He's not getting any younger.
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/30943
Nintendo is preparing for the eventual retirement of longtime creative force Shigeru Miyamoto, according to the recent investors Q&A held in Japan.
Although Miyamoto is not planning on leaving imminently, Nintendo Global President Satoru Iwata reassured investors that Nintendo is bringing up young developers to fill the role as the older guard of Nintendo mainstays, Miyamoto included, retire.
When the question of Miyamoto's retirement was raised, the Mario creator responded carefully due to last year's report that he was already considering retirement. Miyamoto stated that he was still active in his role, and that in addition to designing games like Nintendo Land, he "often think of other things, such as what the future of the Japanese movie industry will be like. I do not have any concrete visions yet, but I am trying to keep my eyes on a variety of fields and to find any small possibilities for Nintendo to be involved in one way or the other."
Mr. Iwata added, "Mr. Miyamoto still will be actively creating things but we are working for the transition of power to go to younger people at the same time. Naturally the directors here will inevitably become too old to be able to continue their current positions someday and Nintendo might decrease its competitiveness without competent replacements. We are proceeding with preparations to avoid that situation."
Life after Miyamoto? I don't think so. Being a creative, hopefully he will always have (or desire to have) Nintendo as an outlet for his ideas.
All you have to do is watch him talk about what he has to show you. He isn't a meat puppet like Reggie or a suit like Iwata. Rare is the instance a guy like Miyamoto has so much pull in a global industry.
In all honesty, I'd rather see Sakamoto retire than Miyamoto.
In all honesty, I'd rather see Sakamoto retire than Miyamoto.
this is news re-interation, i swear this was a news item months ago
edit: now having read the article to where my statement is redundant, i still don't see the point of this article.
It was, and then Nintendo denied it up and down and argued it was a mistranslation.
He's not immortal.
Hey, look at the Prime games and then look at Other M and then tell me the series isn't better off without him involved.Then look at everything else he does that's not Metroid.
Hey, look at the Prime games and then look at Other M and then tell me the series isn't better off without him involved.Then look at everything else he does that's not Metroid.
Hey, look at the Prime games and then look at Other M and then tell me the series isn't better off without him involved.Then look at everything else he does that's not Metroid.
Hey, look at the Prime games and then look at Other M and then tell me the series isn't better off without him involved.Then look at everything else he does that's not Metroid.
Also look at Fusion and Zero Mission which were both great Metroid games as well. Seriously, the Sakamoto hate is getting ridicules at this point. He makes one game some people didn't like and suddenly they act like he's some kind of child rapist that needs to go to prison.
Zero Mission was brilliant, but it was also eight years ago. If Sakamoto comes up with another one that good or even close I'm more than happy to reconsider my opinion.
this is news re-interation, i swear this was a news item months ago
edit: now having read the article to where my statement is redundant, i still don't see the point of this article.
Among many other problems, the Japanese game industry (especially) seems to have something metaphorically akin to an inbreeding problem: the old men who started the company train the next generation to make the same games they made. Then, when the new generation takes over, they continue under the direct approval of a committee run by the old men who trained them, who direct them to continue to make the same kind of games. I feel there's a lot of passion and creativity that gets lost in that system. I don't want to see that when we start losing these legendary designers at Nintendo. I want to see what the passion and inventiveness of a new generation can bring to Nintendo.
