Satoru Iwata: Nintendo 2013 R&D Preview

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RolStoppable said:

mike_intellivision said:
Folks should not get too ahead of themselves. This is speculation built upon fact and possibly other speculation. There are sources listed but without citation, so the information cannot be verified. I am not saying some or all of this will or won't happen. But right now it is just a NeoGAF posted rumor.

While Nikkei has generally proven to be a good source, Wired had the whole "Miyamoto is retiring" saga (which could be the source of his stepping down from EAD) and the Guardian has been hit-or-miss.

Finally, it is interesting both here and on NEoGAF how quickly people seem to be ready to get rid of Miyamoto.

Mike from Morgantown

Probably because they see Miyamoto as the man responsible for no new IPs that feature fictional universes coming out of Nintendo in a long time.

I'd like to see him step down because of his major involvement in the 3DS hardware design as well as for his poor judgment or too strong influence in what kinds of games Nintendo has been making. Refering to the whole "NSMB was released in 2006 and was a huge hit, there's no point in making a sequel for the same system and it's not even worth having a sequel at the launch of the DS successor; but let's make Super Mario Galaxy 2 for the Wii" incident.

hey now, I still consider Galaxy 2 the best console game of the current generation! 1 month 6 days until the next gen starts!