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Mario voiceover wanted to give Link a speaking role

Charles Martinet is known and beloved to gamers as the vaguely creepy old man who can make himself sound like a high-pitched Italian plumber, but if he'd have had his way, the voiceover artist wo...
Miyamoto talks MotionPlus for next Zelda game

Following previous talk about how the next Wii Zelda game would utilize MotionPlus -- an accessory which has totally been worth the investment thanks to widespread support and clever implementati...
Miyamoto has a cat, but there 'won't be a Nintencats'

Since this is important information to know, Kotaku has learned that Shigeru Miyamoto is now the proud owner of a cat. No details on the cat's breed, color, size of stool, or name are known at th...
Miyamoto wishes you'd like Star Fox as much as he does

Nintendo has released five Star Fox games since the series was introduced in 1993, along with Super Nintendo "Super FX" chip like it was the second coming. Problem is, it just hasn't be...
Miyamoto: Next console to be 'compact, cost-efficient'

Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto would definitely know what Nintendo's next big thing looks like, so we'll take his musings on what the next Nintendo console would look and be like to heart.He tells G...
Peach's dress the reason for her not being playable in new Mario Wii

In the upcoming New Super Mario Bros. Wii, up to four players can play controlling one of four characters -- Mario, Luigi, and two different colored Toads. Why two toads instead of what migh...
New Super Mario Bros. Wii video will make you want it now

So this isn't colored by the fact that I played a four-player game of New Super Mario Bros. Wii with its creator, Shigeru Miyamoto, but I'm pretty sure this game is going to be awesome. Like...
New Super Mario Bros Wii is red, shiny, and fancy

I have laid eyes on the final North American retail box for New Super Mario Bros. Wii, and I have to report, it's like no other Wii box you've seen before. Shigeru Miyamoto pulled the thing out o...
Using Mario Wii's Super Guide makes Miyamoto regretful

During a demo of the upcoming New Super Mario Bros. Wii with creator Shigeru Miyamoto, I finally had a chance to see the much-talked-about "demo play" in action. This mode, actually cal...
Miyamoto still sees 'possibility with' Wii Music

Nintendo, as a company, is seemingly arrogant in the confidence it has in its products. And why shouldn't it? As of late, it's rarely missed. Example: When it announced a scale that could be used...
Former journo tells Miyamoto that Mario is dead

Earlier this week, wrestling legend and actor "Captain" Lou Albano passed away at the age of 76. In the late '80s, Albano portrayed Nintendo's Mario on the short-lived television series...
Miyamoto: Rivals face 'big challenge' with motion control

Legendary game designer and dignity-shirker Shigeru Miyamoto has been talking about the "me-too" motion controls of rival companies, claiming that Microsoft's Project Natal and Sony's W...
Waggle is constantly evolving, Miyamoto says

One of the questions that pops up on a regular basis in my head when I’m sitting around popping up questions in my head (usually Tuesdays and bank holidays) is why Wii MotionPlus is only an...
Miyamoto: Mario Galaxy 2 is for 'veteran gamers'

Nintendo loves to convince embittered and cynical "hardcore" gamers that they haven't changed, and nobody wants to claim that he's still "cool" more than lovable mentalcase Sh...
Miyamoto wants Wii Sports Resort island to be a 'character'

Shigeru Miyamoto is legendary for creating some of the most memorable and revered character in all of videogames. Mario, Donkey Kong, Link ... and some others. However, Miyamoto's current commitm...
Miyamoto says games need controllers

While the world "oohs" and "aahs" at Microsoft's hands-off Project Natal concept, Nintendo design legend Shigeru Miyamoto has voiced skepticism for the whole idea. Unsure that...
Story will be getting the axe in Super Mario Galaxy 2

You may have heard that Super Mario Galaxy 2 will feature 90% new content, but it won't have 90% new storyline, according to a Wired interview with Mario creator, and SMG2 producer Shigeru Miyamo...
New Zelda in 2011? Wii MotionPlus required?

We've barely seen anything about the next Zelda game coming out other than a few words from Miyamoto himself and a single piece of concept art. Still it's almost garnering more buzz than a 2.5D M...
Nintendo ditches challenge in their games -- if you want

This one is directly from SephirothX's Cblog and I say that early on instead of at the end because I mostly disagree with him about this. See the new New Super Mario Bros. has a feature that was ...
E3 09: Miyamoto checks out the competition

Infiltrating an enemy base is often hard. It usually requires planning and Sam Fischer like stealth. However, I'm pretty sure Shigeru Miyamoto just had to cross the aisle in the West Hall of the ...
Why Pikmin is the greatest videogame series ever

A few weeks ago Jim Sterling wrote an article about why Dynasty Warriors is the greatest videogame series ever. It was an interesting feature, but I had to chuckle at the glaring typo in the head...
Check out Miyamoto's discarded touch screen RPG

For every great DS game we actually get, you can bet there are a dozen cool ideas that probably never saw the light of day. Case in point: the picture above is from a discarded Nintendo patent wh...
Original Star Fox creator won't do sequel, jabs at Miyamoto

Sad news for Star Fox fans -- in an interview with G4, the original creator of Star Fox, Dylan Cuthbert, says that he's not interested in making a new Star Fox game for at least 10 years. The rea...
Fat DS signed by Shig up for grabs if you have an equally fat savings to spend

Considering that my DS is probably the most-played console in my house, I obviously have a soft spot for it, and I've certainly been known to drip saliva on some of the rarer DS I've seen in the ...
Miyamoto comments on Wii Music review scores

In an interview with Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto, Edge asked for the legendary designer's response to some of the poor reviews Wii Music received from the gaming press. Miyamoto says that he thin...
Shigeru Miyamoto's sexual inadequacy and tear-stricken confession

While making my journey from the United Kingdom to the United States, I happened to pick up a copy of Edge magazine for the flight. Contained within was a very fascinating interview with game des...
Miyamoto: Anything can be a videogame

It can't have escaped anybody's attention that Nintendo's focus has shifted dramatically since the release of the Wii and its mainstream appeal. Nobody in Nintendo seems to have embraced the chan...
Miyamoto: Wii Music is 'a new kind of musical instrument'

In a roundtable session with several media outlets, Nintendo's developer extraordinaire Shigeru Miyamoto laid out the details on his latest work, Wii Music. GamePro had some highlights from this ...
Miyamoto not a fan of excessive game violence, wants to punch it in the face

Everybody knows that Shigeru Miyamoto is a lovely little imp. Not only is he always grinning like some sort of lunatic, his games are colorful, gentle and most importantly, not all that violent. ...
Miyamoto is named a 'new Einstein'

Brainy magazine Mental Floss has named legendary game designer Shigeru Miyamoto as one of their "new Einsteins" -- geniuses who have proven themselves capable of amazing mental feats. F...
Miyamoto shows Wii Music to Preschoolers, redefines adorable

Nintendo and Shigeru Miyamoto visited a preschool in Japan and demonstrated to the kids how to play Wii Music. Miyamoto interacts with all of the kids as they each get a turn playing the game and...
E3 08: A new Pikmin is in the works, says Miyamoto

In an E3 question and answer roundtable just a few hours ago, Shigeru Miyamoto confirmed that he is currently working on a new Pikmin game, presumably for the Wii.When asked about “core tit...
Miyamoto doesn't know what Ratchet and Clank is: That's a man up on his games

A while back, Insomniac made a somewhat arrogant claim by stating it was flattered that Super Mario Galaxy had Ratchet & Clank-inspired spherical worlds. It was a presumptuous statement to ma...
EW interview shows Miyamoto to be video gaming's biggest auteur

Yeah, that's right: I said auteur. Deal with it.Entertainment Weekly recently posted an interview with Shigeru Miyamoto where topics ranged from social issues in video gaming (most Japanese...
Miyamoto officially one of the 100 People That Shape Our World

I don’t know what the fine people of Los Angeles are waiting for. I have been staring out the window all morning waiting for the giant parade celebrating the greatness that is Miyamoto, but...
Miyamoto nominated for TIME magazine's 100 Most Influential People

Every year, TIME magazine compiles a list of the "100 Most Influential People in the World." Out of the 204 nominations this year, readers can vote on who they want to be in the final 1...
Nintendo open to expanding Mii experience?

In an interview with Newsweek's N'Gai Croal, Nintendo "visionary" Shigeru Miyamoto fessed up that expanding the Mii universe isn't off of Nintendo's table:"In term...
Miyamoto disses PlayStation Home, breaks into Captain Obvious mode

I like to think of Shigeru Miyamoto as one of the kindest men on this planet. In fact, I honestly don't think the dude has a mean bone in his tiny little body. So, when I see the Nintendo m...
Miyamoto wants to know: What does Nintendo mean to you?

It seems like Nintendo is upping the market research ante by sending designer extraodinaire Shigeru Miyamoto to Yahoo! Answers to ask, "How old were you when you first heard the term 'N...
GDC 2007: Gettin Shiggy wit it

Miyamoto is a charming man, which is not a huge surprise. This morning in his GDC keynote, he chose the tradtional route of outlining Nintendo's corporate focus as well as his own for the pas...




 
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