Shigeru Miyamoto: Gaming

“It isn't about "games", for me, personally, and it never really was. It was about creating something- anything- far bigger than yourself.”

Shigeru Miyamoto

Source: GDC 2011

Game , Personality

“A delayed game is eventually good, but a rushed game is forever bad.”

Shigeru Miyamoto

Source: Shigeru Miyamoto: A rushed game is forever bad http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gamesblog/2012/apr/27/shigeru-miyamoto-rushed-game-forever-bad guardian.co.uk Games Blog, published April 27, 2012

Game

“When we’re doing an action game, we make the second level first. We begin making level 1 once everything else is completed.”

Shigeru Miyamoto

Source: http://gamasutra.com/view/news/175791/A_free_tip_from_Miyamoto_Make_your_first_level_last.php

Game

“Originally, I wanted a machine that would cost $100. My idea was to spend nothing on the console technology so all the money could be spent on improving the interface and software. If we hadn't used NAND flash memory [to store data such as games and photos] and other pricey parts, we might have succeeded.”

Shigeru Miyamoto

On Wii
Source: November 16, 2006 Business Week interview http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/nov2006/tc20061116_750580.htm

Money , Photo , Game , Idea

“Games are a trigger for adults to again become primitive, primal, as a way of thinking and remembering. An adult is a child who has more ethics and morals, that's all. When I am a child, creating, I am not creating a game. I am in the game. The game is not for children, it is for me. It is for an adult who still has a character of a child.”

Shigeru Miyamoto

Source: Next Generation Magazine

Children , Way , Game , Thinking

“A game that keeps a smile on the player's face is a wonderful thing. Nintendo's theme for 2006 will be "Create new fun". Spread the fun of games to everyone. To do this, we must return to the beginning, to recapture the essence that made people who enjoy games even now enjoy them in the first place.”

Shigeru Miyamoto

Source: Famitsu

People , Smile , Game

“I could make Halo. It's not that I couldn't design that game. It's just that I choose not to. One thing about my game design is that I never try to look for what people want and then try to make that game design. I always try to create new experiences that are fun to play.”

Shigeru Miyamoto

Source http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20037961,00.html?cid=recirc-peopleRecirc

People , Game

“Any new media or industry that grows rapidly is going to be criticized. That's just because the older, more established media have been around, and a lot of adults can be very conservative. They may not have an open mind to new things that weren't around when they were growing up, and are replacing the things they grew up with… over the years I've seen this standard image of a child playing a video game in which the child is alone in a darkened room, with his face very close to the TV, with the light of the TV reflecting off his face, holding the controller and just staring at the TV. I'd really like to be able to change that image of video games into something that's a little more positive.”

Shigeru Miyamoto

Source: Gamasutra.com (members only)

Game , Light , Change

“I would say the games that we're working on now, like the new Zelda: Twilight Princess, have hardcore content. And if you look at the Revolution's controllers, there's a nunchaku-style controller expansion that's really well suited to first-person shooters.”

Shigeru Miyamoto

On Wii
Source: 2006 Issue of Maxim (Note: "Revolution" was the working name for the Wii)

Game , Personality , Princess