celine said:
cwbys21 said:
Iwata: Whenever I receive that kind of question, I always respond, "Why don't you think our Mii or our intention behind making the Mii is something like our endeavor to come up with a new character?" Let me tell you, new characters is actually the result... in other words, we are not trying to create some new character. More specifically, what we are always trying to do is create some new [kind of] play and new entertainment. As a result, if that new play is appreciated by the consumers, the main characters are going to become the new characters. For example, when Mr. Miyamoto was making the Super Mario character, he was not intending to make the so called Mario character itself, but he just wanted to make some interesting gameplay, and for that interesting gameplay he needed to create some middle-aged guy with overalls and a mustache. Does anyone else think he is trying to give a non answer to whether Nintendo is making a new IP? |
No, traditionally Nintendo is a gameplay-driven software house, not one character-driver.
Iwata noted how Mario is only an empty shell used to live interactive entertainment. Miis are the perfect empty shell in Nintendo vision.
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Sounds more to me like expect Mario to pop up in even more spin offs because they couldn't be bothered making new characters anymore.
