Not a screamer or wall puncher, but an unabashed elitist. If you put out a successful new game (Galaxy), and have it pointed out that the chief original concept in said game was already done in another game (Ratchet), it is nothing less than callous to mock the game by pretending ignorance of it - especially in a way which implies that it wasn't even enough of a success in its own right to merit knowledge of what platform it was released on. That sort of attitude is two-faced and really shows the man's true colors.

Asterra

@Manny:
XD;;; WIN.

(Seriously, awesomely funny.)

Tsuzu

I heard a tale once from my friend that Miyamote dispatched his small group of elite ninja's and killed unknown Nintendo developers, their families, dogs and burnt down their house, because they made games that featured green sky... I don't know though, thats how the tale goes.

Avoc

I heard a story from a friend in the industry about Miyamoto turning up right at the end of Metroid Prime's developement, and being rather loud and disparaging. Apperently he felt so energetic in his desire to express himself that he broke off into Japanese for several minutes or his alleged tirade. Hope its not true, but thats how tale goes. I'd be interested to hear if this was incidental or typical behaviour? Or any more info about said/similar incidents.

Eclectus

Good to know he's not a screamer or a wall puncher. That'd suck.

I dont know why, but this made me really laugh! Maybe we all had people like that!

Anyhow, Miyamoto is smart, he gets people brainwashed into thinking they are having fun until 2 a.m. everyday. While other game employees from other companies complain!

:-p

EnigmaNemesis

@Manny: Hahaha! I'm still half asleep and I totally saw that happen just like in SMK. XD

GUNLOC_MORIYM

@DarkLuigi: I failed mario 64 on the fat ds too :(

Irenicus-the one and only

Liked all mario games except for sunshine and the super mario 64 on the Ds, it was to hard to control!!

DarkLuigi

@Random J:
Miyamoto's 'upending the tea table' is purely metaphorical, but probably the amount of sheer work created by it provides far more stress than any physical tantrum ever could

new_pornographer

@Cappy and @Ixero: Lots of jobs are that way really.

Of course, I might be biased to think that because it's 6am now, and I'm still at the office. We made jokes about the guy who went home at 3am being a slacker.

The_Inquisitor

Well, I bet the wife's not too happy with those 2 a.m. work sessions...

And @JP_Neptune: Of course he's simple! He creates ideas for fantastic games by petting his dog and spending time in his garden! :)

PaintedMidget

So Miyamoto is a simple guy? I can hear the echoes of disappointment from Shigsy-worshippers around the globe...

JP_Neptune

It'd actually be funny if he was some crazy bastard throwing tantrums and shit: Upturning desks and kicking water machines down.

Random J

@Cappy: That's not just Miyamoto, it's that way overall when it comes to developing and coding games. It gets worse as crunch time gets closer.

@Witzbold: I hear word that the old dragon of Nintendo nudged him towards it, for his own safety when it comes to driving. Even though there's a plan filed in NOJ's HQ in case of his death, I don't think anyone wants to have to deal with that for a few more years and given he doesn't smoke and Japanese people typically live pretty long amounts of time, it's best to keep him about and active as long as they can.

Foxstar Sixtail

Heh, Toasticus will be happy to see this post :)

DaiMacculate

@Ixero: Actually I remember reading a couple of different accounts of Nintendo staff actually working with their spouses on projects within the company after they met whilst at work. I'd be interested in seeing how common this is within the company. And further, how common it is at other Japanese Game devs as there are apparently a lot more women involved in it than in the west.

new_pornographer

And if you decide to leave for the night in the wee hours...well...actually, NOBODY LEAVES BEFORE THEIR SHIFT IS OVER.

Frank

Yeah Ive had to sleep over at the office multiple times before too in the past. Fun stuff, granted its not really sleeping over since Im awake working the whole time anyways.

Witzbold

...Wonder how much fun it is for him to try and park the damn thing here in these teeny weeny parking lots. But those late worknights don't surprise me. A few of the guys I met the other week that worked at the MOFA often worked until LONG after the trains stopped running. Same for those that I know that work in the private sector

SumDum_Guy

@Witzbold: lol, I can see it now, him cruisin' down in a hummer wearing bling bling listening to japanese rap music :P This is completly destroying my illusion of him >.<

Irenicus-the one and only

Damn, I hope that guy isn't married. I know my wife wouldn't put up with me coming home at 2am. She would put me on sofa duty.

Ixero

2am? Working for Miyamoto doesn't sound like something I could do for very long, no matter how fun it is.

Cappy

@Irenicus-the one and only: Yeah back 3 years ago at the TGS a photographer friend of mine managed to find it at the parking lot. Big letters MIYAMOTO for the license plate also.

Witzbold

@Witzbold: He did have a regular hatchback until he drove over a mushroom.

Manny

@Witzbold: For real? lol I would never guess that, I thought he'd be driving an electric toyota 2 seater or something :P

Irenicus-the one and only

Btw I wonder if the fact that Miyamoto drives a hummer says something about his otherwise timid appearance?

I was rather amused when I had found that out myself 3 years ago.

Witzbold

Sounds like a lot nicer to work for this guy then Rockstar games :D

But then again, it is not fair to compare them or anyone else to Miyamoto, because hes an Alien.

Irenicus-the one and only

We don't know, maybe Miyamoto is a madman behind closed doors...

almypal

@NecronomiconUK: Next-Gen have a license to publish Edge content, they do it all the time. So, yes, this is the exact same article.

Luke Plunkett

@The_Inquisitor: Seeing as people are pretty frank about how Steve Jobs is, I don't see why Miyamoto would be any different, though I guess culture would make the difference.

Saxboy

I assume Next-Gen is just our Edge magazine rehashed, cos this was in the issue that came out a couple of weeks ago.

Intresting article (like most in Edge), it's always really intresting to have a peek behind the nintendo magic curtain. Galaxy really is a piece of genius and Koizumi needs a hell of a lot of kudos.

NecronomiconUK

But is this really believable? I mean, given the weight that Shiggy carries the truth could be something more like this:

"Miyamoto-sama beat me daily with the cord from my mouse. If at anytime I questioned, or he thought I was thinking about questioning anything he said or did, he would burn me by smashing my face into the coffee warming plate repeatedly."

And somehow I expect we would still see the quote in the article.

The_Inquisitor

I can imagine Mega 64 doing a skit just on this alone...

nissan288

O.o

katorok

@Asterra: Yeah, Ratchet totally did that first. Except for maybe Sonic Adventure 2. Or even Yoshi's Island. Even if what Miyamoto said was out of line, what Insomniac said was inaccurate.
But anyway, Miyamoto seems like a pretty good guy to work for. Unless he scraps everything and has you redo what you've been working for ala Twilight Princess.

TheCleaningGuy