those games may have fiction in them but they ARE trying to look as close to reality as they can, none of those games is trying to look cartonish or cel shaded, they are trying to look real dark and gritty, they are just set in fictional worlds.

and what miyamoto said is:

“A lot of games nowadays look so realistic that they all look the same,”

and in that definition you can put ALL the games that are trying to achieve realistic graphics (Not just the games you mentioned), you may think he only meant it for the games you listed but at the end of the day that is just YOURE assumption, and you have no way of proving that, what we do know for a FACT is the statement that he gave us, and in the way he phrased it you can put in any sort of game that is trying to have realistic graphics.

For the lulz

Even graphically impressive games have an artstyle, crafted using different tools, run in different engines, etc... I can tell the difference.

I agree to some extent, but, I recently wrote this post:

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=7361930

This seems to be changing somewhat. The realism in modern games is not only down to showcasing tech; it is also about design trends and these appear to be either changing or at the very least branching out. And that's a good thing.

The amount of gritty military shooters, for instance, was insane for some time, there was one year where they released 5-6 games that I literally could not tell apart in single player mode.

miyamoto jealous of a bunch of no-talent hacks? i don't think so.

I can tell the difference between my twin cousins.  That doesn't mean they don't look similar...

The fact of the matter is, that only specific genre/style games look the same. It's the same within nintendo. Certain mario games tend to look the same.
Football games looks the same, racing sims look the same, kart racers look the same, certain fighting games look the same.
COD is going to look like a lot of other games because a lot of other games are trying to capitalize on the COD forumla. This doesn't mean ALL developers are doing the same thing.

This is where MIyamoto's argument really flops because it's just the nature of the beast that some styles are going to look similar. Like someone else said, would you get mad at the artist of a highschool manga for having artwork similar to another? Would you look at corn-flake type cereal and complain that cereals look the same by comparing frosted flakes, wheaties, and corn flakes, among others?

Miyamoto should be more worried about the throngs of upcoming indie developers taking notes from Nintendo and having a more nintendo like artstyle, or completely besting them at their own genres (like metroid).

Success breeds imitation.

Usually, when a dev says, "A lot of games nowadays look so realistic that they all look the same." it really means that their game is either 1) Cartoony or 2) low graphics.

I get what he's trying to say, and he has a point, but for the most part he is wrong.

Realistic games don't look the same, and many of you have already post examples of that, and just because a game is made to look cartoony doesn't mean that it will be different and stand out from the rest. Besides, people that complained about the game didn't do it because of the art style but because the game simply doesn't look up to the usual Nintendo standarts.

ohh i fully agree.