If you remember, Miyamoto filed a patent not to long ago that outlines a unique and revolutionary gameplay system. Let’s say you get stuck in a difficult part of a Zelda game. You could look it up on GameFAQs, but if this new system was implemented in the game, you could press a button and [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Shigeru Miyamoto’
25 Mar
Nice Quote From Satoru’s GDC Keynote
“After he upends the tea table, Miyamoto helps gather the dishes he has scattered, even suggesting where they should be placed.” – Satoru Iwata on Shigeru Miyamoto’s tendency to “upend the tea table” during game development. GDC ‘09, 3/25/09.
11 Mar
Miyamoto Says GameCube Was a “Dilemma”
During an interview with Famitsu, father of Mario and Zelda Shigeru Miyamoto expressed his true feelings about the GameCube era. We all know that it wasn’t the most successful time in Nintendo’s history, but many fans still recognize games like Super Mario Sunshine and Metroid Prime as examples of great GameCube games and even the [...]
28 Feb
Read “Iwata Asks: DSi, Vol. 2” @ NintendoDSi.com
The second volume of the Nintendo DSi Iwata Asks interview is available for your reading pleasure at http://nintendodsi.com/iwataasks/vol2_page1.html. The people interviewed are: Shigeru Miyamoto, Yusuke Akifusa, Masahiro Imaizumi, Yoshihiro Matsushima and Tomoaki Kuroume.
11 Jan
Nintendo DS Signed By Miyamoto For Sale
If you ever wanted a Nintendo DS signed by Shigeru Miyamoto himself, here’s your chance! Gameprovider of eBay is selling his autographed Pearl White DS Phat for an unknown price (the current bid is $580.) Here’s the full description provided by the seller:
On the E3 convention in Los Angeles 2005 I had the crazy luck [...]
10 Dec
Super Mario Sunshine Developer Interview Up
On the old Nintendo.com website (which I still think it superior to the current one since it didn’t completely abandon important parts of Nintendo’s history such as the NES and Game Boy in favor of the Wii and DS), there was a developer interview of Super Mario Sunshine, one of my favorite games for the [...]
4 Nov
Miyamoto Visits Japanese Kindergarten
Here’s a video of Shigeru Miyamoto, the man behind games like Super Mario Bros., Donkey Kong and most recently Wii Music, taking a visit to a Japanese kindergarten to show the young students how to play Wii Music. To watch, click the link below:
http://us.wii.com/viewer_wiimusic.jsp?vid=4
Don’t forget about Vol. 2 of “Iwata Asks: Wii Music”, here.
5 Oct
Read “Iwata Asks: Wii Music” @ Wii.com
The first volume of Iwata Asks: Wii Music begins with an interview with Miyamoto about the game. You can read it here. Remember to check Wii.com often to get the latest volumes of Iwata Asks, one of my personal favorite features on the site.
