Spieler Eins
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He never denies that he has just been supervisor (at best) for dozens of games in the last years.
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Shigeru Miyamoto on E3: 'I saw no games I would have liked to create myself'
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He never denies that he has just been supervisor (at best) for dozens of games in the last years.
I guess I prefer the level design in Mario games. Judging by this thread and many others though, level design isn't really high up on people's radar. They see the artstyle, the same themes, same characters and it's "oh nintendo keep making the same games". Just keep ignoring the imagination and creativity that goes into the design, the most important part.
That last point wasn't aimed at you btw, I just went off on a tangent
Lufiaddict
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I know it will sound like I'm grasping at straws to defend Miyamoto, but I think the "so far" part of his sentence is important: at which point of E3 has this interview been conducted? If it was before he could have the time to move "in the aisles to take a look at what is going on other than their own booths", his answer might not be that surprising. I guess we'll have to wait for the full interview to be sure...
No.
he said he would have no problems making a game like Halo, just he didn't want to
SonicMegaDrive
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Actually, here's the quote.
"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."
He said he could have easily made it but choose not to.
Haunted
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Wait, I thought in n out was highly regarded in the US as far as fast food burger chains go.In other news, Miyamoto is quoted as saying he likes In-N-Out burger.
Fastfood fans burn Mario dolls in effigy.
fuzzy.dunlop
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dude made Metroid into first-person... i don't doubt it
Triggerhappytel
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(Except he doesn't want to make his own equivalent of Halo. But he's more than capable. Honest).
Spieler Eins
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Maybe. But looking at these past E3s, clearly the industry in general has become uninspired and boring - at least among the big publishers.
Its the same thing he is saying now, his style and ideas are a very specific brand of unique and accessible.
IncandescentPrecept
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I have to question this - when was the last time Miyamoto created something fresh?
Set in the Mushroom Kingdom.
MadOdorMachine
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I wonder if he checked out Oculus Rift. I would agree with him on everything but that. It's the only thing that's really going to bring innovation and new genre's to the table. Oculus Rift is as exciting to me as the N64 was when it came out. It's a game changer.
I may be the only one who wants this.
Nintendo has said Miyamoto is working with small groups of young developers to make new games as a way to teach them his method of game design. That's probably what was being refereed to as him working on new a IP.
GAF is a echo chamber. " Hey, he showed up to play Tearaway. Miyamoto acknowledges it greatness."
"He doesn´t want to make any of the games on the E3? He sucks anyway."
The funny, underlying theme is, that no matter how much they are trying to hate him, the opinion of the greatest and most influential videogame-designer matters to them.
Nintendogs, Pikmin, partly SM Galaxy and Steel Diver.
KennyLinder
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Because he's so out of touch with modern video games amirite!
Doctor_Thomas
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I don't dislike Miyamoto, but I definitely feel like if CliffyB or David Jaffe or any other number of developers said anything like this, people would be jumping down their throat.
ElementalMage
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Honestly I didnt find much Id want to play either. So much is so blah
They are. He has good taste.
Tim the Wiz
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Exactly. Reminds me of when he said he could make a game like Halo, but he doesn't want to. That doesn't seem like a value judgement, just personal preference. Cheap sound-bite.
What genres? Platformers and RTS-lite?
Triggerhappytel
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Did Miyamoto have anything at all to do with Metroid Prime? I don't think he did. He didn't even conceive or create the series originally; that was Gunpei Yokoi.
Acquiescence
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That's because no one else makes Mario games.
This statement also stands true for Nintendo.
SpookyBlackFish
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Not even Tearaway? Baffles me.
True, I though they were too many COD like games too withs shiny HD.
They aren't trying to sell new IP (at the moment exept for Project X) and tell us : "this a revolution".
At E3 they were showing a lot of new IP like Ryse or Watchdog, etc.
Nintendo know they've to create new IP (said by Zelda windwalker creator).
The Technomancer
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Can't say I blame him. Miyamoto's focus has always been on fundamental game mechanics, and we didn't see anything new and really groundbreaking in that area IMO outside of maybe a few indie titles.
Triggerhappytel
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I was thinking this myself. I think the last time he created a new IP that wasn't, y'know, shite (glances at Wii Music) was probably Pikmin in 2002.
Okay. Thanks.
And they'd be just as dumb as the people jumping down Miyamoto's throat not.
The statement is not one of judging quality or worth; it's one of stating personal preference and understanding where your creative energies lie.
I like to write. Does that mean I wish I could have written every story that I enjoy? No, because not everything I reading falls into the category of something I would enjoy writing. It's same thing here.
I'm quite certain he liked it, he just realized that it wouldn't have turned out as great as it did with his input. What a stand-up guy, always so humble.
I don't play much nintendo these days but my experience has always been that new entries to their series always brought something new gameplay/mechanic wise with them. IP as such doesn't really matter, it's all about how the game plays.
The original Tamagotchi if I recall correctly.
linko9
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Check yo facts.
"The game was originally envisioned as having third-person perspective gameplay, but this was changed to a first-person perspective after Miyamoto intervened, causing almost everything already developed to be scrapped."
http://metroid.wikia.com/wiki/Metroid_Prime
More or less. But the same could be said about Nintendo's showing, just minus the new IPs.
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