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This guy looks exactly like he did 20 years ago
Im surprised he hasnt been featured as a head in a jar in Futurama yet
Im surprised he hasnt been featured as a head in a jar in Futurama yet
And here I was looking forward to him working with new teams and stuff instead of what he's been doing all this time.
I really want to see what smaller games he wants to work on. He said he wants to show one off by next year. :D
He is retiring, just not now.
Interesting that he is having to cultivate a company to carry on without him. It's like he's Jesus.
Interesting that he is having to cultivate a company to carry on without him. It's like he's Jesus.
If Skyward Sword is the product of Miyamoto preparing the crew for his retirement, then I'd say they're well on their way. And with Aonuma's recent talk of changes to the Zelda formula to make it fresh again, I'd say all will end well.
Although the people at Nintendo will probably go on an epic quest for the Fountain of Youth before they let Miyamoto retire.
Although the people at Nintendo will probably go on an epic quest for the Fountain of Youth before they let Miyamoto retire.
I havn't had a chance to play Super Mario Land 3D yet but judging by Skyward Sword .... that team still has a lot of growing to do. The SS experience was just way too hit and miss.
“Shigeru Miyamoto would be taking his leave of the company.”
See this is how this story spiraled out of control in the first place, because people just read the word “Retirement” and jump to conclusions. He never said he was leaving the company. At the very worst case scenario, he said he'll eventually step down from his current position to work on smaller games, that could become big project in the future for Nintendo.
So that's not leaving Nintendo in any way, shape, or form. He wants to work with the next generation of Nintendo developers, who will take over when he actually does retire, but that's not going to happen anytime soon. Either way him leaving Nintendo, was never part of the equation!
See this is how this story spiraled out of control in the first place, because people just read the word “Retirement” and jump to conclusions. He never said he was leaving the company. At the very worst case scenario, he said he'll eventually step down from his current position to work on smaller games, that could become big project in the future for Nintendo.
So that's not leaving Nintendo in any way, shape, or form. He wants to work with the next generation of Nintendo developers, who will take over when he actually does retire, but that's not going to happen anytime soon. Either way him leaving Nintendo, was never part of the equation!
Personally, I agree with Miyamoto, at least in regards to Skyward Sword. Mario 3D Land I cant speak to, seeing as I haven't played it. For the most part Skyward Sword was amazing and experimented a lot more with the Zelda formula of overworld, dungeon, overworld, had great swordplay that validated motion control for me and gave me characters I cared about and connected to. Skyward Sword actually gave me a Zelda I gave a damn about for the first time since Ocarina. In my opinion, other than one escort mission and an annoying fetch quest late in the game, the experience was almost flawless.
I'd say the other Nintendo teams have proved themselves more than ready to fill Miyamoto's shoes and ultimately surpass him.
I'd say the other Nintendo teams have proved themselves more than ready to fill Miyamoto's shoes and ultimately surpass him.
I actually agree with SmithyX here. Miyamoto is clearly building up a team that will make the exact same games he always produced, without any real changes in the gameplay, design, or story. For all their talk about innovation, Nintendo has a pretty conservative ideology.
Miyamoto isn't retiring, he's "retiring". Everything he said in that Wired interview is what he is doing. He's stepping down as general manager because the economy and the poor performance of 3D Mario (especially 3D Mario Land), Zelda under his and Aonuma's guidance, and other games is forcing the business side to say "Hey guys, we just took our first loss in three decades. Make games that people are going to buy. Make games people WANT."
Miyamoto doesn't want to do this, but the business side isn't going to allow his other developers' selfishness to destroy the company. So he's stepping back down to just being a developer so he can do whatever he wants. The good news is that he stop running the company into the ground and that now we can get someone to fill his shoes that's going to make the kind of games that people want, and not what Nintendo's developers want to make (because that's all they've been allowed to do lately and so far they're firing blanks outside of 2D Mario and Mario Kart).
Cutting through the bullshit and reading between the lines, that's what is really going at Nintendo and all talk to the contrary is just Nintendo doing damage control and the like. Miyamoto himself has become toxic to the company and to its games, and the sooner that the self-absorbed stubborn old fool has left Nintendo the better off gaming will be for everyone.
Miyamoto doesn't want to do this, but the business side isn't going to allow his other developers' selfishness to destroy the company. So he's stepping back down to just being a developer so he can do whatever he wants. The good news is that he stop running the company into the ground and that now we can get someone to fill his shoes that's going to make the kind of games that people want, and not what Nintendo's developers want to make (because that's all they've been allowed to do lately and so far they're firing blanks outside of 2D Mario and Mario Kart).
Cutting through the bullshit and reading between the lines, that's what is really going at Nintendo and all talk to the contrary is just Nintendo doing damage control and the like. Miyamoto himself has become toxic to the company and to its games, and the sooner that the self-absorbed stubborn old fool has left Nintendo the better off gaming will be for everyone.
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