Legendary Nintendo developer Shigeru Miyamoto has confessed that Eiji Aonuma doesn’t need him around anymore. Miyamoto says that Aonuma is such a proficient developer now that he doesn’t really need any guidance from him these days. Miyamoto went on to say that it’s the same with other high-profile Nintendo developers. He feels he has trained them up to the best of their abilities and therefore they should be able to spread their wings.
“As you saw at our presentation at E3, Mr Aonuma chased me off stage… he doesn’t need me any more! The final responsibility for the title still comes down to me and I’m still involved in the games, but I’m definitely able to leave the series up to him in a way.”
“I don’t have to look at every minute detail of every game any more. I know there’s going to be the level of quality that we expect under his supervision.”
“Similarly we have Koizumi-san, who’s the producer or the Mario series and it’s the same type of situation. And certainly Konno-san with Mario Kart, too. And Mr Eguchi, producer of the Animal Crossing series. These are the main producers that we’ve trained who are talented enough and we can allow them to oversee the project and manage all the details and still maintain the Nintendo level of quality.”
