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Shigeru Miyamoto Gets Prince of Asturias Award

Shigeru Miyamoto, who is the main video game developer working at Nintendo, has received a Prince of Asturias Award in the Communication and Humanities category, which has previously recognized personalities and organizations like Umberto Eco, CNN and Google. The panel that decides the awards said Shigeru Miyamoto w...

24 May 2012
13:01 GMT

Miyamoto Says Vita Lacks a Good Combination of Software and Hardware

The PlayStation Vita has now been out all over the world since February, but the device has failed to find a solid audience and seems to be dropping sales on a weekly basis even on the home Japanese market. Shigeru Miyamoto, one of the leading video game developers at Nintendo, a company that manufactures the rival ...

7 May 2012
19:41 GMT

Miyamoto Keen on Remaking The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

Nintendo might be looking for some remake candidates for the upcoming launch of the Wii U home console, and their most important video game developer seems pretty set on upgrading the well-known The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past to modern standards. Shigeru Miyamoto was speaking at an event in Paris and stated...

14 April 2012
02:21 GMT

Shigeru Miyamoto Says Angry Birds Is a Traditional Video Game

One of the most important game developers in the world has said that Angry Birds, the wildly successful mobile title from Rovio, is a traditional video game that benefits from the platforms on which it was released. Shigeru Miyamoto, the man behind such Nintendo successes as Mario and The Legend of Zelda, has told H...

13 April 2012
20:51 GMT

New Nintendo Hardware Keeps Mario Exciting

One of the main developers working at Nintendo on the core Mario franchise believes that one of the main attractions of the series is the way it managed to use each new generation of hardware to deliver a new and fresh gaming experience. Koichi Hayashida, who is the game director working on Super Mario 3D Land, told...

13 March 2012
16:01 GMT

Miyamoto Working on Unannounced Game, Pikmin 3 and Luigi’s Mansion 2

Shigeru Miyamoto, the man who is behind the most significant gaming franchises created by Nintendo, has announced that at the moment he is working on a entirely new, unannounced video game project, while still overseeing the work done on Pikmin 3 and on the Nintendo 3DS titles Luigi’s Mansion 2.Speaking to Zoom...

9 January 2012
13:51 GMT

Miyamoto Suggests Future Innovative Project Might Arrive on the Nintendo 3DS

Nintendo has already clarified that Shigeru Miyamoto will not resign his current position inside the company, supervising all its big franchises, but the legendary creator of Mario and Zelda confirmed the kind of future games he will be working on.Speaking to the San Francisco Chronicle Shigeru Miyamoto addressed rec...

14 December 2011
21:41 GMT

Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto Believes Retirement Isn’t an Option Yet

Famous games designer Shigeru Miyamoto believes retirement isn’t an option for him at least for now, once again debunking rumors that he might withdraw from his executive position at Nintendo and only work on some projects as an outside consultant.While video games have become mainstream entertainment and lots ...

12 December 2011
14:31 GMT

Mario and Zelda Creator Shigeru Miyamoto Goes Back to Development, Does Not Retire

Shigeru Miyamoto has suggested that he will step down from the position of leader at the Analysis and Development division inside Nintendo Entertainment in order to once again get directly involved in video game development, presumably for the 3DS and the new Wii U home console.Speaking to Wired Miyamoto has stated, ...

8 December 2011
05:34 GMT

Full Voice for Link Might Be Added to The Legend of Zelda

The new leading developers working on The Legend of Zelda, one of the biggest franchises for publisher Nintendo says that he is not afraid to put his own spin on the series and make some changes to the legacy of Shigeru Miyamoto.Eiji Aonuma, who is the senior producer working on The Legend of Zelda series, told GameI...

6 December 2011
15:11 GMT

Rayman Creator Says He Doesn’t Enjoy Playing Mario Games

Michel Ancel, who is the French creative director working on Rayman Origins, has said that he does not really enjoy playing the games in the Mario series, despite the fact that his style has been compared to that used by a certain legendary Japanese game developer.The video game creator said that he was honored by an...

6 December 2011
05:26 GMT

Video Game Developers Should Be Driven by Desperation

Shigeru Miyamoto, who is the designer behind such Nintendo franchises like Mario and Zelda, has said that in order to deliver good games designers need to be driven by desperation, a desire to deliver the best they can in the given situation, without thinking of sales and financial success.Speaking as part of the Iwa...

25 November 2011
03:22 GMT

Mario Creator Shares His Involvement in Super Mario 3D Land

Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of Nintendo's iconic Mario franchise, has talked about his involvement with the next big title featuring the famous plumber, Super Mario 3D Land, which is set to appear for the Nintendo 3DS next month.Miyamoto oversees all game development at Nintendo, currently, but this doesn'...

28 October 2011
04:36 GMT

Online Connectivity Very Important to Nintendo Wii U

Shigeru Miyamoto, Nintendo's famous games designer and father of franchises like Mario or Zelda, has revealed that online connectivity and features are going to be extremely important for the Wii U home console. Nintendo presented its brand new console, the Wii U, three weeks ago at E3 2011, and, since then, ...

27 June 2011
12:31 GMT

Nintendo Wii U Controller Designed to Work In the Same Room as Console

The unique controller of the recently unveiled Nintendo Wii U console is designed to work in the same room as the actual device, according to the company's famous games creator Shigeru Miyamoto.The Nintendo Wii U's announcement two weeks ago at E3 2011 impressed a lot of people, largely because the new, hig...

23 June 2011
12:31 GMT

Nintendo Wii U Won't Outperform PS3 or Xbox 360, Miyamoto Says

Nintendo is continuing to detail its recently announced Wii U console, with its famous games designer, Shigeru Miyamoto, explaining how it's been a bit tricky for the company to find the right balance between hardware power and affordability, in terms of the actual price of the console.The Nintendo Wii U is set ...

22 June 2011
18:01 GMT

Shigeru Miyamoto Says Wii U Price Will be Competitive

The Wii U was announced with much hype at the E3 2011 trade event but there were two important details missing from the Nintendo presentation: the expected price of the new home console and the launch window for the hardware.Now Shigeru Miyamoto, who is the most important video game designer at Nintendo, has said tha...

21 June 2011
18:41 GMT

Miyamotyo Refuses to Confirm Wii 2 Rumors

New rumors are coming out pretty much every day about a successor for the Nintendo Wii home console, talking about its features and possible hardware make up, but one of the most important men at the Japanese gaming company is not ready to confirm its existence yet. As part of an interview with Gameblog, a France-ba...

22 April 2011
04:35 GMT

Miyamoto Did Not Expect Legends of Zelda to Be a Hit

Shigeru Miyamoto, the main creative force at video game developer and console manufacturer Nintendo, has said that initially he was very much surprised by the success of The Legend of Zelda concept. Speaking to Nintendo President Satory Iwata, the designer has stated, “I really didn’t expect the respon...

4 March 2011
16:01 GMT

New Super Mario Bros. Game for Nintendo 3DS Coming Soon

Nintendo is getting ready to start launching its brand new Nintendo 3DS handheld console around the world later this month, so its famous games designer, Shigeru Miyamoto, confirmed that a new Super Mario Bros. game was coming to the device afterward. All of Nintendo's platforms have received iterations of th...

3 February 2011
17:21 GMT

Mario Kart 3D Works Great on Nintendo 3DS, Miyamoto Says

Mario Kart 3D, the upcoming re-release of the classic Mario Kart for the Nintendo 3DS, works really great using the new device's technology, at least according to the creator of the Mario franchise, Shigeru Miyamoto. Nintendo is getting ready to release the new 3DS handheld console, which will support 3D with...

27 December 2010
17:21 GMT

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Development Half-Complete

The next big game in Nintendo's hugely popular Legend of Zelda series, Skyward Sword, has reached the halfway mark in its development, according to a recent statement from franchise creator and legendary games designer Shigeru Miyamoto. The new game was showcased back at the E3 conference this year, and Ninte...

27 December 2010
03:05 GMT

Miyamoto Was Interested in Subverting His Own Designs

Shigeru Miyamoto, the most important video game developer working for hardware developer and video game publisher Nintendo, has said that one of his aims as a creator was at one point to create new and exciting new approaches to gaming only to them move on and subvert them. Speaking with The New Yorker magazine Mi...

20 December 2010
15:01 GMT

Nintendo 3DS Will Make Mario and Zelda Games Easier to Play, Miyamoto Says

Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto, one of the most celebrated game designers of all time, shared his insight about the company's new handheld device, the Nintendo 3DS, and how it will make its most popular franchises, Mario and the Legend of Zelda, much easier to design and play.The Nintendo 3DS is getting ready ...

10 November 2010
02:34 GMT

Nintendo Will Be Very Careful with the Titles that Feature Mario

Super Mario Galaxy 2 is now out and busting the charts in Nintendo's home region of Japan, with launches for the United States and Europe coming soon. The new videogame powered by the well known character will certainly be a success but Nintendo might be wearing down the value of its most iconic creation, consid...

10 June 2010
04:02 GMT

Shigeru Miyamoto Talks New Zelda, New Possibilities

One of the big reveals coming at the E3 trade show towards the middle of next month will be the new Legend of Zelda videogame which is being developed for the Nintendo Wii by long time creative producer Shigeru Miyamoto. And while details might be limited on the ground, the developer was ready to talk a bit about the...

20 May 2010
16:31 GMT

Shigeru Miyamoto Leads a Busy Work-Life

Shigeru Miyamoto is pretty much the equivalent of Willie Wonka. A weird, eccentric, and sometimes misunderstood genius, but a genius nonetheless, Miyamoto has designed some of the most successful and innovative games for Nintendo. While trying to understand the cogs that make such a mind turn will always result in di...

15 December 2009
16:21 GMT

Nowadays, Shigeru Miyamoto Would Not Be Hired by Nintendo

The goals of any respectable, young Japanese high-school graduate is to enter a famous and renowned university, like the Tokyto University, and then to go on and be recruited by a respectable and powerful company. It may not sound like all that different from the rest of the world, but Japan has a bit of a cult of th...

24 November 2009
04:18 GMT

Big Wii Vitality Sensor News Coming at E3

One of the weirdest moments of 2009 was the reveal of the Nintendo Vitality Sensor by the Japanese company, at this summer's E3 trade show. The company said that the new device would be able to read the pulse of a player and could translate that into some interesting gameplay mechanics, some of them based around...

23 November 2009
16:31 GMT

Wii Music Sequel Is in the Works

Wii Music, which was released last year, has not been one of the biggest hits for Nintendo. Titles like Mario Kart Wii and Wii Fit are still selling well, while the music simulator for the Wii seems to have faded into obscurity and slid out of sales charts. But its creator might not yet be prepared to let go of the i...

20 November 2009
13:21 GMT

Super Mario Galaxy 2 Might Be More than You Can Handle

It seems like it's not just gamers that feel the nostalgia of the old titles. Nintendo misses all the verbal abuse along with the following praise it received from the nerve-wrecking games from the days of the NES. Stuck on the Wii, the latest titles the gaming giant released were mainly aimed either at a younge...

17 November 2009
08:14 GMT

Next Zelda Will Use Motion Plus for Sword Fighting

Zelda is one of the biggest franchises Nintendo has under its belt and it makes sense for it to use the best technology the company has to offer. So, a lot of people already believed that the next Zelda videogame for the Nintendo Wii would make use of the Motion Plus add-on for the Wiimote to offer a better gameplay ...

4 November 2009
16:41 GMT

Miyamoto's Next Game Could Cough Out Hair Balls

Shigeru Miyamoto first started working for Nintendo in 1977 and gave birth to the first real masterpiece of gaming for the company in 1981, in the form of the original Donkey Kong. Since then, the game designer became responsible for other legends of gaming like the Super Mario franchise, The Legend of Zelda game ser...

4 November 2009
04:11 GMT

Star Fox Gets a Lot of Love, But Not Another Sequel

Star Fox may not have a lot of support from the executive board, and the series hasn't seen a new release in three years, but besides the fans, there is at least one person out there that loves the game. In the last years, all the title got was an episodic appearance in Super Smash Bros., but it deserves a lot m...

28 October 2009
06:57 GMT

No User-Created Content for Mario Video Games

One of the biggest trends in video-gaming at the moment is to allow players to create new content for the title that they pick up. Media Molecule built LittleBigPlanet, one of the most interesting platformers of last year, around the idea of easily creating new levels and sharing them with other players. Sony is plan...

22 October 2009
14:21 GMT

Shigeru Miyamto Talks About the Future of Nintendo Hardware

There's a lot of speculation going around related to what Nintendo is preparing to do as a response to Microsoft introducing its own motion tracking Project Natal and Sony releasing the wand for the PlayStation 3.The logical move would be to counter with a more powerful Wii console, which has HD capabilities lik...

21 October 2009
14:31 GMT

No Digital Distribution for New Super Mario Bros. Wii

Speaking at a round table in New York, Shigeru Miyamoto addressed quite a few issues related to videogames, showing why he is so praised by Nintendo and why he is the main cause for the success of series like Mario and Zelda. Based on his answers, Nintendo lovers should not expect digital distribution for Mario title...

20 October 2009
16:51 GMT

Wii Fit Plus Is Not a Sequel

Shigeru Miyamoto, the Nintendo game creator who put together the Wii Fit concept, has said that he sees the Plus sequel set for release not as a real follow up to the first game but rather as an enhanced version, which aims to expand the usability of the concept and allow gamers to play the title for a longer time.In...

16 October 2009
13:31 GMT

Nintendo's Miyamoto Is Confident in Physical Media

The gaming industry is always moving forward, meaning that developers are trying to come up with new trends every day, from new ways to interact with the target audience to new and more efficient ways of delivering content to them, straight to their home. The latter, in the form of digital distribution, is picking u...

11 August 2009
02:25 GMT

People Need to Be Confident in Nintendo's Vitality Sensor

This year's Electronic Entertainment Expo was really something of a roller coaster in terms of big announcements. While the peaks were registered at Microsoft and Sony's press meetings, a lot of people went home disappointed by the one held by Nintendo. Even though the company revealed quite a few new titl...

6 August 2009
02:22 GMT

Motion Controls Are Always Evolving, Says Miyamoto

Motion controls are slowly becoming more and more present all around us, and this is especially true in gaming, where Nintendo has paved the way with its Wii console. Now, the arch rivals of the Japanese company, Microsoft and Sony, are ready to jump in and are already developing their own takes on this technology. ...

27 July 2009
02:22 GMT

Super Mario Galaxy 2 Will Attract Both Hardcore and Casual Players

Nintendo needs to walk quite a fine line with its upcoming games. Last year, hardcore players were flustered by the fact that the Japanese publisher released titles geared towards more inexperienced players.This year, the announced line up includes titles like a new Zelda game for the Wii, Super Mario Galaxy 2 and a ...

14 July 2009
17:41 GMT

Miyamoto Talks Zelda for the Wii, Super Mario Galaxy 2

One game creator who always gets a lot of trust, support and resources from Nintendo is Shigeru Miyamoto, the developer who managed to almost single handedly build the publisher's biggest franchises.The E3 Nintendo presentation this year featured him prominently and the company made sure to please its hardc...

8 July 2009
05:16 GMT

Shigeru Miyamoto: Games Need Controllers

Shigeru Miyamoto is one of the biggest game designers of all time, giving his parent company, Nintendo, a lot of high grossing franchises like Mario or The Legend of Zelda. He has been working for quite some time in the industry and his opinion is highly valued by a lot of people.The famous game designer has recently...

22 June 2009
03:05 GMT

Shigeru Miyamoto Doesn't Want Complicated Stories in Games

Video game design is certainly a tricky job, which carefully balances technical aspects with visual and narrative ones in order to create a cohesive experience that can grasp the attention of gamers and, with it, their hard earned money. But it now seems that the story part of any game doesn't necessarily have ...

19 June 2009
02:18 GMT

Nintendo Kills Cheat Codes via New Mario Help Feature

Nintendo has always been keen on making sure that as many people as possible can play its videogames. That's the strategy behind the Nintendo Wii and the company is set to take a step forward via something called, at the moment, Demo Play, a feature that players can activate so that the computer plays the game w...

16 June 2009
14:51 GMT

New Super Mario Bros Won't Feature Online Play

The Nintendo Wii is a hugely successful console, thanks to its innovative controls, which are now adapted by its main competitors, and to its huge library of titles, even though most of them aren't of a very high quality. However, one of the major drawbacks of the console is that it doesn't have the power ...

11 June 2009
11:11 GMT

Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto Isn't Worried About Rival Motion Controls

Nintendo is one of the biggest companies in the gaming market, thanks to the fact that it has two very successful consoles, the Wii and the DS, and a lot of best-selling franchises, like Mario or Zelda. But one of the biggest attributes of the Japanese company is its innovation. This manifested in the new motion con...

10 June 2009
16:41 GMT

E3: Shigeru Miyamoto Promises New Zelda and Pikmin for Next Year

Nintendo is a very big company with a lot of high-grossing franchises like Mario or Metroid Prime, and, of course, it couldn’t have been missing from last week's Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) conference held in Los Angeles, where many interesting games were announced. Titles such as Super Mario Galax...

9 June 2009
13:01 GMT

E3: Super Mario Galaxy 2 Revealed by Nintendo, 90% New Levels

Nintendo saved the best for last at its press conference held yesterday at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles. After revealing some pretty big news, the announcement of Super Mario Galaxy 2 left everyone in shock and awe.That's right, the blockbuster title Super Mario Galaxy, that revealed ver...

3 June 2009
04:49 GMT


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