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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 make at the time, and now legendary Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto has just added both injury and insult by admitting he has no idea what Ratchet & Clank even is. "It's not an idea we got from anywhere else," claimed Nintendo's resident pixie when asked about the spherical worlds. "I'm sorry but I have to admit that I've never seen the game in question. Is it a PC game?" Ouch, that's cold. Still, it's nice to see that one of the most respected games designers in the world doesn't seem to follow the videogames industry. As for Insomniac, I suggest sending Miyamoto creepy emails and rooting through his garbage. That's how I used to get attention from women who didn't know me. Don't worry, at least half the cases won't make it to trial.
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Heh heh...
It WAS a very smug comment by Insomniac, though. But I think Miyamoto is the mad scientist that just stays in his office and his home's garden... and gets high while designing game concepts....
I found rooting through their garbage works best dressed up as a garbage man on garbage day. Feel free to empty the whole bin into your vehicle.
LMAO, Miyamoto just pimp-slapped Insomniac.
I think he's lying.
Miyamoto: amazingly out of touch with the industry or making an even MORE smug comment by pretending not to know the game and knowing there are plenty of forth-mouthed nintendo fanboys to go along with whatever he says.
Make sure you read that in a hard-hitting journalism voice while wearing underpants on your head, just so you know how seriously it should be taken. I'm very surprised he doesn't know about the game though.
That's what they get for being arrogant. I want to see Miyamoto wear a Destructoid Shirt.
pwned.
Both the idea of him genuinely not knowing Ratchet and Clank and the idea of him just delivering some smackdown to one of the PS3's good games are equally plausable.
It would be hilarious to hear Miyamoto smack talking though.
I think the only games available in Miyamoto's world are Mario games. Either that or he's senile.
Myamoto is the man
lol@Insomniac
eeeeeesssaaaamariooooo
Flawless Victory!
I think he's totally telling the truth. The dude marches to the beat of his own drum, and admits that he doesn't play many video games. Plus, the whole 3-game series has only sold a little more than a million in Japan, with more than half of those from the first one. Not peanuts, but not a blockbuster either.
They may be arrogant, but they are right in that they were the first. SMG is just way too hyped up, kind of like WoW. It somehow makes people forget everything else that came before.
wow... he could have played off the denial alot better if not for the BS comment of not knowing what R&C is.. but ya R&C with spherical worlds/gravity first.. but honestly who cares.. both are good games .... and Ratchet Future was freakin sweet
Just because he might not know what it is doesn't mean that the rest of the team hadn't seen it. I could care less either way but I found the round worlds annoying and I don't enjoy playing games that are up side down.
Miyamoto doesn't know Ratchet & Clank? Nintendo still can't ramp up productions of the Wii??
Shenanigans!
miyamoto might be like that guy that works so much at a restuarant that he doesn't eat the food. It might be the same with him and games since he does produce,director and monitor other Nintendo franchises. At his age why pay attention to some one else when you got shit of your own to go through..
Remember his reactions towards Haze and his comment about Halo..
That's Shiggy for you. I remember when he said "I could make a Halo, I just don't want to"
Well then fucking make it.
Sterling you are a funny funny man.
Also, this is shocking.
For someone who claimed he could make Halo, this is just another arrogant piece of bullshit. Miyamoto would definitely be aware of the best competitor to his Mario platformers...
Yeah, I think Miyamoto needs to get off his throne for a bit and look around, starting to remind me of a certain big company that was violently tossed from theirs. I have to admit though hearing him say, "Rachito ando Kurankeru, nandesuka?" would be funny.
@Rorchach
EVen though I do not know a lot about how well R&C is selling in Japan, to call it the "best competitor to his Mario platformer," is a pretty bold statement to make. You work for Insomniac too?
Because the idea of a spherical world with gravity is so original. . .
the Japanese, dismissive of foreign products and ideas!?!
This just in: Insomniac invented gravity.
Oh Snap!
He's just mad Ratchet & Clank Future is better than Mario Galaxy. Thats right..I said it.
Well, maybe this is akin to hardcore sports fans in America not knowing what a scrum, wickit or Futbol is?
if it wasn't for Miyamoto most of us would not be playing games.
i dont care about Imsomniac.
i've heard great things about Mario Galaxy from people.
not much about Ratchet... or any PS3 game.
to everyone saying that Miyamoto is lying, do you know that a lot of (japanese especially) game developers don't even play games that much? Especially nintendo. I know iwata plays games ZERO percent of the time and Miyamoto barely plays games. And a Japanese person not giving a crap about a western game? THATS UNTHINKABLE!
Flamebait aside, I think Miamoto's either being coy or he's a little eccentric and doesn't get out too much. They're both great games but R&C is more my style of game so I like it better. Anyone who has played them and doesn't at least respect the R&C games is an idiot.
And technically the scrapped sonic extreme game was probably the 1st with speherical 3d worlds.
Who actually buys Ratchet and Clank, honestly?
@iateyourhorse
Good point, rented mine from gamefly.
who's your daddy bitch..pwned by miyamoto..lol
Are we even for a moment pretending that anything in game design is a 100% original?
It's just like literature all the truly great ideas get borrowed and reworked.
Most people claim that the Mario franchise invented platforming, but I seem to remember lots of little platforms in "Joust" on the Atari 2600...
you know....... its not hard to make a halo...... seriously how many of you cant direct a great FPS.... I knwo I got a bunch of Ideas.... but miyamoto doesnt program or doesnt draw he just directs and comes up with concepts...
old new is old, he said this months ago when the allegations popped up even before R&C future was released.... somehow... THAT particular game is not selling out in stores.... hmmmm thats kinda like saying Halo took every other shitty gun concept from games before it like unreal or quake
@Rucksack: Yeah. Its all basically pong. Game over.
I loves me some Ratchet and Clank. That said, if Miyamoto honestly doesn't know about the Ratchet and Clank series, I wouldn't be surprised nor would I look down on him for it.
Miyamoto is in his own world working at Nintendo and he does great work that way. Why should one of the industry's top figures need to keep up with other games?
It's the other games that need to keep up with him.
"Is it a PC game?" Ouch.
Oh sure, the best designer in the business is unaware of his competition?
Excuse me while i barf 3 $ bills and walk on water.
i never heard of ratchet&clank before it came out for the ps3
looks kinda corny
I can't decide if this makes Miyamoto amazing or out of touch.
Miyamoto ftw
He's too hardcore for Ratchet and Clank, guys. He's all about the Wii Fit.
Sure didn't take long for all the Mario/Nintendo trolls to come out of the woodwork, did it?
somehow i think that miyamoto was joking there... or at least lying... ratchet and clank seems to be a pretty big game in japan, and miyamoto seems to love platformers, and the ratchet and clanks (like the mario titles) are some of the best...
Well 2 things, One Miyamoto is right, he doesnt play games cept the ones he tests of his own games. But he could be lying if he said he never saw it. R&C advertising is all over the world, but like me, I never played it :(
2. People are taking this out of context... SMG has been in the works since when... since before the Wii was released. R&C same thing, both of them tried new ideas on their new game in new system.
They are both original. Abut the gravity IP? shit I remember a NES MCDONALD game that had that... so give props to them, a 1986 game....
so Jim: McDonald invented gravity.
They've had this idea since the old Mario 128 demo, and definitely before that too. Why does the idea have to come from R&C?
He so funny.
Somehow I can't find it in me to believe stories like this, even if they do put Nintendo on higher ground.
lulz. It's like a parent reprimanding a small child.
Pwned by Miyamoto
Miyamoto wins!
Friggin' Sonic 3 had spherical worlds in its bonus levels back in 1993.
Besides, everyone knows Columbus invented spherical worlds, not Insomniac.
Not surprised at all that Miyamoto isn't aware of games other than his own. I think they keep him in a cave, in total darkness, where he designs games based off of his mushroom inspired "visions".
This comment from Miyamoto reminds me of what Quentin Tarantino supposedly said about Heroes "What the fuck is Heroes?". Are they being smug or are they truly unaware of these popular properties? What are the answers? Find out next week!
+1 skullivan
Well, I just lost a lot of respect for Mr. Miyamoto. He's an icon of the gaming industry, and yet he knows little about some of the best stuff in it.
Thats impossible. Ratchet and Clank is popular in Japan. I know this. Just look at all the Ratchet and Clank Japanese commercials. There are SO MANY. Ok thats not a feasible explanation for why it's popular but I think the man is BSing when he says he hasn't heard of Ratchet and Clank.
I can believe it. Miyamoto doesn't seem like the type of guy to concern himself with any other games but Nintendo's. And as for never seeing a advertisement, do you really remember ads for something you have no interest in?
Grapefruit Juice, I don't get it: what does that picture have to do with Japan?
Grapefruit Juice, I don't get it: what does that picture have to do with Japan?
WTF is Ratchet and Clank? Its is like a copy of Jak and Daxter?
Nice moves Miyamoto! They back you into to a corner and that creative brain of yours gets you out of trouble. If only I could be so quick with the little "cover your ass" lies...
Either it IS a lie...or He's too busy trying to get Luigi another starring role in another horrible game. 'Luigi's Gadget Paradise' sounds like a winner.
was there even a commercial for ratchet and clank before the PS3? or one that showcased the spherical worlds? I certainly dont remember one.... but way for a company thats in a rut to pat themselves in the back...
Ummm it's not a lie, the spherical worlds is an idea Nintendo had since back on that Mario 128 Gamecube demo, it says as much in the interview about SMG. And honestly I wouldn't expect a guy like that to play a lot of games, especially US developed ones. Most of the time he's probably too busy working.
Sure, Miyamoto could make a Halo, but why should he bother? Now, let's see Bungie make a Super Mario Galaxy.
As for the topic at hand, yeah, why is it so shocking that a Japanese designer like Miyamoto wouldn't know about a relatively obscure American-made game, whose creators made a bullshit claim that he was somehow inspired by them? As Wedge says, Nintendo has been working on this sphere-walking shit since before unveiling the Mario 128 demo.
I find it so laughable that you expect Miyamoto to be on top of his competitions games. Do any of you even work for corporations?
The higher up the management chain you go, the further from the pulse you are, particularly with developers. It's the programmers and grunts that probably spend the most time with other games. But Miyamoto manages multiple teams and probably spends more