Miyamoto hushed up about hobbies? News
Wii DS News by Tom Bramwell
British newspaper The Times claims that Nintendo designer Shigeru Miyamoto has been told not to discuss his hobbies in public.
Citing "sources at Nintendo", the Times report argues "any glimpse inside his head could be worth billions", citing examples of Brain Training, Wii Fit and Wii Music.
However, the Times' suggestion that Brain Training was created "after Shigeru Miyamoto developed a love of puzzles" contradicts Nintendo president Satoru Iwata's account.
According to Iwata, speaking at GDC in 2006 (although he's told the story elsewhere), Iwata himself had met the game's inspiration, Dr Kawashima, and was so impressed that he asked a small team to prototype the game, and the rest is history. Unless you read The Times, anyway.
Wii Fit, however, is said to have been inspired by Miyamoto's family life - or so he said in an interview we watched on the Wii's Nintendo Channel.
And we can't remember who came up with Wii Music. Let's call it a draw.
As for the Times' report, Nintendo UK calls it "rumour and speculation".
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DutchDemons
11/08/08 @ 08:09
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can't believe that the same legendary man who created even more legendary game characters and franchises....is actually getting the same amount of credit for creating brainless games for housewives.
what kind of sick world do we live in?
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rider_hibiki
11/08/08 @ 08:16
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The real reason is that they find his interest in kitten huffing a bit embarrassing
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sickpuppysoftware
11/08/08 @ 08:44
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We don't want details of his "waggling hobby" to come out now do we?
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kinky_mong
11/08/08 @ 09:31
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can't believe that the same legendary man who created even more legendary game characters and franchises....is actually getting the same amount of credit for creating brainless games for housewives.
It is a crying shame. It's like if Ian Fleming was hailed as a genius for creating Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and everyone ignored James Bond (Could probably have thought of a better analogy buts it's early so give me a break). |
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I guess that if his hobbies involved other games, say something like monopoly or jenga, and a link could be proven between that hobby and his multi-million selling game franchises, then there would be potential grounds for legal action? That seems like the kind of thing that might get a big corporation like Nintendo into action.
Or it could simply be that if everyone knew he was doing a lot of Jetskiing then his next title would be obvious ;) |
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