Tag: Shigeru Miyamoto
Random Donkey Kong Blows? Of Course, And It's All Down To Shigeru Miyamoto
"We were like "What did we do wrong? What is he finding?'"
In a recent episode of Reece Reilly's Kiwi Talkz podcast, former Retro Studios developer and senior designer on Metroid Prime Mike Wikan revealed some interesting tidbits about his time working on Nintendo properties at the Austin-based studio. This included a fun anecdote involving Nintendo...
Video Mole Mania, Miyamoto’s Forgotten Game Boy Classic
You'll really dig it
There were a lot of great games during the original Game Boy generation, but one that arguably deserves a little more love (and attention) is the 1996 release, Mole Mania. As our very own American-based video producer Zion Grassl explains, this particular game was released in Japan the same year as Super Mario 64 and the...
News Mario's Creator Shigeru Miyamoto Is Still "Hooked" On Pokémon GO
"It's a dream come true"
Even after five years, Niantic's augmented reality game Pokémon GO remains popular as ever. It's not just avid trainers who are still obsessed with the game though. During Nintendo’s 81st annual General Meeting of Shareholders, the heads of the company were asked what their favourite games were, and it seems in recent...
Random The Internet Goes Wild For "Rockstar" Shigeru Miyamoto
A look at the creator of Mario in his younger years
Have you ever wondered what the creator of Super Mario and Nintendo God Shigeru Miyamoto might have looked like in his younger years? Well, here you go! A photo shared by Nintendeal on social media reveals Miyamoto's appearance many years ago - back when he had long locks of hair. Some fans have...
News This 1999 Interview Suggests Miyamoto Was Thinking About The Wii During The N64 Era
"Games are becoming unfriendly for beginners"
Nintendo is a company that famously doesn't play by the rules. During its time in the video game arena, the Kyoto firm has been a trend-setter rather than a follower of fashion, and no machine sums up this unique approach more clearly than the Wii. Released at a time when Sony and Microsoft were engaged...
Random Gabe Newell Says Shigeru Miyamoto's Games Made Him A Better Developer
Of course they did
One industry leader that's never released a video game on a Nintendo platform is the American developer and publisher Valve. Despite this, the company's founder, Gabe Newell, is still a big fan of Mario's creator. In a recent interview with outlet 1 News, Newell was asked if he still regularly played games himself and took a...
News Miyamoto's Kids Played "A Lot" Of Sega Games, But That Just Inspired Him To "Try Harder"
"They’ve always had a good relationship with video games"
Having Nintendo legend Shigeru Miyamoto as your father must be quite the experience, being constantly reminded of his success and fame wherever you go, but it also means you've probably had countless Nintendo games to play over the years, right? Well, as it happens, Miyamoto's kids aren't...
News Miyamoto Wants Us To Understand The Motives Of Enemies We Kill In Video Games
"Even monsters have a motive"
Wholesale slaughter has been a central theme in video games since the industry began, with titles like Spacewar! and Space Invaders rewarding the player for taking out as many enemies as possible. As you might imagine, legendary game designer Shigeru Miyamoto has spoken out about such reductive game design in the past,...
News Miyamoto "Not Concerned" About Who Will Replace Him At Nintendo
Has full faith in the "younger generation"
Shigeru Miyamoto is unquestionably one of Nintendo's key staffers, and one of the most important figures in the video game industry, full stop. His creations have sold millions of copies, and he's been involved in almost every aspect of Nintendo's business for decades. However, at 68, he's no spring...
News Miyamoto Reveals The New Toy Nintendo's Development Team Has Been Working On
Introducing Tokotoko Mario
Although Nintendo made it very clear "no game content would be featured" in its latest Direct presentation, there was some new stuff revealed on behalf of the "development team" by the creator of Super Mario, Shigeru Miyamoto. One of these items was a toy called Tokotoko Mario and it'll be exclusive to Super Nintendo...
Random Miyamoto Confirms That He Is, In Fact, Mario And Luigi's Father
The real Nintendo Direct bombshell
Rounding off 2020 in the nicest way possible, Nintendo decided to treat fans to a bonus Direct presentation to show off the upcoming Super Nintendo World theme park in Japan. It looks absolutely stunning, but there was one particularly surprising fact given away during the show. The Direct was hosted by none other...
News Happy 68th Birthday, Shigeru Miyamoto
Many happy returns!
Today is the 68th birthday of Nintendo legend and games industry icon, Shigeru Miyamoto. There really isn't all that much we can say about Miyamoto-san that hasn't already been said; with a portfolio consisting of franchises like Super Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Donkey Kong, Star Fox, Pikmin, and many more, he's created a...
Random Nintendo Wanted Mario To Be "Someone Who Might Live Near You"
Rather than a superhero
Mario has been a doctor and even a race car driver, but he's best known as a plumber over his 35-year existence. Although creator Shigeru Miyamoto has previously discussed his character's career choices, in a recent interview with CNN - focused on the history of the video game industry's most iconic mascot - he further...
Random Shigeru Miyamoto Used To Smoke In The Star Fox Office
"He’d light up behind us"
The new Netflix video game documentary series, High Score, isn't out until later this month, but one story that airs in the final episode is already doing the rounds within the Nintendo community. According to the former Argonaut Software developers Dylan Cuthbert and Giles Goddard (the team behind Star Fox on the Super...
News Fans And Analysts Ponder The Eternal Question: Can Nintendo Survive Without Shigeru Miyamoto?
"Shigeru Miyamoto is like the Walt Disney of Nintendo"
Nintendo is a company built on the talents of many, many individuals, but some of its past and current employees are more important than others. Hiroshi Yamauchi, former president of Nintendo, guided the firm from its core playing card and board game business into the wacky world of interactive...
News Miyamoto Congratulates HAL Laboratory On Turning 40, Speaks Of Iwata, Smash Bros. And More
"I could take a bath within full view of Mt. Fuji"
This year, HAL Laboratory - most known for the Kirby and EarthBound series, as well as its work on the early Super Smash Bros. games - celebrates its 40th anniversary. Back in February, near the specific anniversary date, the company launched a celebratory website alongside a lovely p
News The Reason Why Nintendo's Games Are So Good? Devs Are Given "As Much Time As They Need"
It seems Miyamoto's philosophy is still driving the company
If you look back on the best video games of all time, Nintendo is a name which crops up several times over. Super Mario 64, Zelda: Ocarina of Time and Zelda: Breath of the Wild are just three of many Nintendo titles which have had praise heaped upon them over the decades. Nintendo as a...
News Miyamoto Has Lots Of "Exciting Things" On His Plate, Wants To Work On A Smaller Project
What's next from the man behind Mario?
The last few days have presented us with an avalanche of interesting snippets from the one and only Shigeru Miyamoto, and this latest story revolves around his "exciting" plans for the future. The Mario, Zelda, and Donkey Kong creator recently had an interview with Japanese magazine Famitsu, with translations...
News Shigeru Miyamoto Approves Of People Uploading Gameplay Videos
"I think it’s good that there’s a variety of ways to enjoy things"
While streaming and uploading footage of video games online has become a common practice nowadays, not every company is necessarily thrilled about it. For example, a number of Japanese companies like Arc System Works and Atlus have released special recording and streaming...
News Miyamoto Reminds Us Nintendo Wants Its Characters To Go Beyond Video Games
With the power of collaboration
At the start of the year, Nintendo's President Shuntaro Fukukawa spoke about the company expanding beyond its core business dedicated to video game platforms, in order to increase the number of people who have access to its IP. He went on to state how the company was starting to see the results with the opening of its...
News Miyamoto Says The Success Of The Switch Was All Thanks To The "Good Timing" Of Its Release
Gauging the mobile market
The one and only Shigeru Miyamoto has been in the headlines a few times already this week, speaking about how he's broken his habit of "upending the tea table" and how Nintendo has worked hard to escape its 'childish' reputation. Now, in the same interview with Japanese magazine Famitsu (as translated by
News Nintendo Has Worked To Escape Its 'Childish' Reputation, Says Miyamoto
Believes Nintendo offers 'peace of mind'
"Urgh, you like Nintendo? That's so childish". If you just so happened to find yourself at high school age as consoles like the Xbox 360 burst onto the scene, showing any kind of passion for the likes of Mario and Pokémon would likely result in some playground numpty coming out with a sentence like that...
News Miyamoto Has Broken His Habit Of "Completely" Reworking Games Mid-Development
No more “upending the tea table”
Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto currently acts as a 'Creative Fellow' at the Japanese video game giant – passing on his ideas and knowledge to the next generation of game designers. As a result, he's not quite as involved as he used to be. For example, he no longer comes in mid-development to "completely" rework...
News Miyamoto Says The Virtual Console Helped Convince Him To Make The New Mario Movie
After originally being against the idea
As you may well know, Nintendo is currently working alongside Minions studio Illumination to release a brand new Super Mario movie. Nintendo's very own Shigeru Miyamoto is acting as a producer on the film and in a recent Q+A shared by the company, he's explained that it was actually the Virtual Console that...
News Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto Honoured By His Hometown In Japan
One of four citizens recognised
Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto is a living legend and an individual responsible for many of the most famous video game series of all time. He currently acts as a 'Creative Fellow' at the Japanese company and passes his ideas and knowledge onto the next generation of video game designers. Now, Miyamoto has been...
Random Rare Forgot To Remove A Shotgun From Donkey Kong 64 Before Showing Miyamoto
There was a "look of horror" on his face
Last month, Donkey Kong 64 turned 20 years old. Since then, the development team behind the game has been doing the press rounds to celebrate the anniversary. During a recent interview with Games Radar, one of the creative leads George Andreas recalled a horrifying moment when Rare was showing the game to...
News Miyamoto Would Rather Focus On New Nintendo Experiences Than Old Ones
Paving the way
Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa recently stated in a follow-up Q&A to Nintendo's six months earnings report how important it was for the company to create new game experiences. In a rare western interview with TIME in October, he also mentioned how it was vital for Nintendo's development teams to "try something new" and ste
Mario's virtual world is still a no-go for some children
Shigeru Miyamoto, who last month was recognised as a Person of Cultural Merit in Japan, has revealed at the same event he would one day like Nintendo to have the same level of appeal and acceptance as Disney. As reported by Nikkei, Miyamoto explained how the main hurdle Nintendo had to...
News Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto To Be Recognised As A Person Of Cultural Merit In Japan
A top honour
You're probably more than aware of his name, and you'll definitely be more than aware of his work, so it seems fitting that Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto is set to be recognised as a Person of Cultural Merit in his home country of Japan. The Super Mario and Legend of Zelda creator is one of the most famous developers to ever walk...
News Miyamoto Wanted Mario Maker Gameplay In Zelda, So Aonuma Created The Chamber Dungeon
Inspired by
One of the new features in The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening on the Switch is the Chamber Dungeon. This mode actually replaces the Camera Shop (first featured in Link's Awakening DX) and is run by Dampé – the grave keeper from Ocarina of Time. If you're still wondering how Nintendo came up with this idea in the first place,
News Shigeru Miyamoto, Like All Of Us, Still Dearly Misses Satoru Iwata
"We never fought about anything"
Four years ago, Nintendo lost CEO Satoru Iwata, arguably one of the most important people in the company's long history. Under Iwata's watchful eye, Nintendo rose to heights it had never before experienced; he oversaw the development of the DS – the company's most successful piece of hardware – and the Wii – a...
News Eiji Aonuma Still Excited To Collaborate With Shigeru Miyamoto After Many Years
Who wouldn't be?
Earlier this week at E3 2019, Game Informer spoke to The Legend of Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma and was asked about what it was like to work with other Nintendo producers such as Takashi Tezuka (responsible for Super Mario Maker 2) and the one and only Shigeru Miyamoto. Teaming up with such famous faces within the video game...
Video Watch Miyamoto And Tezuka "Spin The Wheel" At E3 2019
What fun Super Mario Maker 2 facts will be revealed?
If you're one of the lucky people attending this year's E3, you may or may spot Nintendo's legendary game designer Shigeru Miyamoto and the producer of Super Mario Maker 2, Takashi Tezuka. While the annual event is intended to be a business trip for most people within the industry, that won't...
Rumour Shigeru Miyamoto Will Be On-Stage During Microsoft’s E3 Briefing (Spoiler Alert: He Wasn't)
We got our hopes up then
Update: Well, that was a nice enough E3 presser. We saw some of Microsoft's new games, got a little bit of hype for Project Scarlett and saw in-engine footage of the new Halo. But Miyamoto? Nope. Nintendo wasn't even mentioned once. So much for that. Original Story: Microsoft and Nintendo have been getting pretty friendly...
News Forgotten Interview With Miyamoto Sheds Light On A Classic Zelda Production
A link to the past
A forgotten interview dating back to 1992 has been spotted on archive.org. It's from issue 25 of the publication Electric Brain and features the one and only Shigeru Miyamoto talking about the development of The Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past along with the first two Zelda entries on NES. Throughout the interview, Miyamoto...
Video Rare Early Footage Of Super Mario 64 And Super Mario RPG Resurfaces Online
A blast from the past
Super-early footage of Super Mario 64 and Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars has resurfaced on the internet. The clips uploaded by the YouTube channel kukun kun, originally come from a '90s Japanese video game show hosted by Famitsu and are now being shared around by The Cutting Room Floor Discord channel and Nintendo
News Nintendo Veterans Discuss What It's Like Working With Shigeru Miyamoto
“If he says something’s good, it’s rare"
Shigeru Miyamoto is right up there as one of Nintendo's most famous and adored talents (likely sitting comfortably at the top of that list for many), and is arguably one of the most important and influential game developers of all time. The creator of Mario, Donkey Kong, Zelda, and plenty more besides...
“We are constantly aware”
During the latest financial briefing Q&A summary, Senior Managing Executive Officer Shinya Takahashi and the one and only Shigeru Miyamoto were asked about how consumer preferences factored into the success of games based on existing IP and titles offering new types of play experiences that weren't necessarily as...
News Miyamoto Regrets Design Choices Made During Development Of Super Mario Run
Even legendary designers make mistakes
As reported earlier last week, legendary Nintendo designer Shigeru Miyamoto delivered the keynote speech at this year's Computer Entertainment Developers Conference held in Yokohama, Japan. It's been ten years since his previous talk in 2008, with much of his discussion this time reflecting...
News Miyamoto Doesn't Want To Make An MMORPG Because It Would Be Boring
Not his style
Shigeru Miyamoto - the creator of many of Nintendo's most successful franchises and all-round lovable guy - recently delivered a keynote speech for the 2018 Computer Entertainment Developers Conference held in Yokohama, Japan. We actually covered the news not that long ago, but some new information regarding his speech...
News Shigeru Miyamoto Delivers Keynote Speech For Computer Entertainment Developers Conference
Sharing wisdom
Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto has just delivered his keynote speech for the 2018 Computer Entertainment Developers Conference held in Yokohama, Japan. This year's theme for the event was "Fantasy becomes Reality", with Miyamoto sharing his words of wisdom with an attentive audience. During his speech, Miyamoto...
News Arcade Archives: Donkey Kong Available Now On Switch eShop In North America And Japan
Sky Skipper drops in July
To start the third and final day of live Treehouse coverage, Nintendo announced HAMSTER would be expanding the Arcade Archives line on the Switch eShop, with the reveal of two additional titles. Both released in 1981, the first is the original Donkey Kong arcade game, and the second is the lesser known Sky Skipper...
News This Is The Most Touching Miiverse Tribute Of Them All
"Thank you"
The time that we wished would never come has now arrived, Miiverse is officially now no longer a thing. Back in August Nintendo notified customers that the plug would be pulled on the 8th November, and so it came to pass. Miiverse users were encouraged to submit a final doodle in October, which would be used to create a giant...
Video '90s Interview With Miyamoto Reveals What He Thinks Makes His Games So Special
"My brain is filled with a children's mind"
Few things bring as much joy to crusty old retro gamers than watching interviews, trailers and associated footage from "the good old days" of video gaming, which makes this clip from an Australian current affairs programme - entitled "A Current Affair", rather fittingly - required viewing. In the short...
News Davide Soliani And Grant Kirkhope Recall The Awkwardness Of Their First Miyamoto Meetings
"I was on my knees and I looked up to see Miyamoto staring down at me"
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle is a rather odd pairing, but the team behind the game are pureblood Nintendo fans, and what we've seen of the game so far gives us much reason to be optimistic. For Ubisoft Milan creative director and a lifelong Nintendo fanboy Davide...
News Miyamoto Was Worried How Players Would React To Mario Odyssey's New Donk City
Legendary designer not keen on revisiting past Mario games, though
Super Mario Odyssey must surely rank as one of the most anticipated video games of 2017, and like Super Mario World, Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Galaxy before it, looks set to offer some compelling new gameplay ideas - including New Donk City, a realistic, city-like environment...
News Ubisoft Boss Yves Guillemot Responds To Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle Leaks
"I want to reassure you we are not part of that"
Ubisoft's E3 press conference has gone down as one of the best in recent memory, even if the big reveal - Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle - wasn't really that much of a surprise. During the conference, Ubisoft boss Yves Guillemot was joined on stage by someone who didn't make him look tiny...
Random Miyamoto Was Once Quite Interested In PSP Game Boy Emulation
"Did you make this?"
While we're a Nintendo site first and foremost, here at Nintendo Life we do occasionally embrace formats produced by other companies - and back in the days of the Nintendo DS, we admit we also dabbled in the world of PlayStation Portable ownership. Sony's handheld was a massive success, despite the incredible dominance of the...
News Shigeru Miyamoto Spent A Lot Of Time Climbing Trees In Zelda: Breath Of The Wild
"He just kept climbing trees. Up and down"
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is easily one of the most ambitious games Nintendo has ever created, affording the player an incredible degree of freedom within a massive game world. However, getting to this level of scope and scale wasn't an easy process, and director Hidemaro Fujibayashi has been...
News Shigeru Miyamoto on Satoru Iwata's Switch Legacy and Nintendo's Creative Ethos
Has also been making a cat hammock in his spare time
When Satoru Iwata sadly passed away on 11th July 2015, it was clear that the 'NX' - as it was then called - would be a representation of his vision; it had been announced earlier that year, undoubtedly with the core design and principles in place. It's known now as the Switch, of course, and it's...
