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Nintendo legend says Shigeru Miyamoto's industrial design education caused him to view his games as "products" instead of "works of art", and that's why they're "more closely aligned" with players

Not the 'games as art' discourse

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Nintendo and Illumination are "working hard" on Super Mario Bros. Movie 2, with Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto saying the idea for the sequel is an "interesting" one

Give us 90 minutes of Lumalee

Total Film

Nintendo’s Most Exciting Fantasy Epic Just Got A Disappointing Update

Princess Zelda needs to spend a little more time in Hollywood.

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The Legend of Zelda movie has been delayed, but creator Shigeru Miyamoto says it’s so they can "make the film as good as it can be"

The movie is due out in 2027

Total Film

The Legend of Zelda film adaptation reportedly eyeing fan pick for Princess Zelda

Fans immediately called for ‘Euphoria’ star Hunter Schafer to play Zelda as soon as the adaptation was announced

The Independent UK

Despite being the father of Mario, Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto has once again affirmed Pikmin is his favourite child: "I spent a lot of time the past 5, 6 years really wanting to grow Pikmin"

He also explained Pikmin's cameos are due to an "unwritten rule where they're okay to appear with other characters"

GamesRadar

Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto says game devs should "try to do something that nobody's done before" because chasing trends is "going to be stressful"

"The process of coming up with something new, coming up with a new experience, is very fun"

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Donkey Kong creator Shigeru Miyamoto explains the big ape's redesign was all in service of making him "more expressive"

And he looks better than ever for it

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Nintendo legend Shigeru Miyamoto reveals which Switch 2 game he's most excited for - and it's not Mario Kart World

But the winner does make a lot of sense

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Nintendo Denies Using Gaming’s Most Controversial Technology

Nintendo says it didn't use generative AI in 'Mario Kart World' after viewers spot sketchy images in a recent stream.

Inverse

‘It was just the perfect game’: Henk Rogers on buying Tetris and foiling the KGB

The man who brought Tetris to the west reveals what the movie of his life got right and wrong, how he influenced Nintendo, and why he has now swapped gaming for climate change campaigning

The Guardian - UK

Nintendo's fearsome CEO once called Shigeru Miyamoto in to ask if Tetris was any good, who replied 'your secretaries and accountants are all playing at lunchtime and after work, and that's never happened before'

Knew what to look for.

PC Gamer

Nintendo Switch 2 Direct live: all the Switch 2 reveals as they happen

The latest Switch 2 news as it happens from the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct presentation

GamesRadar

The Nintendo Switch 2 era could be bittersweet, as former staff point out that 40-year veterans like Shigeru Miyamoto and Zelda and Metroid legends are nearing their retirements

"It may not mean that the games are going to be bad, it's just going to feel different"

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Hey listen! The live-action Legend of Zelda movie just got a 2027 release date confirmed by Sony and Nintendo

Sony and Nintendo set March 26, 2027 release date for the live-action film adaptation of The Legend of Zelda video game.

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Mario and Zelda creator rejects AI to "find what makes Nintendo special" – what we can all learn from Shigeru Miyamoto

Ahead of the Switch 2 launch Nintendo is becoming an inspiration in the AI era.

Total Film

A Zelda movie is finally happening, but Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto used to adamantly oppose the idea even "if Steven Spielberg himself" wanted to do it

"The answer was always no"

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Link's iconic horse was almost a moose, and other Zelda secrets revealed in unearthed Miyomoto interview

Zelda secrets revealed in newly translated interview from 1988

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Star Fox and Zelda veteran kept seeing Shigeru Miyamoto in his dreams after leaving Nintendo: "I'd start developing a game and then I'd wake up"

Takaya Imamura left Nintendo in 2021 after more than three decades at the company

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Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto once asked ex-PlayStation boss Shuhei Yoshida his thoughts on Star Fox Zero on Wii U, and well, we've all been there: "Should I say my honest reaction?"

Star Fox Zero may not have been the best demo game for the Wii U

GamesRadar

Star Fox designer says the game's iconic mascot is based on the "essence" of Shigeru Miyamoto: "I think if you look closely you can see the similarities"

"None of them reacted much at all, to be honest"

The Guardian - UK

‘Inside I was doing the Mario jump’ – how one artist became a key player in Nintendo’s story

Takaya Imamura worked at Nintendo for 32 years before leaving to create his own game, Omega Six. He shares anecdotes from those pivotal years at the creative giant

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Mario's iconic pipes only exist because Shigeru Miyamoto happened to see "a plastic pipe sticking out of a wall" while wandering the streets of Kyoto

The pipes offered a way to transport enemies back to the top of the screen

GamesRadar

Before Nintendo hired Shigeru Miyamoto, it tried to patent the kid's toy he made and brought to his interview: "I remember thinking, 'this is a shrewd company!'"

"I mean, I was able to get the patent rights without filing the fee myself, so it was all good"

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Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto found it hard to watch his own kids playtest Super Mario 64: "Geez, does this kid have any brains?"

Child's play

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