Posts Tagged ‘shigeru miyamoto’

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Miyamoto Admits Nintendo’s 3DS Launch Lineup Was Poor

Shigeru Miyamoto has openly admitted that the Nintendo 3DS launched without a strong software lineup. Miyamoto says that the company would have loved to have the big hitters such as Super Mario 3D Land and Mario Kart 7 at launch, but they just weren’t ready at the time. “When we launched the 3DS hardware we [...]

Published by sickr on May 4th, 2012 at 04:05 pm
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Miyamoto Says Lack Of PlayStation Vita Games Is Killing Handheld’s Prospects

Legendary games developer Shigeru Miyamoto has told Edge magazine that while the PlayStation Vita is a powerful piece of hardware, the system is struggling from the same lack of games that the Nintendo 3DS encountered last year. “It’s obviously a very hi-spec machine, and you can do lots of things with it but I don’t [...]

Published by sickr on May 4th, 2012 at 02:05 pm
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Miyamoto: We Will Introduce New Nintendo Characters Soon

Nintendo will soon introduce some new characters to its lineup according to Shigeru Miyamoto. The revered games designer was questioned whether he has a yearning to create a new franchise and replied that while he doesn’t have a big list of ideas to work on, he has been musing some new ideas which will involve [...]

Published by sickr on April 27th, 2012 at 02:04 pm
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Miyamoto: ‘We Initially Failed With The 3DS Features And Lineup, Needed More Mario’

Legendary video games designer Shigeru Miyamoto has confessed that Nintendo did a poor job conveying the unique features of the Nintendo 3DS, such as the Augmented Reality features and pre-installed applications. Miyamoto also admitted that the launch line wasn’t up to scratch and should have featured Mario titles. “If I could rewind the clock I would [...]

Published by sickr on April 27th, 2012 at 01:04 pm
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Pikmin 2 to finally receive Wii release in North America this June

New Play Control! Pikmin 2 is finally set to release in North America later this year according to the latest issue of Nintendo Power. The port was previously released on Wii in both Japan and European territories back in 2009, with added support for the Wii remote. It is unclear at this point whether the [...]

Published by Matt Williams on April 25th, 2012 at 01:04 am
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Miyamoto Acknowledges Super Mario 4

Shigeru Miyamoto has confirmed to Korean website Betanews that Super Mario 4 is a project that his team over at Nintendo are working on. The translation is a little rough as expected as it’s not absolutely apparent whether Super Mario 4 is the Nintendo 3DS game Nintendo confirmed it’s working on or Super Mario Wii U. “We [...]

Published by sickr on April 17th, 2012 at 05:04 pm
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Miyamoto Says Nintendo Must Prepare For His Retirement

Whilst Nintendo firmly squashed those Miyamoto retirement rumours that infiltrated the web last year, the man himself has told El Mundo that Nintendo must prepare themselves for his eventual retirement. Miyamoto told the publication that he’s currently in the process of giving the talented individuals who work under him much more responsibilities. “We all get [...]

Published by sickr on April 16th, 2012 at 02:04 pm
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Brand New Super Mario Game For Wii U To Be Shown At E3 Says Miyamoto

Legendary games designer Shigeru Miyamoto has confirmed to Spanish newspaper El Mundo that the company is planning to show off a brand new Super Mario game for the Wii U. Sadly there’s no real details, other than the game will combine the TV screen and the Wii U tablet screen, but thankfully we haven’t got [...]

Published by sickr on April 16th, 2012 at 12:04 pm
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Miyamoto interested in revisiting A Link to the Past

If you had the power to do anything with The Legend of Zelda franchise, what would you do? Remake Oracle of Ages/Seasons? Nintendo legend Shigeru Miyamoto wouldn’t mind coming back to A Link to the Past.Miyamoto said he’d be “interested in creating something new maybe based on, or starting from, A Link To The Past” [...]

Published by David Hinkle on April 13th, 2012 at 02:04 am
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Miyamoto Loves Angry Birds

Shigeru Miyamoto has told journalists that the one non-Nintendo game he holds in high regards at the moment is Rovio’s smash hit Angry Birds. According to Miyamoto the immensely popular Angry Birds is his favourite game of the past year. “I usually don’t comment on these sorts of questions,” Miyamoto said, before praising the Nintendo-developed [...]

Published by sickr on April 12th, 2012 at 12:04 pm
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Valve Founder Gabe Newell Loves Miyamoto And Super Mario 64

Gabe Newell, the co-founder and managing director of the video game development and online distribution company Valve has confessed on the Geek A Week podcast that he absolutely adores legendary Nintendo designer Shigeru Miyamoto’s games. Newell claims that if he was forced into an apocalyptic situation then he would have to bring an N64 with him [...]

Published by sickr on April 7th, 2012 at 12:04 pm
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Miyamoto Loves Mario, But He’s Not So Keen On Poor Toad

Shigeru Miyamoto has told Entertainment Weekly that his favourite character in Mario Kart is the one and only Mario, purely because he believes he’s the most balanced character. Miyamoto was also asked by the publication who his least favourite character is in the Mario Kart series and was surprisingly quick to say Toad. Who is your favourite character in Mario Kart? Filed [...]

Published by sickr on February 13th, 2012 at 06:02 pm
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Miyamoto Says He’s Really Enjoying Developing Pikmin 3 On Wii U

Legendary games designer Shigeru Miyamoto has confessed that he’s really enjoying working on Pikmin 3 for Wii U. The game was originally developed for Wii, but Miyamoto says that having high definition graphics and a touch screen at his disposal is enabling him to create a game he’s truly happy with. “Originally, I was making Pikmin 3 to be launched [...]

Published by sickr on February 13th, 2012 at 12:02 pm
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Shigeru Miyamoto Is Working Hard To Find The Next Big Nintendo Hit

Legendary games designer Shigeru Miyamoto has confessed to investors that he feels pressured to find the next big hit Nintendo franchise which will change the face of the games industry and also the fortunes of Nintendo. Miyamoto wouldn’t be drawn into revealing his plans but we do know he’s been working on hard on a [...]

Published by sickr on January 30th, 2012 at 09:01 pm
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Miyamoto Confirms He’s Working On An Unannounced ‘Original’ Game

Shigeru Miyamoto has told Zoomin Games that despite working on Pikmin 3 and Luigi’s Mansion 2 he’s hard at work on his undisclosed original project. Miyamoto wouldn’t disclose what platform the new project is for, but we should hear more about it during E3 in June as Miyamoto previously stated he would reveal it this year. Speaking about [...]

Published by sickr on January 6th, 2012 at 04:01 pm
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Miyamoto working on an unannounced ‘original’ game

A recent Zoomin Games interview with Shigeru Miyamoto mentioned in passing that, in addition to Luigi’s Mansion 2 for 3DS and Pikmin 3 to Wii U, he is also working on what ZoomIn called an “undisclosed original title.” Speaking about that mysterious new project, Miyamoto said “If you ask me, ‘Is it too much pressure [...]

Published by JC Fletcher on January 6th, 2012 at 03:01 pm
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Miyamoto Doesn’t Enjoy Smartphone Games

Shigeru Miyamoto has confessed to the Mercury News that despite owning a smartphone he has yet to find a game he actually likes. Miyamoto also went on to reiterate that Nintendo is committed to creating games and experiences that just couldn’t be replicated on other devices. To me, the utmost concern is how we can create games for dedicated game machines that are unique [...]

Published by sickr on December 31st, 2011 at 07:12 pm
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Nintendo Is Still In Denial About Its Online Offerings

Shigeru Miyamoto has told Mercury News that he’s not entirely sure whether Nintendo are behind or faster than the competition with regards to online features on Wii and Nintendo 3DS. Miyamoto has acknowledged that Nintendo has been slower in the past compared to other companies regarding online functionality but believes that what they’ve done so far has made sense [...]

Published by sickr on December 31st, 2011 at 02:12 pm
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Miyamoto Says Nintendo Developers Haven’t Made An Exceptional Job Utilizing 3D Yet

In an interview with Mercury News legendary games designer Shigeru Miyamoto has explained to the publication that he doesn’t believe developers at Nintendo have done a exceptional job utilizing 3D at this precise moment in time. Miyamoto believes they did a good job with Super Mario 3D Land but there’s much more room for them to [...]

Published by sickr on December 31st, 2011 at 12:12 am
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Miyamoto: Retro could handle a Zelda game, smartphones aren’t competition

The full transcript of Wired’s interview with Shigeru Miyamoto — in which the industry legend triggered some panic over his future — has been posted. Surprisingly, that pseudo-retirement news isn’t even the juiciest angle; Miyamoto also discussed the company’s troubled recent past, as well as its potentially Miyamoto-less future. He explained that Nintendo’s goals this [...]

Published by Griffin McElroy on December 14th, 2011 at 05:12 pm
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