I'm surprised no one caught on to this sooner. It's never been any big secret that Mr. Miyamoto draws direct inspiration from his immediate interests. I remember some of the earliest interviews talking about the Zelda series being directly inspired from exploring the woods and small caves near his home as a kid. He's always made clear statements that a new interest comes a new game idea. Gardening turned into Pikmin. The new puppy turned into Nintendogs. I'm surprised there aren't people tailing him round the clock furiously logging\blogging every little thing he does...

10:45am - S.M. walks to kitchen.
10:46am - S.M. looks in fridge.
10:46am - S.M. holds jar of milk in air while humming.
10:47am - S.M. feeds Pick.
10:50am - S.M. shoos birds from garden.
10:51am - S.M. shoos me from garden.

GreenMonkie

Lots of Big Corps do this kind of things all the time. Coca Cola and McDonalds for example

alfredofroylan

armpit farting the William Tell overture.

I tried that once...I ended up scarring the girl next to me for life though...

Amazon_Chris

@Ad-hominem:Miyamoto has repeatly said in the past that he does not play video games. This only changed with the Wii, as save for play testing, he did not own video game systems at all, nor did his two children.

@Suda51:Dude, Miyamoto is the one who came up with the idea of Wii Fit and he had very little support at Nintendo when he did. It's only because of who he is that he was given the green light and the money to develop it. Wii Fit is a 100% Shiggy creation.

@Ad-hominem:Please think before making silly posts attacking a man who has done more for gaming then everyone who posts on this site will do in their lifetimes.

Foxstar Sixtail

@Ickbread: Read the EDGE special about that game. Only SEGA would be able to pull something like that up. ^_^

Shiryu

@Thorax: i think he said somewhere that he doesn't. i'm sure he doesn't even have the time for them.

nathew

Maybe the next game we'll get is based on his experiences as a video game designer.

Ickbread

@Suda51: You are my idol, sir. I love every game you ever made! ;-)

Seriously, he deserves a rest, he gave us soo much already... and im all for new ideias, new ips, real new games, wich is something that we are seeing less and less everyday, unless you count with wiiware/psn/xbla, where smaller games take more risks innovatinh because they can afford to do so.

Yet, I also want the games I grew up with to get thsi current gen update. I want to see the ultimate F-Zero, the ultimate Starfox and the ultimate Pilotwings on the Wii. I do not think it is too much to ask.

The Wii and the DS were the first machines I got from Nintendo that I did not buy with F-Zero (besides the origial brick GameBoy, of course). I bought a SNES with F-Zero, a N64 with F-Zero, GBA with F-Zero and The GameCube when F-Zero GX came out (wich I still play to this very day). I eagerly await any news about the next F-Zero on either machine.

Oh well, im off to my Wii and play F-Zero GX... I can't talk about it without feeling the need to GO FAST... im such a speed junkie...

Shiryu

From what I remember from various interviews:

Hobby: Bicycle Riding. He would try to get lost riding his bike in the hills, and then attempt to find his way back with cheap maps.
Game: Zelda

Hobby: Gardening.
Game: Pikmin

Hobby: Weighing himself.
Game: Wii Fit

Fryfat2

@BossVersion1:

Monopoly Wii Version confirmed! You heard it here first people!

NeoTurbo

I remember Pikmin was born of his love of gardening.
I guess it's decent reasoning on Nintendo's part.

DefHamster

Maybe he's getting into paintball.

Inhert

Pretty sure Nintendogs and Pikmin came about due to Miyamoto and his hobbies too :P

Gizmo54

@Sooku: Donkey Kong's the guy who's pushing those barrels no? I ask, isn't HIM one of Miamoto's characters?

SegevRaz

I guess so.

But there is one thing they do that other people don't follow. (most)

Codman24

@SegevRaz:

No, it's jumping over barrels thrown at him. GET UR FAKTS RITE

Sooku

Out this winter: Super Money Printing Simulator!

Feel the rush and exhilaration that comes from developing consoles that print delicious green, all to feed your decades old mushroom addiction! You can do it all; save princesses! Perpetuate Italian stereotypes! Bask in the glory of blind fanboys everywhere, before crushing their dreams with games that play themselves!

COMING SOON TO A STORE NEAR YOU!
Produced and developed by EA.

McPoogle

Very Very interested in Miyamoto's thoughts on "Braid". After I finally figured out all the puzzles on the first level, thought imagine what another run at Yoshi's Island could be if we teamed the Braid team up with Miyamoto and whoever was in charge of designing the dungeons in Orcania of Time.

Pornosaur

So, his hobbies are losing weight, playing invisible instruments, saving princesses and rolling barrels towards people?

SegevRaz

please please let his hobby be porn so we can get a wii porn game

taftsearlobe33

@Shiryu: I actually wish Miyamoto got brand new interesting hobbies. It was his childhood that brought about Zelda, now he's just kinda old and does old people stuff. Thus all of his gaming genius is being wasted on Wii Fit (Not saying Wii Fit is crap or anything, I'm just saying that do we really need THIS man with all his creative power working on it, when he can be bringing us fresh new franchises!??!) I seriously want to walk up to Miyamoto, take him out playing paint ball, fencing, go to some historical land marks, and then teach him some martial arts, and maybe out of that we can get some new great franchise from him.

Suda51

Cause I'm sure his saying of "I'm taking music lessons" sparked the Guitar Hero phenomenon.

BassForever

He Looks loke a low Life

rustykidrullz

God, im wishing really hard Miyamoto-san next hobbies include driving G-Difuser vehicles at over 1000mph in several grand prixs across the universe and he then joins up a mercenary group of intergalactic animal heros. For spectulative sake, lets call it "F-Zero" Grand Prix and "Starfox" to the bunch of animal mercenaries. No one would ever seen those comming. Suttle hnt: I would buy them day 1 on the Wii.

On a more serious topic, I do hope he gets parachute lessons, delta wing flying, rocket belt training and some cannon travel for good measure because I want some Pilotwings Wii!

Shiryu

If someone could actually pick out from his interviews what type of game he was making next then said person must be really good at paying attention to detail.
Miyamoto might be working on a game right now that one of his hobbies are attached to and nintendo is trying to prevent us from guessing what is going on.

Dirame

But Miyamoto's most favorite hobby is counting all of his money.

BossVersion1

@Ad-hominem: By the way, I'm referring to Nintendo, not Miyamoto.

Ad-hominem

One might think that Miyamoto's interest in playing the banjo is the reason we're getting Wii Music. That makes a certain amount sense but if you look more closely at the E3 press conference you'd realize that's not the real reason. Clearly Miyamoto's new interest is Schadenfreude.

ridleysaria

You're so vain, you think the video game industry revolves around you.

Ad-hominem

I wonder if he still plays games? Probably not as much as when he was younger.

In other news, fanboys everywhere rejoiced when it turns out Miyamoto has been spending his free time replaying Kid Icarus.

Thorax

Shiggy: So I went to the grocery store and bought carrots-
Competitors: AHHA! Carrot-men! You heard it here first, folks! AWAY! *runs*

I could just imagine groups of competitors holding out a piece of paper like a treasure hunt. ...Activision whispering to each other: Okay, so he said he likes sushi and his dog Pikkun. Rodney, you scale that tower, we'll dig a hole riiiiight....here.

Mesren_Makai

@Ryumeka: +1

Owen Good

@Suda51: I wouldn't put it past them.

Ryumeka

Quick, somebody give him a sword and take him to space!

JoBo

My hobbies include jumping, shooting fire from my fingertips and creating motion sensitive controllers.

Ryumeka

I heard Miyamoto liked taking walks to calm himself down somtimes.

THIS JUST IN! Nintendo has confirmed its new walking sim!

Suda51

where will ninty be without this weird genius.

Servant_of_Jashin

Talking about biting the hand that feeds ...

Insane

Imagine if his next game is an FPS. o.o

mfwahwah

Please, if Miyamoto said he was going to jump off the Empire State Building, he'd be doing so with a parachute or a hang glider and that would mean Nintendo is making PilotWings Wii which means it's time for me to shit in my pants. So, um... yes, please?

wild homes isn't anything!

@GreenMonkie: LOL! That made me laugh :) I could see that happening... that's the funny yet sad part :)

okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under)

lol if miyamato watched porn, would he create the most amazing porn simulator to ever come out of japan (which would be pretty amazing considering how japan churns out h games)

maraxusofk

Miyamoto designed FPS game confirmed.

Forkball

I bet he likes about 5 different things and only will do those 5 things over and over again.

BoringJob

Miyamoto could take an interest in munging and somehow turn it into a family-friendly console selling game. His forays aren't exactly breaking the mold, but when he decides to turn them into video games he remakes them into something else entirely.

These games are the brainchild of Miyamoto, and I don't think there is anyone with the child-like brain of Miyamoto in the game dev business. An attempt to rip him off or preempt his next game would fail in comparison to whatever Nintendo would churn out. It could even play better but it'd still do worse somehow =P

Absent Blue

@Shiryu: My friend, you can give him that rest he deserves and no one can stop you from saving Miyamoto. Do it! Give him eternal rest. He's worked really hard... to hard. You just need the will to do the right thing, a bell tower with a clear and righteous line of salvation, steady and true arms, and a messenger from god that will deliver your hope into Miyamoto's mind. Only you, Shiryu, can save this man and free him from the freedom-less hell that forbids him to even share himself with you... now go do it and may god and righteousness be with you my friend.

okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under)

Shigeru Miyamoto Simulator anyone?

Arnold Rimmer's Garden Strimmer

@Shiryu: I agree. You make a very valid point.

Look... are ya gonna shoot him or not? O_o

okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under)

"He's going into a McDonald's -- quick, invent a cheeseburger-buying game, with unlockable fries and shakes!"

Evil Tortie's Mom

@okenny: This industry needs saving, not him. I've seen it happen to the music industry, I've seen it happen to the movie industry... videogames are mimicking the same path. We should have learned from the mistakes of the other entertainment industries...

Shiryu

Jumping off the Empire State Building? Balloon Fighter!

Kenofthedead

And here I had it on good authority that the next thing he was planning to announce was "You know what? I enjoy good, solid STORIES that are neither about tough-talking space marines or cutesy bug-eyed things."

O game industry!

Miss-Anthropy

Miyamoto hobbies are watching porn all day long, great ideas come from great inspiration!

zetopazio

I'd play the jumping off the empire state building game

Majorasblaze

@Shiryu: Well, can't disagree there. While he rest, I think somebody should fund everything that comes into Suda51's, I mean my mind. Seriously, I freakn made Killer 7! That has to be the best shooter last gen, right up there with Half Life 2, because of its story alone. Everything Suda...I mean I put out I will go to the store and buy because I already know that it's going to be full of originality and win.

Suda51

I agree with Owen, he should jsut say something totally random and watch what happens.

EmeraldDragon

its like he's the riddler. he just cant stop giving hints about his next game.

bigman88zz

I can't imagine any company even making anythiing better than a Miyamoto product.

VakeroRokero

How many times has that picture of Miyamoto been used?

Quilt

Until now, nobody had tried to jump the gun on Nintendo as to how to turn Miyamoto's hobbies into a game, had they?

I wonder why Nintendo is worried about that. I must assume that Miyamoto has taken up a new hobby that will result in another big game from Nintendo.

Paviel

@Foxstar Sixtail: Read everything I wrote before you assume I'm attacking Miyamoto. I specifically said I wasn't.

Ad-hominem

@faeornran: Nindo?

KSPRAYDAD

Stop calling them Ninty.

It's annoying.

faeornran

How about - I don't know - Nintendo?

Figgnuts

He looks a bit nutty in that pic...

RyuriTatsujin

Yeah good thing he never mentioned looking at bugs in the backyard or some company totally would have made Pikmin.

And good thing he never mentioned getting hit in the face with a bat, or someone would have copied the 2008 Nintendo E3 Press Conference.

Klaymen

Would be interesting if he started getting into p0rn.

psychicfriend

@faeornran: I like the way you think.

Grave

GREAT! Now the Internetz can spawn all the rumors it wants to.

Who wanna bet he's into futanari?

Bokusatsu_Tenshi

I would totally buy a game based on his sense of being superior to others.

MysidianMan

Oh great. Now we are even MORE in the dark on upcoming Nintendo games.

*sigh*

Pilotwings needs a comeback.

Willy105

"I enjoy designing games for various Nintendo systems." -Miyamoto

"Next year, exclusively on PS3, a simulator that puts you in the drivers seat of the wildly Nintendo brand. Make decisions about how to alienate your core audience at major conventions. Delay access to basic technology for third party developer. Make millions doing it!" -an ad

moonwaltz7

maybe his favorite hobby will be a brand new top secret nintendo game that will kick ass

rob61920

If this item is true, it'd be a bit silly on Nintendo's part. For example, Miyamoto's interest in gardening gave us Pikmin--but really, who could have seen that coming? Any other designer probably would have given us some variation on Harvest Moon 2: Harvest Harder, instead of a strange RTS-like hybrid that serves as a hilariously unintentional allegory for colonial rule.

The man's mind seems to work in strange tangents, where his interests only indirectly intersect with his designs. Kind of ridiculous to shut him up because of that.

JustThisGuy

@JustThisGuy: I agree. I highly doubt anyone could make a game quite like Miyamoto even if they knew exactly what he was making he game biased of. I mean before nintendogs here was the original Petz. Before pikmin, harves moon and even before wii fit, yourself fitness.

Miyamoto just knows how to make the idea unique and interesting, plus he has the Nintendo brand (and his name) behind him, which instantly is going to make anything he develops 100% more desirable then anything made by anyone else.

roguemarvel

@moonwaltz7: I really hate the direction the Wii is going in and I'm personally never buying another wii game or peripheral again. But it's not miyamoto's fault that Nintendo has abandoned us core gamers. Nintendo always had these arrogant pricks at the top but miyamoto was never one of them. Remember what assholes they were to their third parties and partners when the SNES was on top? They're going there again. But through out it all Miyamoto has always made good decent to great games.

I sincerely hope the wii and Nintendo flames out after giving the core audience the finger. But I hope Miyamoto keeps making great games and I might pick it up on the wii's successor or if Nintendo starts taking it's traditional audience serisously.

kingmanic

All the other companies need to do is watch him constantly.

I think a game where you stalked him might be a nice idea.
Sort of like 'Rear Window'.

I don't condone such behaviour.

But do it!

Pangolin

@Ad-hominem:

It's a failed song either way.

They aren't paranoid at all to think that another company would jump on such an idea that has the chance to make it big. It happens in any industry.

Movies.
Games.
Books.

Many people live off taking others' ideas.

Mact

Maybe he's just gotten to the stage of being a celebrity endorsement. What if Miyamoto was never really interested in exercise, but Nintendo says, "look, we've got this new thing and people like to listen to you. Tell everyone that you like tracking your weight on a daily basis because that's really all this thing does. And really play it up, like your whole family gets in on it!!"

I don't think that'd be so far fetched.

LarryFabulous

@kingmanic: Wait, isn't the problem now that they're too accommodating of third parties?

Torgen got his apology faceplate but not his fixed GH3 disc

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't there a picture a while back of Shigeru playing Pachinko? Maybe the next console is a Pachinko machine?

I'm going to bed.

skitzogreg

Yeah I found it funny when I first read it, but damnit, Motion Control Bong. Thats all I can say.

TJH518

@Miss-Anthropy: Hey, what the hell's wrong with good, solid stories about tough-talking space marines and cutesy bug-eyed things?

I mean there are way more many well thought-out stories about young hero with magic sword trying to Save the World(tm).

I'm pretty sure the good, solid story is the most important party.

I'd play something about a tough-talking space marine, especially if he got to save the world of twinkly stars. That'd be pretty cool. (cutesy bug-eyed twinkly stars)

MonsterKingRen

i bet hes the king of maid cafe's in japan

Justifan

@MonsterKingRen: Extra points if the tough-talking space marine slays cutesy bug-eyed twinkly stars with a sword larger than he is and hair larger than his sword?

That sounds pretty good, actually.

Miss-Anthropy

Like everyone's listed, there was more than just Brain Age, Wii Fit, and Wii Music. It's not like Nintendo, as Owen put it, felt that "the third time was enough"; it's more like the 10th time was enough.

Babylonian

@Fryfat2: The whole Zelda bit was not the bike, but rather when he was exploring caves when he was a kid. Since his hobby is biking... Excite Bike?

Hrm... I do hope that Shiggy got interested when he was playing that FPS game during E3. I forgot the name, but if I remember correctly, he does try out many games in E3 and I do remember him playing other FPS games. Sure do hope he can make a creative spin in that genre. It's a thought, but rather him be weird and make different games.

Mike's Stalker

@kingmanic:I'm sorry your ass hurts but it does not drive marketshare.

Foxstar Sixtail

Don't forget Miyamoto like his backyard garden, Pikmin is born!

Shachihoko

@kingmanic:Most of Miyamoto's titles have had a huge causal impact. He doesn't create games for causals or core, he just creates video games, period.

Foxstar Sixtail

@roguemarvel:Harvest Moon and Pikman are in no way alike man. They are so far apart it's not funny.

Foxstar Sixtail

Someone please mail him a Captain Falcon helmet, hopefully he will start walking around Nintendo HQ with it, shouting to every EAD team member "Show me your moves!".

Shiryu

i think he was checking out killzone 2 or resistance 2.

I was actually discussing at work today how well he could proberly do a FPS, or it would be atleast interesting to see him dip into a genre that relies less on innovation and (cool) gimmicky features and mabye let him really kick out a innovative FPS or 3rd person adventure game that isnt all about plummers...

Or mabye he could ...you know...make a Donkey Kong game that ISNT about hitting drums...and take it back to like DK country :'( i miss those days

origamikid

@kingmanic: Eh, they've already given Wii players several of their core franchises (Mario, Zelda, Kart, Metroid, etc), then on top of what they are also letting Miyamoto do his thing with Wii Fit and Wii Music, where's the harm in that?

The Wii has a fair share of core first party titles already (and we know a new Zelda and Pikmin are coming also), Nintendo is also licencing some of the right franschises (Fatal Frame IV) and new core titles from third parties are constantly appearing (Lost Winds, No More Heroes, Mad World, Fragile, Sky Crawlers, Arc Rise Fantasia, De Blob, Deadly Creatures, Conduit, Tenchu IV etc).

It's obvious the Wii has managed to attract casual gamers big time but since casual games are FAR cheaper and easier to develop it is very natural that we will see a lot more of them than core titles, that doesn't mean it's done at the expense of the core gamer, accusations like that are unfounded imho.

Support for the Wii is already better than it was for the GameCube which wasn't accused as casual so what gives? It's really baffling the amount of trashing Nintendo get (even in unrelated topics like this), people must be really confused because the Wii has a fair share of core exclusives and seems to get more and more announced every week, showing companies are both moving away from the PS2 port mindset and also putting effort into actual games rather than only casual titles.

Other behemoths like EA openly stating they basically put their eggs in the wrong basket (PS3,360) show it wasn't all Nintendo's fault, and they do affect developers & publishers into changing mind about the Wii. EA in particular seem to finally begin giving a shit, the new Madden looks like it's going to be great, and while Fifa isn't looking so hot we already have a great version of PES09 to look forward to instead.

Things are looking highly promising and to be honest, core gamers who do have a Wii are decently satisfied with the current selection (I've yet to play through Metroid Prime 3 and No More Heroes even, my job is taking up a lot of my time) and are happy to see the constantly increasing support toward us, 09 especially is looking like a grand year for the Wii. The VC is keeping us busy during drafts too, while since most Wii owners didn't have a GameCube (it did have a considerably smaller install base) they can enjoy some of the classics they missed during slow times also (Skies of Arcadia, Baten Kaitos, F-Zero GX, RE: Remake, etc).

Agnates

@Fryfat2: Zelda was inspired by the film "Legend" read in a interview in EGDE years ago...

Mr.Monkey

His hobbies are, as the kids say "owning newbies?" on FPSs they are his guilty pleasure & thats the real reason he was checking out Killzone 2 @ E3
FACT - Source "my wild imagination"

Mr.Monkey

@Mr.Monkey: *EDGE* and sat down and did the sums he must of been talking about Link to the Past as Legend was out same year as the NES LoZ...

Mr.Monkey

Let's just hope nobody shows him 'Big Brother' or 'Idol'.

julians

I suppose this is logical on Nintendo's part, but I do have to go along with the notion that Miyamoto should start making faux interests for those spaztastic fans who can't wait to know what new games will be released.

Lainface

The words used in these articles sound pretty bad. Banned? Forbids? Maybe he got a few extra millions for it, or maybe it was nothing formal and they just asked him not to, and he said alright, sure. Hardly news worthy without a proper source explaining at least a bit of how things came to pass me thinks.

Agnates

Miyamoto's new hobby: Halo 3

Try and figure that one out, game industry!

The Amazing Exploding-Man

Let's hope he gets into swordfighting.

-Bass4TheFace-

we all know he smokes weed on his down time or eat mushrooms.

VenomMelendez

poor guy cant even talk about his hobbys anymore

digital_hazard

@Agnates:Miyamoto gets a very modest income, but Cliffy B and other directors/programmers make a far amount more then he does. It's by Miyamoto's wishes though that he not be paid more then he is.

Foxstar Sixtail

"And not because Shigeru likes to overshare about latent pyromania, internet porn, or armpit farting the William Tell overture. It's because if he did, the industry would collectively say, "A-ha! We now know what Nintendo is making next!" and rush to squat on that IP first."

Wow... I didn't think they could come up with a good explanation... but they actually did...

Enigma_20XX

I heard he likes jumping on turtles backs, hitting his head on bricks, saving princesses and heeeey ... I wondered where Super Mario brothers came from ...

oadeku1

I hope next he tells us that he likes good games without "Wii" in front of them.

iamerror37

@Foxstar Sixtail: We still don't know the details of these supposed revelations is all I'm saying.

Agnates

Wasn't Cooking Mama a Nintendo Idea? I guess Miyamoto never cooked. Actually, maybe they should keep telling people what he's into. He might end up being into something crazy.

Ryodestined

@Mr.Monkey:

Zelda was inspired by his "adventures" as a child.

Via multiple interviews.

Mact