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Shigeru Miyamoto Says

"Over the Last Five Years, My Games Have Changed Somewhat"

Miyamoto gets a dog, makes Nintendogs. Miyamoto starts weighing himself for fun, makes Wii Fit. See a trend? It wasn't always that way! While his earlier games were influenced by his life and experiences, they were influenced abstractly — more make-believe, less reality. According to Miyamoto:

I would say that over the last five years or so, the types of games I create has changed somewhat. Whereas before I could kind of use my own imagination to create these worlds or create these games, I would say that over the last five years I’ve had more of a tendency to take interests or topics in my life and try to draw the entertainment out of that.

Every artist goes through phases — even Shigeru Miyamoto.
Resistance is Futile [NY Times]

6:00 AM on Mon May 26 2008
By Brian Ashcraft
4,001 views, 84 comments

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"America Has Always Been Better At Creating Unique Products"

It's OK, America. You're not braggers. You're unique! Despite tossing a waggly cat amongst the dual-sticked pigeons with it's Wii console, Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto says that when it comes to games, Japanese companies aren't quite as outside the box. "I think America has always been better at creating unique products", he says. Why? "In Japan, the technology required to create videogames tends to be concentrated in the bigger corporations", the Nintendo talisman told Wired's Chris Kohler. Lucky Nintendo's a big corporation!
Nintendo Taps U.S. Talent in Search of WiiWare Hits [Game|Life]

1:00 AM on Mon May 12 2008
By Luke Plunkett
4,551 views, 57 comments

Latest by n/a: Some people really need to read the article. He's talking about smaller indie developers. And on that point, he's definitely right. more »

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Death Before Retirement

At 54 years-old is Shigeru Miyamoto is showing no signs of slowing down. From Super Mario Galaxy to Wii Fit, he's still got his fingers in multiple projects. But with contemporaries like Pac-Man creator Toru Iwatani retiring, the question remains: is Shigeru Miyamoto next? He tells us:

Don't movie directors usually make films until they die? Annually, I don't make that much money. So I don't think I can retire.

Of course, Miyamoto makes tons of money — he could buy and sell us all! In typical Kyoto-fashion, he's just being very humble and trying to downplay his fabulous wealth. So, fret not. Miyamoto isn't destitute and isn't deserting Nintendo any time soon. Heck, at 54 years-old, he's Nintendo's target customer!

3:30 PM on Thu Jul 12 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
13,517 views, 69 comments

Latest by Jesse in Japan: Japanese executives usually don't get stock options and unless they're on the board of directors, don't even own stock in their companies. The average pay for a CEO in a Japanese corporation is between 300K and 400K (when converted into more »