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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"

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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.

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‘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.

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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

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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.

TechRadar

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.

Creative Bloq

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"

Total Film

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

Creative Bloq

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

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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

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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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Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto "very much" regretted making Super Mario Sunshine so hard as it should be something that even "Grandma and Grandpa" can pick up and play

The Mario maker wanted to GameCube classic to be more playable for everyone

GamesRadar

Zelda creator Shigeru Miyamoto always knew that Navi was the "biggest weakpoint of Ocarina of Time" and once said "I wanted to remove the entire system"

Hey! Listen!

The Guardian - UK

Nintendo DS at 20 – the console that paved the way for smartphone gaming

In this week’s newsletter: With its clamshell design and innovative touch-screen, the DS was the bridge between handheld games devices and the iPhone

Evening Standard

Nintendo reveals Donkey Kong Country theme park area in Japan: opening date and new rides

The new area features a bongo-based rhythm activity, inspired by the 2003 Gamecube title Donkey Konga, and a mine cart rollercoaster

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Nintendo's Miyamoto says he isn't a genius and "I'd prefer not to work at all, but If I'm going to work, I want to do so as efficiently as possible"

He also expands on his video game design philosophy

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