Tag archive: shigeru miyamoto

It appears that we've lost the ability to read. A recently published Wired article titled “Nintendo's Miyamoto Stepping Down, Working on Smaller Games” has led to a barrage of reports that Shigeru Miyamoto is retiring from Nintendo, a fact that is not supported by the legendary game designer's statements in the article. The controversy seems to stem from the use of the word “stepping down” in the… Read More

Some of the fondest memories I have as a kid are playing Zelda with my friends in the backyard. We'd have epic battles, fighting through swingsets that were vines and leaf piles that masked angry Moblins or Octoroks, ready to pounce. It's hard to believe that it's been 25 years since the original Legend of Zelda was released for the NES. Since then, we've battled Ganon and those like him more than 14 times in games like… Read More

Several third party developers have commented on the power of the Wii U, but now we have a couple statements from the man himself, Nintendo's senior managing director and creator of Mario, Shigeru Miyamoto. GameSpot sat down with Miyamoto at E3 and quizzed him on a number of subjects, including the iPad, Pikmin 3, why Luigi's Mansion is on the 3DS, and the 25th anniversary of the Legend of Zelda series. Most interesting were his… Read More

(This article comes courtesy of N-Sider, a site for well-adjusted Nintendo fans. N-Sider has served the Nintendo community for more than a decade.) Last night, we had the privilege of once again attending Nintendo's Developer Roundtable. These events put luminaries from Nintendo's internal development teams up on stage without interference from the sales guys, allowing them to go into depth about their latest efforts for us, the… Read More

The Legend of Zelda has become one of the most beloved and revered franchises in the history of video games both for its gameplay innovations and stories. However, 25 years of sequels does come at a cost. While its chief architects at Nintendo, Eiji Aunoma and Shigeru Miyamoto, maintain that all of its Zelda games somehow fit together in the Zelda chronology, no official timeline has ever been released. And due to the vague nature of the games… Read More

Speaking to the press in Paris a few days ago, Nintendo's iconic game designer Shigeru Miyamoto shared new details about Nintendo's upcoming games. Gamekyo has the details, which offer more elaboration on some of the game release announcements Nintendo made today. Below are some bits of info Miyamoto shared. Star Fox 64 3D will be gyro compatible and is finished. Miyamoto says the gyro controls add a new dimension to the game. The… Read More

One of gaming's most enduring and inspiring franchises, Zelda, turns 25 years old today. On Feb. 21, 1986 Nintendo released the original Legend of Zelda on the Famicom (NES) in Japan. On that day, gamers got their first chance to pick up the Master Sword and kill Octoroks on an epic quest to save Princess Zelda from the clutches of the evil beast, Ganon. Since it's inception, the series has been a consistent best-seller around the… Read More

Though we'd be more surprised if there wasn't a new Mario game in the works, game designer Shigeru Miyamoto confirmed in an interview with Nintendo President Satoru Iwata that a new Super Mario Bros. game is in the works for the 3DS. Held to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Super Mario series, the Iwata Asks interview delves into the basics of what makes Mario work, how the core team (which hasn't ever changed) of Mario… Read More

Nintendo continues to celebrate Super Mario's 25th anniversary. Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of Mario, made an appearance at the Nintendo World Store in New York City this weekend. While there, the renowned game maker also sat down with USA Today to talk about the big Italian plumber. The interview was quite extensive, but we've pulled a few interesting quotes below. Why Mario resonates with players “When we create games, the… Read More

Zelda fans have known since last year’s E3 that Nintendo was hard at work on another Zelda title for the Wii. Then Shigeru Miyamoto himself slashed his way onto stage at E3 with a Wiimote. And it was here. Despite a botched demo that left Link’s sword meandering all of the screen and ensuing frustration that mirrored Steve Jobs’ frustration with audience Wi-Fi at this year’s WWDC, Zelda managed to impress on stage. And it does even more when… Read More

Japan's Nintendo Dream magazine is reporting that Nintendo did indeed plan to show Mario 128, the next instalment in Shigeru Miyamoto's massively successful Mario franchise, at E3 last month – but decided not to at the eleventh hour for fear that other developers would copy ideas from the game. Apparently, Nintendo feared that the new gameplay ideas in the game – which will take the series in an entirely new… Read More