Shigeru Miyamoto, 59, told Wired’s Chris Kohler that he’s been telling people in his office that he’s going to retire, but that he means he is retiring from his current position, not from the industry.
“What I really want to do is be in the forefront of game development once again myself,” Miyamoto tells Wired. “Probably working on a smaller project with even younger developers. Or I might be interested in making something that I can make myself, by myself. Something really small.”
The developer says he hopes to show off a new project he’s working on sometimes next year.
Check out the full story over on Wired’s Gamelife.
In a 2007 interview with Kotaku, Miyamoto hinted that he would likely die before he fully retired from Nintendo.
simon
Thursday, December 8, 2011 at 2:00 PMgood time to bust out… ninty is headed down the crapper at its current rate…
not just hardware wise, but user experience – i would like to play online with my friends thanks, not with random strangers that i cant communicate with because they might be kiddy fiddlers
GoodOleTones
Thursday, December 8, 2011 at 2:03 PMThats why they are bringing out the Wii U!
Jake
Thursday, December 8, 2011 at 3:40 PMBahahahahah it’s gonna tank sooo bad. It had some really great games on show at it’s E3 presentation….
Miyamoto is awesome though. He changed gaming for an entire generation.
regis fils aime's self-confidence
Thursday, December 8, 2011 at 5:30 PMit had no games on at e3, it hadnt even been built yet….
Sleeper
Thursday, December 8, 2011 at 6:54 PMDude, your stupidity is showing.
It had quite a few games on display, and there were working models.
Powalen
Thursday, December 8, 2011 at 2:05 PMI suppose it was inevitable that he would retire from the top-tier games. Any game that he is involved in will attract a lot of attention though, no matter how small the project is.
The Cracks
Thursday, December 8, 2011 at 2:35 PM/salute
Mic
Thursday, December 8, 2011 at 5:01 PMHonestly, I think this is for the best. The teams have grown, they’re following entrenched design plans. The last ‘different’ game was Pikmin on the GC. Shiggy being by himself or with a small team of NEW developers…I can’t wait to see what they come up with!
NinjaDude
Thursday, December 8, 2011 at 5:13 PMAt least the developers who worked with Miyamoto are still there and are experienced enough to continue with the Mario and Zelda franchise.
All the best Miyamoto!