Super Mario's Creator Says Wii U Skepticism Mirrors the Nintendo DS…

Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of Super Mario and the Legend of Zelda, gave an interview to CNN this weekend about the Wii U that basically amounts to "Please give us a chance." He thinks the skepticism shown to the Wii U is akin to the early doubts about the first Nintendo DS, and that public opinion will ultimately…

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Sixty year-old Shigeru Miyamoto tells GameSpot it's "strange" not to think about retirement. It is if you are Miyamoto!

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This Must Be the Coolest University Graduation Ceremony on Earth

Think your graduation was cool? Maybe it was. Maybe it was totally gnarly. But, I'll tell you what, I'm pretty damn sure Sailor Moon didn't roll in and a red Pikmin didn't stroll up on stage. Oh, and there probably wasn't a large Wii Remote, nor was there a large Xperia phone. Call it a hunch.

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One Child's Dream Day Inside Nintendo's Japanese Headquarters

Nintendo is notoriously guarded when it comes to corporate visits. While companies like Namco Bandai and Sony are only too happy to throw open their studio doors to the press, getting inside Nintendo's Kyoto headquarters when you don't work there is almost impossible.

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