Miyamoto’s favourite game is Ninjabread Man.
@nessisonet Ahh yes, what a masterpiece
Man with 14% stake of a billion dollar company -
'What are your favourite games?'
Nintendo - 'Pac-man'
Did you really HAVE to plug your sister sites by adding links to the Rachet and Forza joke? Lolol.
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I see Miyamoto is a man of culture, as well.
I can't help but think now that Tetris 99 and Pac-Man 99 solely exist because Miyamoto wouldn't shut up about it, haha.
"Sir, please, we need you to review the first draft of our Super Mario Movie script!"
"Miyamoto, do you want the Yoshi ride at Super Nintendo World to go here, next to Bowser's Castle, or over by the Princess Peach photo booth?"
"I'm ignoring all questions and will proceed to chain myself to this tree until someone makes a Tetris and Pac-Man battle royale. In the words of my late friend Iwata, please understand."
@Clyde_Radcliffe sorry they aren't all fans of Super Hyper Ninja Light Drifter DX Turbo and the obscure earthbound inspired indie game, mars-bound
@GrailUK To be fair, Pac-Man has always been Miyamoto's favorite game. So no real surprises there.
@HammerGalladeBro Miyamoto is old school!
well i also love club house games. bowling. and toy baseball and 3 ball puzzle are some my favorite games.
I just woke up, and genuinely believed that the ‘bosses’ that the title was referring to meant Ganondorf, Ridley, Andross, etc. Still half asleep, clearly 😴
Somebody send Miyamoto Ms. Pac-Man.
Poor Miyamoto is cursed to never play Pac Man Vs since he designed it.
@GrailUK He's a humble guy. Gotta respect that.
@MarioLinkSamus 100% agree Rare to have someone put so much thought in to the values that their games are exhibiting. I loved the idea of everyone you killed in Goldeneye being ok at the end of the game
@Markiemania95 Ganondorf loves Ace Attorney.
I love how Shigeru Miyamoto's favorite games are other game-changers. He knows how to salute and pay respect.
@Splodge was just about to say. Andross never leaves home without Nintendogs.
@nessisonett I think the D club is the best DLC for that game.
Makes a lot of sense Shibata likes Adventure games I remember the directs where he dressed up like Layton and Phoenix Wright.
Too bad he doesn't show up in the Directs anymore like when he was head of NoE.
@GrailUK Cue the investors selling their shares and investing in Namco.
@Markiemania95 Well now I want to read that article!
Good old Satoru Shibata
I also enjoy Pac-Man, Mr. Miyamoto 💯
Although, since Pac-Man 99, it's hard to go back to the original.
Old rock for the old men
@dartmonkey just a heads up, there's a typo in paragraph 3 - "descriving"
Somehow, Shin Onigashima got remade on the Super Famicom as a game needed to be sold as TWO physical games.
(I mean, if they could repackage Famicom Detective Club 2 as a single "digital" game for SFC, why not the other game?)
@Markiemania95 what do you think King K. Rool would like to play?
They should tell us what games they hate, it would be funny to hear them go all AVGN on some crappy developer like LJN or EA 😄
Dark Link enjoys Teleroboxer.
@HammerGalladeBro Battletoads 🐸
Of course Furukawa would have the most boring response imaginable. What a bland piece of bread that man is.
When the title said "Nintendo bosses", why did I think the title was referring to the big bads of various videogames? 🙄
So, none of them really play games anymore or the last game they played was in the 80's . Got it. Nice to see that NCL is still run by out-of-touch geriatrics.
@LinkSword Seriously. He is like a piece of white bread with no mayo, butter or jam. Just....there.
@ERIC_MACK Zapped. Cheers
Can't believe no one said Mario 3....... Thats still my fav game! BOTW is close though!!
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