thekitchensink on 28 October 2008
Miyamoto's promise: Nintendo working on 'many' core games
Hoping to make the rounds this week and get the word out about the casual concoction that is Wii Music, Shigeru Miyamoto just couldn't escape questions about where all the "real" games are. Speaking to GameDaily, the legendary game designer replied (and we're paraphrasing here – maybe even a little too much): "They're coming, so can you please stop asking?"
Okay, okay. What he specifically and actually said was that, "...for 30 years now I've been making games and for the vast majority of time I've been making the type of games that the loyal Nintendo fans enjoy." Yes, we're aware. Please continue. Where's the fanbait? Oh, here it is: "Those are the types of games that my career is based on and we're going to continue to make those types of games. In fact, we have many of those types of games in development right now."
Don't let our glib take on this ... core crisis color your opinion of Mr. Miyamoto. He's an outstanding person and incredibly nice. Sure, he's a little exasperated about the situation, but, like all loyal Nintendo fans, that's to be expected at this point.
Okay, okay. What he specifically and actually said was that, "...for 30 years now I've been making games and for the vast majority of time I've been making the type of games that the loyal Nintendo fans enjoy." Yes, we're aware. Please continue. Where's the fanbait? Oh, here it is: "Those are the types of games that my career is based on and we're going to continue to make those types of games. In fact, we have many of those types of games in development right now."
Don't let our glib take on this ... core crisis color your opinion of Mr. Miyamoto. He's an outstanding person and incredibly nice. Sure, he's a little exasperated about the situation, but, like all loyal Nintendo fans, that's to be expected at this point.
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I can completely understand his exasperation--Nintendo has already delivered many smash hits, including last year's near-unanimous Game of the Year, and yet we jump down their throats just because of Wii Music.
Personally, I don't know how there was actualy any doubt remaining, being that we know of Pikmin, Punch-Out, and all manner of games from their Fall Conference, not to mention the Play on Wii series (all of which we already know are high-quality titles). Animal Crossing, a fantastic bridge game, comes out next month. The next Mario platformer is almost certainly in development, and we absolutely know that they're making Zelda at this moment, given that the Zelda team has literally never made anything else.
Give the man a break, people!
Could I trouble you for some maple syrup to go with the plate of roffles you just served up?
Tag, courtesy of fkusumot: "Why do most of the PS3 fanboys have avatars that looks totally pissed?"
"Ok, girl's trapped in the elevator, and the power's off. I swear, if a zombie comes around the next corner..."
