Even if we accept for granted that Miyamoto is barking up the wrong tree with Wii Music, surely it's moronic to cut loose the guy who created Wii Sports and Wii Fit. Malstrom's doing the same thing to Miyamoto that he complains people do to Nintendo: Focusing on a small failure and ignoring the larger success behind it.

So Wii Music was not the super hit, so what? LittleBigPlanet was not the "Mario killer" some naive people thought it would be, and i bet ModNationRacers will not be the Mario kart killer... But they are risking with new and creative ideas (not so new, user generated content exists since forever on PC), innovation is what still moves Miyamoto's mind, and that's what made Nintendo so great in the 1st place...

This is absolutely shit-bat crazy, insofar as suggested things go.

Miyamoto does not need to retire: he's still the source of the best gameplay mechanics and series ideas in the world.

If anything, he just needs to be given more freedom - at most he needs to be asked to come up with new and more varied series ideas.

I love the idea of new series, but Miyamoto is one of the primary driving creative factors behind everything great Nintendo has ever done (barring the stuff created by Yokoi). You want him to make new stuff? Fine! Great! Crack that whip, get him working like he's 30 again! Let's see what that man can do when his position and his reputation is on the line, when he's not in a comfortable space!

But no. Retiring is not the answer. I reject it, and I reject anyone who agrees with it as a lost cause.

SmokedHostage said: darthdevidem01 said: wow this made me realise what about when Siggy dies?! I can't imagine that In an interview several months ago, he said that he will be making games until the day he dies.

Gods only die if we stop believing in them.

Malstrom needs to learn to read. Nowhere was he arrogant. Nowhere did Miyamoto blame consumers. He wants to learn from the mistakes in that game to make a better game.

Malstrom needs to stop blogging so much and work on those articles he claims are coming. He has been making factual errors and now this. He needs to evaluate what he is doing, because lately he seems to think that everything he says is the gospel truth.

darthdevidem01 said: @supermario128 I'm afraid, when it happens, maybe I will stop gaming

What? Why would you stop gaming if an old man dies?

Your not even a Nintendo fan.

Soriku said: darthdevidem01 said: wow this made me realise what about when Siggy dies?! I can't imagine that Shiggy is immortal, don't worry :) Kasz216 said: darthdevidem01 said: wow this made me realise what about when Siggy dies?! I can't imagine that They shouldn't have too many problems.  The guy has been taking a more and more hands off approach as he's gone.  He's really nurtured the inhouse dev guys.  None of them will really probably make a giant name for themselves but they'll be competant successors. It's the generation after that i'd be worried about.  Of course we'll all be like 60-70 by then.   60-70...hmm, some people. The guy's 57 right now. Average life span is like...75 or something for males? Of course, if he lived to be 100+ that'd be awesome :P Assuming he's gone (will be a sad day for the industry...) by average age a lot of people like me will be like 35-40ish. And I will still game! Some people will be around 60-70 though...

"Average life span".

Miyamoto doesn't quite fit in there cause he's rich as hell and will have access to top line treatment.

People born today are expected to have an average life expectancy of 100 in the first world.

Keep in mind too that these numbers include numbers of people who die at REALLY young ages... etc.

Besides, like i said.  It's not just him, it's his successors they'll be fine.  The next generation after that may be the troubled ones.

I haven't read the article or thread. But I will say this

Should Shigeru Miyamoto retire? FUCK NO. Should he focus on making more franchises that will be as memorable as Mario and Zelda? I think so and I hope so.

theRepublic said: Malstrom needs to learn to read. Nowhere was he arrogant. Nowhere did Miyamoto blame consumers. He wants to learn from the mistakes in that game to make a better game. Malstrom needs to stop blogging so much and work on those articles he claims are coming. He has been making factual errors and now this. He needs to evaluate what he is doing, because lately he seems to think that everything he says is the gospel truth.

How? What did he write that gave you that impression? This has to be at least the fifth time I've seen someone on here express that impression of him.

What I think is going on is that some Nintendo fans have been been treating everything he says as the gospel truth and now that he's expressing unfavorable opinions and analysis of Nintendo's business it's no longer to Nintendo fan's advantage to treat his material that way. Now he's a "old school, nostalgic, random, blogger, who, doesn't know anything about games". Well, he is the same guy who was rooting for Nintendo back when it looked like they were starting a revolution. His only mistake was thinking that Nintendo was serious about it.

If Sean Malstrom were here in front of me, I'd pimp slap him.