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
years games needs
Of course, I would like to know what [Sony and Microsoft] do with their machines, but there is no game that I feel the need to go see. So far, from what I’ve seen on the show this year, there does not seem to be any games that I would like to have created myself.
running thinking years
Well, for over a year now at my desk, a prototype program of Luigi and Mario has been running on my monitor. We've been thinking about the game, and it may be something that could work on a completely new game system.
years development five-years
In other words, I’m not intending to start from things that require a five-year development time,
order years games
I am not Link, but I do know him! Even after 18 years, the Legend of Zelda never stops changing and this game is no different. We are now taking you to a world where Link has grown up--a world where he will act different and look different. In order to grow, Link must not stand still and neither will I.
playing-games years people
For a long time at Nintendo we didn't focus as much on online play because for many years doing so would have limited the size of the audience that could enjoy those features. But certainly now we see that so many people are connected to the Internet. It opens up a tremendous amount of possibilities.
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.