His passion for gardening inspired Pikmin, his love of dogs led him to create Nintendogs and now Shigeru Miyamoto has revealed his inspiration for Super Mario Galaxy - hamsters!

Speaking at the 13th Annual Japan Media Arts Festival, Miyamoto revealed that a hamster that he was looking after provided the inspiration for the best Wii game ever.

Working out where the Mario series was to go next, Miyamoto decided he wanted the plumber to be able to run freely like a hamster. So Galaxy was set on planets, enabling players to run around and return to the same point.

What will he reveal next? A gerbil influenced Donkey Kong?

Thanks: Andriasang

http://www.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/article.php?id=15095

Miyamoto is a genius.

Seriously, he's brilliant. And maybe also a bit insane.
Who else could've turned a hamster into a such a game?

Seriously, the man has a habit of taking boring, ordinary everyday things and turn them into gold.

Maybe it'd be a cool idea, as an experiment, for Iwata to just give him a random household object, like say a toothbrush, and demand he make a game based off it. XD

Cheebee said: Seriously, he's brilliant. And maybe also a bit insane. Who else could've turned a hamster into a such a game? Seriously, the man has a habit of taking boring, ordinary everyday things and turn them into gold. Maybe it'd be a cool idea, as an experiment, for Iwata to just give him a random household object, like say a toothbrush, and demand he make a game based off it. XD

I'd love to see a game based on a toothbrush can you imagine how well that would work with the Wiimote.

Grade A sarcasm. Especially the second line.

I swear Myamoto is always thinking of new game concepts, lets hope inspiration dosent strike while he's in the can lol

Lastgengamer said: Cheebee said: Seriously, he's brilliant. And maybe also a bit insane. Who else could've turned a hamster into a such a game? Seriously, the man has a habit of taking boring, ordinary everyday things and turn them into gold. Maybe it'd be a cool idea, as an experiment, for Iwata to just give him a random household object, like say a toothbrush, and demand he make a game based off it. XD I'd love to see a game based on a toothbrush can you imagine how well that would work with the Wiimote.

.. Not really, no.

But I'm sure Miyamoto could make it work.

He's at it again making a new Motion plus game!  I can tell whatever the game will be it will be awesome since it's in the hands of god.

http://www.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/article.php?id=15097

This man is clearly on some level genius which only the likes of Newton and co are on, like them he's inspired by unusual sources and has peculiar hobbies like measuring things and comes up with things that completely blow us away. I remember when Pikmin was announced and he told game sites it's an idea based on his love for gardening and everyone was like wtf.

This man is gaming god genius.