Shigeru Miyamoto discusses his current involvement with Mario games and more

Casa Brutus, a Japanese magazine focused on design and architecture, recently spoke with Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto in celebration of Super Mario’s 40th anniversary.

As we know, Miyamoto isn’t as involved with game development these days. Still, he plays roughly the first 30 minutes of each title to ensure that Nintendo is still capturing that Mario feel.

Miyamoto said:

“Nowadays, I have teammates who help maintain the world of Mario, so I entrust much of it to them. Even so, I always personally play through about the first 30 minutes of the game and check the interface thoroughly – to make sure it really feels like Mario.”

Also on the topic of games and eventually reaching the franchise’s 50th anniversary, Miyamoto shared:

“Up through Super Mario Odyssey, I feel we’ve done just about everything we could on the Switch. In the past, whenever a new console came out, we always released a new Mario game, so I do wonder how the current team will take on that challenge. But maybe I’ll say, ‘I won’t look anymore!’ (laughs) I just hope to stay healthy until Mario’s 50th anniversary!”

Miyamoto additional commented on The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, though he didn’t say much. However, he’s confident that the film will be fun.

“The setting for the next movie is, just as the title says, the galaxy – that’s all I can really say. We’re in the final stages of production now, but I think it’s going to be fun. I usually just say, ‘I’ll keep working on it until it becomes fun,’ so that alone should tell you how confident I am (laughs).”

Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 just came to Nintendo Switch a little while back. Check out our review of the release here.