Miyamoto – Mario’s origins, VR, approach to consoles, Wii U’s struggles, training staff, staying with Nintendo, more
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Wii U | 74 Comments
NPR has put up a massive interview with Shigeru Miyamoto. There’s tons of talk about Mario’s origins, but plenty of other topics as well.
We’ve posted the Q&A breakdown below. You can find the original piece here as well. I’d recommend giving this interview a look, since it’s very interesting!
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Rodea: The Sky Soldier English direct-feed footage
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10 more minutes of Yo-Kai Watch footage
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Smash Bros. Roy and Lucas comparisons with the previous games
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Super Mario Maker – “Buzzy Beetle Surfing” (off-screen with audio)
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Brain Age Express: Sudoku taken down from the NA/JP 3DS eShop and DSi Shop
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Nintendo has pulled Brain Age Express: Sudoku from the 3DS eShop and DSi Shop. This applies to North America and Japan, and possibly Europe as well. The reasoning behind Brain Age Express: Sudoku’s removal is currently unknown.
Activision on why this was the right time to bring back Guitar Hero
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Guitar Hero games were releasing yearly between 2005 and 2010. From that point on, however, the series went on hiatus. It’s only just now that Guitar Hero is returning in the form of Guitar Hero Live.
So why bring back the franchise after all of this time? Activision’s Eric Hirshberg told GamesBeat:
We had the right idea and the right execution. We set a very high bar for ourselves internally. It’s obviously a strong brand and a strong franchise. It’s something people had a lot of love for. But it was clearly also out of gas. It was in need of meaningful reinvention. We made a deal with ourselves that we wouldn’t bring it back just to bring it back. We wouldn’t bring it back unless we felt like we had reinvented it for the next generation of gamers and hardware, and we have.
Hour-long Super Robot Wars BX video
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In addition to the Super Robot Wars BX trailer and commercial posted earlier today, Bandai Namco also uploaded an hour-long video for the game. Watch it below.
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Super Mario Maker “Thwomps Are Your Friends” gameplay (direct-feed)
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More direct-feed Super Mario Maker gameplay has come in from E3 2015. Give the latest video a look below.
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Miyamoto: “I would never call Mario a kids game or a mascot that only kids understand”
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 20 Comments
Mario has the capacity to resonate with kids, but that doesn’t mean that’s the franchises only demographic. This is something that creator Shigeru Miyamoto echoed in an interview with NPR.
He told the publication:
I would never call Mario a kids game or a mascot that only kids understand. It taps into fundamental building blocks of play. It’s fun to jump and it’s fun to run and feel free and fly up into the sky and all those things.
You can have a full listen to the interview below.
