wiinintendo.net - 10/25/2009
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Shigeru Miyamoto’s keynote at the Digital Contents Expo began at 12:30 am eastern time and is now over. Read a quick summary below and then hit the jump for the full google translated details.
Nothing was announced.
That’s right, nothing. The only thing we had to go by were Japanese ...
multiplayerblog.mtv.com - 29 days ago
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Shigeru Miyamoto has made some pretty incredible video
game experiences, many of which will go down as...
the best video games of all time. But that doesn't mean he hasn't been disappointed with the reaction to some of his games. In a recent interview, I ...
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Mario Creator Talks Disappointment With 'Star Fox'
kotaku.com - 26 days ago
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kotaku.com —
Remember when Shigeru Miyamoto started weighing himself everyday?
We got Wii Fit . And before that, he...
had a dog. We got Nintendogs. And even before that, he took up gardening. We got Pikmin. Now, Miyamoto has a cat. At the meeting yesterday where ...
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So, Shigeru Miyamoto Got A Cat [Nintencats]
multiplayerblog.mtv.com - 10/19/2009
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show|null|video|446372 Shigeru Miyamoto was in town last week
to talk about "New Super Mario Bros. Wii," but...
we couldn't help but ask him about the new Zelda game that was teased at the last E3. We're not talking about "Spirit Tracks," we're ...
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Miyamoto Talks 'Zelda: Twilight Princess' ...
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Miyamoto’s Digital Contents Expo keynote - original Zelda was met with opposition, Kirby’s first name, and more
GoNintendo —
... Expo keynote didn’t bring any new game information, as many were hoping. It did offer some insight into the world of Miyamoto, as far as his life’s work goes.
- Wii’s aim was to go back to the basics of gaming
- Zelda’s original ideas of freedom for the player were met with opposition
- Kirby’s first name was “Tinkle Popo”
- NoA and NoE hated the name ‘Wii’, for the obvious bathroom relationship
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Random Nintendo Trivia With Shigeru Miyamoto
The Escapist : Latest News —
... Nintendo trivia. Amongst the 'revelations' were such gems as the fact that Kirby's original name was "Tinkle Popo" or that - surprise, surprise - Nintendo America and Nintendo Europe weren't all that keen on the name Wii. All the same, it's interesting to hear him say that the GameCube controller was a "little failure", or how Nintendo initially opposed the creation of Legend of Zelda . You can read it all for yourself here , provided you can read Japanese that is. Source: WiiNintendo
Miyamoto Talks Star Fox's Disappointment, Nintendo's Opposition of Zelda, and More
Kombo.com —
... is to try and make it more and more fun but, at least in Japan, the people that purchase the 'Star Fox' games has decreased over the years. But we still try to make them more fun and hopefully people will see the appeal in those games." In addition to this, Miyamoto recently delivered a keynote address at the Digital Contents Expo. WiiNintendo has coverage of the event, but here are some items of note from the list. You can find (and try to decipher) the rest of the notes over at WiiNintendo .
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