Shigeru Miyamoto
Shigeru Miyamoto
Shigeru Miyamotois a Japanese video game designer and producer. He is best known as the creator of some of the most critically acclaimed and best-selling video games of all time...
NationalityJapanese
ProfessionGame Designer
Date of Birth16 November 1952
CitySonobe, Japan
CountryJapan
japan hands scary-stories
There are some ghost stories in Japan where - when you are sitting in the bathroom in the traditional style of the Japanese toilet - a hand is actually starting to grab you from beneath. It's a very scary story.
thinking hands feedback
I don't think as a creator that I could create an experience that truly feels interactive if you don't have something to hold in your hand, if you don't have something like force feedback that you can feel from the controller.
children thinking hands
Most people think video games are all about a child staring at a TV with a joystick in his hands. I don't. They should belong to the entire family. I want families to play video games together.
definitely home
There's definitely space for uniqueness in a home console.
I'm not saying that I'm going to retire from game development altogether.
I wanted to make something very unique, something very different.
arcade create entertainment family games objective system ultimate until
We had been making arcade games up until that point. Our objective with the Nintendo entertainment system was to create the ultimate family entertainment system for the home.
arcade create entertainment family games objective system ultimate until
We had been making arcade games up until that point, ... Our objective with the Nintendo entertainment system was to create the ultimate family entertainment system for the home.
developers good japanese means people somehow taste terms videogames western
People often say that videogames made by Western developers are somehow different in terms of taste for the players, in comparison with Japanese games. I think that means that the Western developers and Japanese developers, they are good at different fields.
create people ways
I enjoy thinking about ways to create something that other people have not even thought about, something no one has managed to achieve.
ask entertain people single ways
Today, there are many, many ways to entertain people in one single videogame. And the Internet has made it so easy for people to ask for clues.
mario percent potential simply
I think Zelda 64 is utilizing about 90 percent of the N64 potential. When we made Mario 64 we were simply utilizing 60 to 70 percent. So we have come a long way I believe.
I think we can let that one slide.
believe games people
I believe that any sort of changes to interface that allows people to get into games and enjoy games is a great trend.