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Read More »Miyamoto: ‘My best is yet to come’
World-renowned games designer Shigeru Miyamoto has said his best work is yet to come, and the challenge of building the next line of consoles comes down to how unique Nintendo can make theirs. In an interview with GamesTM he said: In the past five years I’ve been working on such …
Read More »Miyamoto: Our 09 games werent fun enough
Games, at the most basic level, are meant to be fun – and industry legend and head of Nintendo development Shigeru Miyamoto has admitted that the company’s games output last year was simply not fun enough. The fact that in 2009 we were not able to sell more than we …
Read More »Miyamoto: Zelda could use Vitality Sensor
Nintendo guru Shigeru Miyamoto has hinted that the Vitality Sensor could be integrated into the next Zelda game. Speaking to NowGamer, he said: Whenever we are going to use any new device, it is possible to expand the appeal to those who are new to the videogaming world. At the …
Read More »Miyamoto: Pikmin 3 well under way
Development of Pikmin 3 is well under way”, according to a recent comment from Official Nintendo Magazine. The publication left a post on their Twitter feed saying: ONM is at the BAFTAs. Miyamoto just told us Pikmin 3 development is well under way." No other details including release window, gameplay …
Read More »Miyamoto awarded BAFTA Fellowship
Globally renowned Nintendo developer to be honoured at March 19th event in London
Read More »Miyamoto in for BAFTA Fellowship
Acclaimed video games legend and head of Nintendo development Shigeru Miyamoto will receive the Fellowship at this year’s GAME British Academy Video Games Awards. Miyamoto’s long list of creations is unmatched in the history of the industry and includes true classics such as Mario Bros, Donkey Kong, Nintendogs and The …
Read More »Miyamoto confirms new Nintendo hardware
The Wii HD, Wii 2, DS2, the return of the Game Boy, perhaps a new Virtual Boy (or perhaps not) – the possibilities are numerous, but we now know for a fact that Nintendo IS working on new hardware. The news comes from none other than acclaimed Nintendo games designer …
Read More »DSi LL was nearly called DSi Comfort
In the latest edition of NoJ’s Iwata Asks series, Nintendo president Saturo Iwata has listed a number of names for the firm considered for its recently unveiled DSi XL. According to a translation on Andriasang, the list of possible monikers that Nintendo conjured up included ‘DSi Comfort’, ‘DSi Executive’, ‘DSi …
Read More »Miyamoto speaks on BBC Radio 4
Dubbed by BBC Radio 4’s Front Row as the Walt Disney of computer game design”, Nintendo’s legendary developer Shigeru Miyamoto was granted five minutes on the latest edition of the arts interest show. The bulk of the chat was taken up with discussing the increasing convergence between the movie and …
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