1up.com - 4/1/2009
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In the conclusion of a multi-part issue with Famitsu magazine this week, Nintendo creative leader Shigeru Miyamoto discussed some of the direction for his job in the near future, bringing up the need for "clutch" games in Nintendo's library while assuring users that old classics like Mario and Zelda are still alive and in development.
"[My future direction] is not anything I can really put into words," Miyamoto said in the ...
edge-online.com - 4/7/2009
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avclub.com - 3/28/2009
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John Teti: Four out of six isn't bad.
After making my predictions for the Independent Games Festival...
award winners in the comments of yesterday's post , I've got to admit, the show became a little more exciting for me, like I had money on it. I wonder ...
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joystiq.com - 4/7/2009
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Canada's ELAN Awards , a ceremony celebrating achievements
in animation and video games, has announced that it...
will add another trophy to Shigeru Miyamoto 's collection. The Nintendo producer, "considered by his peers to be the greatest video game ...
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Miyamoto to receive ELAN 'Video Game Hall of Fame' award
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Miyamoto discusses his inspiration, hopes, and confirms more Mario and Zelda once again
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... Nintendo’s business. Nobody knows how the next generation is going to turn out, but it’s easy to think of the customer as the main axle. I don’t directly ask our customers, but I do think about what they’d want from my perspective as a regular person, and my work stems from there.” - Shigeru Miyamoto At the very end of this Famitsu interview, Miyamoto goes ahead and confirms something we’ve heard a million times over… “…We’re making Mario and Zelda too, of course, so don’t worry.” Check out more of what Miyamoto had to say here Posted April 1st, 2009 at 11:41 am | ...
Miyamoto Talks New Projects
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... way to communicate the fun of games past to a wider range of people," he said. In the end, Miyamoto returned to the topic of innovation. "I want to make games that are intuitively fun and haven't been done before; games that make you enjoy owning a DS and glad there's a Wii in your home," he said. "From that perspective, I think we need more 'clutch' games like that." Clutch games, eh? What's that supposed to mean? "We're making Mario and Zelda too, of course, so don't worry." [Via 1UP ]
Miyamoto Would 'Like to Try Making Something More Unique'
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Speaking to Famitsu, Senior Managing Director of Nintendo Shigeru Miyamoto talked wistfully about his future with the company. His comments seem vague, but could indicate he's looking to shift his roles in the near future. "[My future direction] is not anything I can really put into words," Miyamoto said, according to 1UP . "I'm not wholly satisfied with how things are today, but I think at the very least we've established a playing field where people are willing to accept it when you try something new. So I think I'd like to try making something more unique." Miyamoto then ...
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Says consumers don't, either Nintendo of America boss man Reggie Fils-Aime isn't too enamoured of the used games market, hardly surprising really, the executive arguing that pre-owned games aren't in "consumers interests".
Speaking with ...