In Dec. 2011, a report surface claiming that Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto said he was retiring. Nintendo quickly commented, saying the report was a “misunderstanding” and “absolutely not true.” See, Shigeru Miyamoto is apparently always saying he’s going to retire.
Rumours of Miyamoto’s retirement have been greatly exaggerated, and in a recent Q and A with investors, he went into more detail on precisely what he plans to do in his new role at Nintendo.
Nintendo talisman Shigeru Miyamoto is a busy man! Not only does he help in an overseer’s role on many of Nintendo’s biggest games, but he’s also revealed he’s working on something new. Really new.
The Legend of Zelda is one the most successful video game franchises to ver come from Japan. It’s been mostly made by Nintendo studios in Kyoto, with some added efforts by Capcom, which is based in Osaka.
While it looks like Deadmau5 may have trolled everyone waiting for a PlayStation Vita with his whole lost-not-lost prank concerning Sony’s upcoming handheld, we think we can believe him that he’s gotten a hell of a new gaming tattoo. (There are videos.)
Time was, there was a rumour that Shigeru Miyamoto didn’t even own a mobile phone. That may’ve been true once but the creator of Mario does carry one now. Based on the description in the Wall Street Journal article mentioned earlier today, it could look very much like the one pictured above. Miyamoto talked about the topic of smartphone and table gaming and his remarks reveal some weird cognitive dissonance about how he sees the handheld market:
Yesterday, Nintendo denied Shigeru Miyamoto’s “retirement”. Today, Miyamoto denied it, while Wired.com the interview was translated by a Nintendo employee and stands by its story.
This four-star send-up by The Game Station is clever any day of the week, and especially timely given whatever the hell it was that just took place in the past 24 hours.
The internet was rocked. Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of Mario and Zelda, reportedly said he was stepping down. Nobody seemed prepared for this. It was so sudden. So surprising. The end of an era.
Last last night, a Wired.com report surfaced, stating that Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of Mario and Zelda, said he was “retiring”. Nintendo denied that report today.
