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Miyamoto Stepping Down
12-08-2011, 07:56 PM (This post was last modified: 12-08-2011, 10:24 PM by Garteal.)
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Within a hour or two a Reuters Japan correspondent contacted Nintendo and got a spokeswoman of Nintendo on the line. She said not to worry as Miyamoto said he won't step up just yet. He will train the -new- developers so that they can operate without him.



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The creator of Super Mario Bros. and The Legend of Zelda will step down from his current position at Nintendo but remain with the company to work on smaller, more personal projects.

In an exclusive interview with Wired.com on Wednesday, the 59-year-old head of Nintendo’s game design department said that he will move away from supervising the development of massive games like this year’s Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword and Super Mario 3D Land, passing the torch to the younger designers in the company and working on projects that won’t take as long to complete.

“Inside our office, I’ve been recently declaring, ‘I’m going to retire, I’m going to retire,’” Miyamoto said through his interpreter. “I’m not saying that I’m going to retire from game development altogether. What I mean by retiring is, retiring from my current position.”

“What I really want to do is be in the forefront of game development once again myself,” Miyamoto said. “Probably working on a smaller project with even younger developers. Or I might be interested in making something that I can make myself, by myself. Something really small.”

Miyamoto said that he’s hoping to start work on a project in 2012, and hopefully show the game off publicly within the year.

“In other words, I’m not intending to start from things that require a five-year development time,” he said.

Miyamoto, whose creations propelled Nintendo to worldwide prominence beginning with 1981′s arcade game Donkey Kong and who is generally recognized as the world’s most influential and creative game designer, said he felt comfortable stepping away from supervising the Mario and Zelda games because his staff has done such a good job with this year’s critically acclaimed entries in both series.

“I’m saying this because I have a solid reaction from the existing teams,” he said. “I was able to nurture the developers inside Nintendo who were able to create something like this or something like that,” he said, gesturing to banners in the interview room in Nintendo’s office that showed the logos of Skyward Sword and Mario 3D Land.

The reason Miyamoto keeps telling the younger developers that he’s going to retire is to send the message that he won’t always be around for them to work with.

“The reason why I’m stressing that is that unless I say that I’m retiring, I cannot nurture the young developers,” he said. “After all, if I’m there in my position as it is, then there’s always kind of a relationship. And the young guys are always kind of in a situation where they have to listen to my ideas. But I need some people who are growing up much more than today.”

As for himself, Miyamoto seemed eager to get to work on his new ideas with a smaller, younger staff.

“Anyway, I’m interested in doing a variety of many other things,” he said with his usual cryptic smile.

Source: Wired

I wonder how the Mario and Zelda franchise will turn when Miyamoto is really gone...
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12-08-2011, 08:15 PM (This post was last modified: 12-08-2011, 08:23 PM by Silentsurvivor.)
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Yeah. Just read it a while ago.

In my opinion, I think Aonuma and Koizumi are good to go right now. In some way, though, there will be changes in Zelda and Mario from now on, that's for sure. I'm looking forward to see what he will be doing though, I will support him until the day I die.
WAIT, THIS IS ABSURD:


IT'S FAKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Okay, not really really fake, but he isn't going anywhere.
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12-08-2011, 08:27 PM
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Looks like there was a misunderstand there. Good to hear he won't just leave, but rather train the -new- developers so they can do fine just without him.
He's a great man for doing that.
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12-08-2011, 08:31 PM
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I must assume Wired's Japanese interpreter sucks.
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12-08-2011, 08:36 PM
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Or just wanted the attention.

Btw, that was pretty quick of Reuters to contact him lol. Looks like a lot of people are worried when he decides to leave Big Grin
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12-08-2011, 09:52 PM
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His leave is bound to happen sooner or later. When Bill Gates retired from Microsoft it felt like an end of an long era, it's going to feel the same when Miayamoto retires. It's sad but that's life I guess.
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12-08-2011, 10:10 PM
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Yes anyway he will have to retire one day I guess everybody understands what I mean... but I hope his heirs will keep "Miyamoto's spirit" in future games Smile
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12-08-2011, 10:17 PM (This post was last modified: 12-08-2011, 10:17 PM by Garteal.)
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When Bill Gates leaves, nothing will change. But when Miyamoto leaves, Nintendo's games will change. I hope it will change in a good way as Vador said.
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12-08-2011, 10:26 PM (This post was last modified: 12-08-2011, 10:27 PM by Duke Nukem.)
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(12-08-2011, 10:17 PM)Garteal Wrote: When Bill Gates leaves, nothing will change. But when Miyamoto leaves, Nintendo's games will change. I hope it will change in a good way as Vador said.

I think a lot have happened and changed since Bill Gates have left the company and some things even for the better.

While it's sad that eras have to end, I think with Miayamoto gone and the other old geezers in the future I hope for some fresh new winds to blow with some new series with completely new Nintendo characters.
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12-08-2011, 11:24 PM
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Let's take an example : Mega Man. The character has been existing for 20 years. Recent episodes are different from first ones. There has been spin-offs. An evolution but still fine though. I don't think (but I can't be wrong) the same team has worked on the whole series. There is a Mega Man spirit although these are different games. I guess it will be the same thing with games like Mario/Zelda. And it's essential but it's a personal point of view Wink
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