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#Linktober 20: Broken

Itoi on negative weekend thoughts, 2011.

Source: Iwata Asks

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PEOPLE: - Shigesato Itoi, age 62. Creator of Earthbound. - Shigeru Miyamoto, age 58. Creator of Mario & Zelda. - Satoru Iwata, age 51. President of Nintendo. QUOTE: Itoi: You tend to make lots of discoveries on the weekend because you're alone, but you also run across unpleasant things, like your flaws. Like, "I wonder if what I've been doing is totally wrong." You think such negative thoughts on the weekend. Miyamoto: Yeah. Iwata: That's right. Itoi: … On weekend nights, I think all sorts of stuff, like how alone I am. [laughs] Like, "I don't have any friends…” Everyone: [laughs] Itoi: I do have family and friends, but in the end, it's about what you yourself are going to do. It's like in the Mother game when you run out of health and collapse, then light hits you from above.
October 21, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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#Linktober 5: Friendship
Miyamoto on missing his friend, Iwata, 2019.

Source: Ask Iwata: Words of Wisdom from Satoru Iwata, Nintendo's Legendary CEO

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PEOPLE: - Shigeru Miyamoto, age 66. Creator of Zelda, Mario, & more. - Satoru Iwata, age 59. President of HAL from 1993-2000, President of Nintendo from 2002-2015. QUOTE: Miyamoto: Iwata may have passed on, but the company is going strong. Thanks to all the ideas and systems that he left behind, our young hires have been able to thrive. What makes me sad is that if I have a crazy idea over the weekend, there isn’t anybody I can tell about it on Monday morning. When I’m eating lunch, he isn’t there to say ‘I think I’ve figured out your problem,’ which leaves me feeling stuck. I really miss him.
October 5, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Miyamoto on why he thinks it's more fun to have to restart levels after failure, 2009.

Source: Iwata Asks

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PEOPLE: - Shigeru Miyamoto, age 56. Creator of Zelda & Mario. - Satoru Iwata, age 49. President of Nintendo. QUOTE: Miyamoto: Even if you slip up just before clearing the castle [in a Mario game], you'll be sent right back to the starting point. Maybe this is all due to my nasty streak! [laughs] But I think playing at that level of intensity is actually the most enjoyable way to play. Iwata: You think it's more fun to have to play from the start of the level again? Miyamoto: With platform games, only playing the difficult parts can really take it out of you. It feels good to play parts that you can breeze through as well. … Iwata: That's why rather than having lots of checkpoints where you can save your position, it's better to play through the easy part again. Miyamoto: Right. That's more pleasurable for the player. 
September 18, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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Miyamoto on his family helping him stay objective, 2011.

Source: Iwata Asks

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PEOPLE: - Shigeru Miyamoto, age 58. Creator of Zelda & Mario. General Manager of Nintendo EAD. - Satoru Iwata, age 51. President of Nintendo. - Shigesato Itoi, age 62. Creator of Earthbound. QUOTE: Miyamoto: When I come up with an idea at work on Friday and bring it up Saturday at home, no one pays it much mind. Iwata: Aw! [laughs] Miyamoto: They're like, "Well, of course!" … Itoi: You don't have an audience at home. Everyone: [laughs] Miyamoto: I think, "Is it really such a small matter?" Iwata: No one at home cares much. Miyamoto: Then I reorganize my thoughts. … But I think that is good for maintaining objectivity. Itoi: Yes, it is. It's important that no one takes you too seriously.
September 9, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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Miyamoto, Iwata, & Itoi on what drives the creation of ideas, 2011.

Source: Iwata Asks

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PEOPLE: - Satoru Iwata, age 51. President of Nintendo. - Shigeru Miyamoto, age 58. Creator of Zelda & Mario. - Shigesato Itoi, age 62. Creator of Earthbound (Mother). QUOTE: Iwata: I don't think that anyone would be able to come up with any ideas if there were no restrictions for developing games. Miyamoto: Oh, that's very true. Itoi: That's true with any type of expression. Miyamoto: It's all about restrictions. History is really just a battle against restrictions. I think that we get our energy from being able to take a restriction and make it work for us. Iwata: There's no better feeling than the moment when you finally solve a problem. Miyamoto: There's something so enjoyable about being able to think, "I bet no one's thought of this!" On the other hand, if someone says, "I know everyone's doing this, but we need you to do it, too," that feels horrible.
August 12, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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MIyamoto on how they came up with turtle enemies for Mario Bros., 2009.

Source: Iwata Asks

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PEOPLE: - Shigeru Miyamoto, age 56. Director of Mario Bros. (1983). Creator of Zelda & Mario. - Satoru Iwata, age 49. President of Nintendo. QUOTE: Iwata: So without any risk to yourself, you could defeat your enemies simply by hitting them from below [in Mario Bros.] Miyamoto: And that made it a really cowardly kind of game. So then we made it so that you hit the enemies from below before going up to deliver the decisive blow. That's when we thought about what kind of creature could withstand being struck from below and would eventually recover. We racked our brains thinking what we could use… Iwata: And that's how you came up with the turtle! [laughs] Miyamoto: The turtle was the only solution! [laughs] Strike it from below and it flips over! Leave it for a while and it rights itself!
July 31, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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Itoi, Iwata, & Miyamoto on burnt yakisoba, 2011.

Source: Iwata Asks

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PEOPLE: - Shigesato Itoi, age 62. Creator of Earthbound (Mother). - Satoru Iwata, age 51. President of Nintendo. - Shigeru Miyamoto, age 58. Creator of Zelda & Mario. QUOTE: Itoi: Like yakisoba that's got burnt bits in it. If a big company were to bring out yakisoba, they would talk about how it mustn't be burnt. A rigid conversation ends with the conclusion that yakisoba must never be burnt. But when you keep the conversation rolling, someone says, "It's inexplicable, but that burntness is fragrant and tasty." … But when you follow strict product guidelines in a meeting, you just lop off every imperfection. Miyamoto: Yes, that's how it goes. Itoi: If you don't get past "Yes, that's right," that's what happens. Iwata: Because something without flaws is without character. It doesn't bear its creator's imprint or have any personality.
July 25, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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Miyamoto on why he stops projects, 2011.

Source: Iwata Asks

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PEOPLE: - Shigesato Itoi, age 62. Creator of Mother (Earthbound). - Shigeru Miyamoto, age 58. Creator of Zelda & Mario, General Manager of Nintendo EAD. - Satoru Iwata, age 51. President of Nintendo. QUOTE: Itoi: Have you ever had an experience where one of the younger members of your team ended up working on a project that you thought you stopped, and it turned into something really interesting? Miyamoto: Oh, that's happened to me a few times. Because when I stop a project it's because it's risky, not because it definitely won't work. Itoi: Oh, I get it. Miyamoto: Right. It might work, but it's risky. … Iwata: When you're making something with computers and you invest in something with low odds, you end up spending a lot of energy on it when the odds are that you'll probably have to throw it all away. So it's up to Miyamoto-san to use his eye and his experience to stop projects like that.
July 15, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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Miyamoto on how Japan lacked games to bridge simple and complex FPSs, 2008.

Source: Iwata Asks

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PEOPLE: - Shigeru Miyamoto, age 55. Creator of Mario & Zelda. General Producer of Link’s Crossbow Training. - Satoru Iwata, age 48. President of Nintendo. QUOTE: Miyamoto: In the US, various types of FPS games made for PCs slowly began to be released on home consoles. However, in Japan, there had been no basis for FPS-style games, and advanced games just kind of sprung up suddenly. … Iwata: There’s a really big difference between the simple shooting games and the advanced FPS games, isn’t there? I think that although a lot of people would find the FPS games really fun, many have this image that it’s really hard to bridge the gap in difficulty between the two. Miyamoto: Right, and I really felt there was room for a game that would bridge that gap, which is why I created Link’s Crossbow Training.
July 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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Miyamoto, Itoi, Iwata, and the value of ‘creative destruction’, 2011.

Source: Iwata Asks

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PEOPLE: - Shigeru Miyamoto, age 58. Creator of Mario & Zelda. General Manager of Nintendo EAD. - Shigesato Itoi, age 62. Creator of Earthbound. - Satoru Iwata, age 51. President of Nintendo. QUOTE: Miyamoto: [Meetings are] no good if someone doesn't at least once introduce some creative destruction, like, "I'm not so sure…" Something that is broken down and reassembled has greater reality. Itoi: Like, "Isn't that a little boring?" or "Aren't you avoiding what you should really be doing?" Or, "Don't you think the fans may not like that?" Miyamoto: Right. It's important that the values of someone who says that—the values of a single person—rework the problem once. Then it gets more real. … On the other hand, when it comes to everyone deciding together, it lacks sharpness or something like that. Iwata: Yeah. When a meeting yields results, you didn't decide anything by consensus, but rather, somebody laid their opinion on the line.
July 7, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Miyamoto & Iwata on the staff's “air of disagreement” with Link's Crossbow Training, 2008.

Source: Iwata Asks

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PEOPLE: - Shigeru Miyamoto, age 55. General Producer of Link’s Crossbow Training, Producer of Twilight Princess. - Satoru Iwata, age 48. President of Nintendo. QUOTE: Miyamoto: After Twilight Princess, I talked to the staff about whether or not we could do a side story. … But they were coming up with stories that can be described as ’epic tales’ rather than ’side stories’…. I ultimately suggested that we make [Link’s Crossbow Training]. Iwata: What was the staff’s reaction? Miyamoto: They were kind of shocked. It was like killing all the ideas they were working with until then. Some even felt that we should not do something which makes it look like we are reusing the already existing software. … Iwata: Well, at the beginning of the project, even I sensed an air of disagreement, or at least a lack of understanding, amongst some of the staff.
June 30, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Miyamoto & Iwata on plunging into the unknown with Ocarina of Time, 2011.

Source: Iwata Asks

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PEOPLE: - Satoru Iwata, age 51. President of Nintendo. - Shigeru Miyamoto, age 58. Producer of Ocarina of Time. QUOTE: Iwata: How did you view the project [Ocarina of Time] when that long development spanning two and a half years began? Everyone was just plunging ahead into unknown territory, right? Miyamoto: That's right. Back then, no one knew which direction the overall game industry was heading. Iwata: That's true now, too. [laughs] Miyamoto: I suppose so. [laughs] But back then, for example, if you had a big three-billion-yen project, no one knew if it would end up costing five billion, or two billion. …The only person who knew was the person who budgets the scheduled projects. But that person can't guarantee anything when it comes to how fun the game is.
June 27, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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I agree 1000% and I appreciate this articulation of it.

I think Miyamoto and by extension the Zelda team would agree with you (though whether they consistently lived up to this philosophy in games afterwards is debatable I think)
Miyamoto on how experiences build up and come to feel like a story, 2011. Source: Iwata Asks #Zelda #OcarinaofTimeQuote #IwataQuote,#MiyamotoQuote,#AonumaQuote https://www.notion.so/95b5a4ce641c4c69b0099add3353da6f PEOPLE: - Eiji Aonuma, age 48. Producer & Director of various Zelda titles. - Shigeru Miyamoto, age 58. Co-Creator of Zelda, producer of many Zelda titles. QUOTE: Aonuma: We have tended to lower the difficulty of recent Zelda games because we want everyone to reach the goal, like by placing healing items right before a boss battle and so on. But Miyamoto-san has been complaining that without anything to get stuck on, the games don't stick with you as memories.
June 13, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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Miyamoto & Iwata on the pixel constraints for drawing Jumpman's face, 2009.

Source: Iwata Asks

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PEOPLE: - Shigeru Miyamoto, age 56. Director of Donkey Kong. Creator of Zelda. - Satoru Iwata, age 49. President of Nintendo. QUOTE: Miyamoto: [For Donkey Kong] I drew [Jumpman’s] eyes, nose, mouth and… Iwata: There's absolutely no way that you had enough pixels, right? M: Right, there weren't enough. Before you know it, you've used up 8x8 pixels. But if you draw a nose then a moustache, you don't really know if it's a mouth or a moustache, and it saves pixels. I: So if you draw a moustache, you don't have to draw a mouth. M: You don't have to draw a mouth, which makes a big difference. You only need one pixel for the chin and if you draw two vertical pixels, you've got eyes that hopefully look quite cute. [laughs] Also … by making him wear a hat, you can reduce the hair to only a couple of pixels.
June 13, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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Iwata & Miyamoto on who will be the next president of Nintendo, 2002.

Source: Nintendo Power

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PEOPLE: - Satoru Iwata, age 42. GM of Nintendo’s Corporate Planning Division. Two months later, he was President. - Shigeru Miyamoto, age 49. General Producer of Nintendo EAD. Creator of Zelda, Mario, & more. - Hiroshi Yamauchi, age 74. President of Nintendo from 1949 to 2002. QUOTE: Q: Mr. Yamauchi has been speaking recently about retirement. Do you know who will replace him? Iwata: For some time now, he’s been saying that he will retire. However, he hasn’t said what his plan is. He may have a plan, but he hasn’t announced it. I don’t know what his plan is. Miyamoto: Since all of you made it here so early, I'm sure you're looking for more solid answers. I can tell you that it won’t be me. [laughs]
May 30, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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Miyamoto, Itoi, and Iwata on how companies need leaders with strong desire, 2011.

Source: Iwata Asks

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PEOPLE: - Shigeru Miyamoto, age 58. Creator of Zelda & Mario, General Manager of Nintendo EAD. - Shigesato Itoi, age 62. Creator of Earthbound, founded of Ape, Inc.. - Satoru Iwata, age 51. President of Nintendo 2002-2015. QUOTE: Miyamoto: These days, I'm always saying that when we get old we should be selfish. That's because I think an organization needs someone like Yamauchi-san. Itoi: … Rather than airing all opinions to draw a fair conclusion, saying, "This is what I like!" is what pulls people and a company along. Iwata: Right. The larger an organization is, the more important it is to say, "I've decided this is what we're going to focus on this time!" There are endless possibilities for what a company should do. … That's why people like Miyamoto-san and I have to make decisions and say, "Let's do this!" Itoi: That's more about desire than correctness.
May 4, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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Iwata & Miyamoto on experiments with 3D on older platforms, 2011.

Source: Iwata Asks

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PEOPLE: - Satoru Iwata, age 51. President of Nintendo. Programmer for Famicom Grand Prix II. - Shigeru Miyamoto, age 58. Producer of Luigi’s Mansion and Famicom Grand Prix II. Creator of Zelda & Mario. QUOTE: Iwata: Nintendo kept trying [to make 3D displays] again and again. … For example, a sample screen … to illustrate how you can see three-dimensional images without special glasses was functioning on the Game Boy Advance SP system. … To go back a little further, the Nintendo GameCube system actually had 3D-compatible circuitry built in. … [It] could display 3D images if you attached a special LCD, but that special liquid crystal was really expensive back then. … We already had a game for it—Luigi's Mansion. Miyamoto: It would jump out at you pretty nicely. To go way back, I even made a 3D Famicom game [Famicom Grand Prix II] that you played wearing goggles. We made that with you, Iwata-san.
April 19, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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Miyamoto and Iwata on how the Virtual Boy fit into Nintendo's lineup, 2011.

Source: Iwata Asks

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PEOPLE: - Satoru Iwata, age 51. President of Nintendo. - Shigeru Miyamoto, age 58. Creator of Zelda and Mario. General Manager of Nintendo EAD. - Shigesato Itoi, age 62. Creator of Earthbound, My Neighbor Totoro voice actor, Iron Chef judge, founder of Creatures, Inc.. QUOTE: Iwata: Nintendo has focused even more on entering into daily life in the last few years with the Nintendo DS and Wii system, so Virtual Boy looks even more out of place. Miyamoto: A long time ago we did make out-of-place stuff, though. Itoi: Yeah. Like the Love Tester. Iwata: The Love Tester doesn't really fit into the family living room. [laughs] Miyamoto: And the Automatic Ultra Scope. Itoi: And that thing like a batting machine… Iwata: The Ultra Machine. Itoi: If you think of Virtual Boy as an extension of such toys, you could say it is quite in keeping with Nintendo's products.
April 14, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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Miyamoto on his ambition to use Jumpman in every game he made, 2009.

Source: Iwata Asks

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PEOPLE: - Shigeru Miyamoto, age 56. Creator of Mario, Zelda, & more. - Satoru Iwata, age 49. President of Nintendo. QUOTE: Iwata: Then, because he jumped up and down [in Donkey Kong], he became known as ‘Jumpman’, right? Miyamoto: Well, I called him ‘Mr. Video’. My plan was to use the same character in every video game I made. Iwata: So you had that plan right from the start? Why did you intend to use him in every video game you made? Miyamoto: Well, I thought the way Hitchcock cropped up in all the films he directed was really cool! [laughs] Iwata: [laughs] Miyamoto: Or take manga artists like Osamu Tezuka and Fujio Akatsuka who have the same character popping up in a variety of different works. I think I was probably influenced by that at the time.
April 11, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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Reggie Fils-Aimé on convincing Iwata and Miyamoto to bundle Wii Sports with the Wii

Source: Disrupting the Game (Fils-Aimé, 2019)

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PEOPLE: - Reggie Fils-Aimé. President of Nintendo of America (2006-2019). - Satoru Iwata. President of Nintendo (2002-2015). QUOTE: "Fils-Aimé: We knew we had something magical in Wii Sports. I advocated packing Wii Sports with Wii so that every consumer would get access to this great content. After I made this suggestion, Mr. Iwata paused long enough for me to notice the faint buzz of the incandescent lighting in his office and get uncomfortable. ‘Reggie,’ Mr. Iwata said, ‘Nintendo does not give away precious content for free. We work hard to create special experiences. It is unique software that motivates consumers to buy our hardware. And we expect to sell these games over extended periods of time. No, we should not pack in Wii Sports.’" PEOPLE: - Reggie Fils-Aimé. President of Nintendo of America (2006-2019). - Satoru Iwata. President of Nintendo (2002-2015). - Shigeru Miyamoto. Creator of Zelda & Mario. General Manager of Nintendo EAD. QUOTE: "Fils-Aimé: Even after convincing Mr. Iwata that this was the right approach, I would also need to get Shigeru Miyamoto to agree [to bundling Wii Sports with the Wii in North America]. … The world’s best game designer was not happy. The ever-present smile and impish squint of Mr. Miyamoto’s eyes were gone. ‘[You don’t] understand the challenges of creating software that people love to play. This is something we constantly push ourselves to do. We do not give away our software,’ Mr. Miyamoto stated. Mr. Iwata, however, was already sparking to our ideas. ‘Miyamoto-san, I am sure that ... Reggie-san appreciates the effort of the developers. [He is] trying to solve for a different situation than ours in Japan.’"
April 5, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Miyamoto & Iwata on working with the constraints of arcade circuit boards, 2009.

Source: Iwata Asks

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PEOPLE: - Satoru Iwata, age 49. President of Nintendo. - Shigeru Miyamoto, age 56. Director of Donkey Kong. Creator of Zelda, Mario, & more. QUOTE: "Iwata: The ‘board’ that you just mentioned is the circuit board inside the arcade game cabinet. At that time, there was a fair amount of individuality, shall we say, in each machine and, depending on the specific type of hardware, there were different limitations imposed. Miyamoto: As we wanted [Donkey Kong] to be played on at least four connected screens, we simply referred to that as ‘scrolling’. [laughs] … The technical supervisor at the time asked us what on earth we were thinking: ‘One screen is plenty for a regular game! But you're making four separate screens! You might as well ask us to make four different games!’"
March 21, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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Miyamoto & Iwata on single floating blocks and believability, 2009.

Source: Iwata Asks

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PEOPLE: - Shigeru Miyamoto, age 56. Producer & Director of Super Mario Bros., Director & Artist for Donkey Kong. - Satoru Iwata, age 49. President of Nintendo. QUOTE: "Miyamoto: Sometimes there'll be a single block floating in mid-air, right? When I first made that [in Super Mario Bros.], I thought it was totally outrageous. Even when I was working on Donkey Kong, I'd design things properly. I'd make sure that if there was a floor here, then there'd be a pillar somewhere to support it. … When we made the game, it would start off with a large number of blocks and Mario would go along smashing those until there was just a single block floating there. We decided that ending up with just one block floating there didn't seem to feel unnatural. Iwata: But why doesn't it fall? [laughs] Miyamoto: Well, it's actually connected round the back... [laughs]"
February 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Iwata on Nakago & Tezuka's relationship with Miyamoto , 2009.

Source: Iwata Asks

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PEOPLE: - Takashi Tezuka, age 48. Assistant Director of Super Mario Bros., co-director of The Legend of Zelda. - Toshihiko Nakago, age 52. Programmer for Super Mario Bros. and The Legend of Zelda. - Shigeru Miyamoto, age 56. Director & Producer of of Super Mario Bros. and The Legend of Zelda. QUOTE: "Iwata: Now the two of you have lunch with Miyamoto-san on a more or less daily basis. I sometimes join you, which means that we've spent a lot of time together. But this is the first time we've ever spoken in this kind of formal setting. … You know, I always got the sense that you were suspicious that there was some kind of ulterior motive behind these interviews. [laughs] Tezuka: Well, I always thought it would be better to stay out of them. [laughs] Iwata: [laughs] Well, I asked you to join me for this interview because I felt that it was impossible to discuss the history of Mario without reference to the triangle formed by Miyamoto-san, Tezuka-san and Nakago-san."
February 11, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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Iwata on Kirby and Miyamoto's long-held goal of multiplayer Mario, 2009.

Source: Iwata Asks

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PEOPLE: - Satoru Iwata, age 49. Producer for Kirby Super Star. President of Nintendo. - Toshihiko Nakago, age 52. Programmer of The Legend of Zelda and Super Mario Bros., and other Zelda titles. - Shigeru Miyamoto, age 56. Producer for Kirby Super Star, Creator of Zelda and Mario. QUOTE: "Iwata: [Multiplayer] is one of the ideas that he returns to with every Mario game. It's a fair while ago now, but I once went to see Miyamoto-san to propose an idea for [Kirby Super Star (1996)]. He then set me a task to work on, saying: ‘We keep trying it every time with Mario but just can't seem to pull it off. Why don't we try having a multiplayer mode in Kirby?’ Nakago: So even though you'd gone to propose an idea to him, Miyamoto-san actually turned the tables and proposed one to you? [laughs] Iwata: That's right. It was this, which led to the director on Kirby, Sakurai-san, to come up with the idea of having a two-player helper system and including it in the game."
January 26, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Miyamoto on "not feeling" like making a sequel to Nintendogs, 2011.

Source: Iwata Asks

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PEOPLE: - Shigeru Miyamoto, age 58. Creator of Zelda. General Producer of Nintendogs and Nintendogs + Cats. - Satoru Iwata, age 51. President of Nintendo. QUOTE: "Miyamoto: To be honest, I didn't feel like making a follow-up Nintendogs at the time. Iwata: The motivation for making the first Nintendogs game was when you first got a dog, but even if you could imagine a game with other animals, you didn't feel like making one. Miyamoto: Right. I thought dogs were special at the time. Besides, I thought if cats followed dogs, it just wouldn't be like Nintendo. … I thought that with Nintendogs we had done something new beyond what previous pet-raising simulation games had offered, and I thought it would be great if third parties came out with all kinds of similar products. Besides, I didn't have a cat yet back then. [laughs]"
January 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM