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‘I’m Retiring,’ Miyamoto Tells Staff - Moving On To Smaller Projects In Nintendo

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V_Ben

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http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2011/12/miyamoto-interview/

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — 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, Wired.com has learned.

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.”
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Wario64

works for Gamestop (lol)
http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2011/12/miyamoto-interview/

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — 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, Wired.com has learned.

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.

Wired.com’s full interview with Miyamoto, including his thoughts on Skyward Sword, making Mario Kart 7 with a Western development team, 3-D gaming, cell phones and more on the future of games, will be published next week.
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“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.”
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The Technomancer

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Guys guys

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“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.”
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This is good for us
 
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“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.”
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This sounds like great news to me.
 
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markot

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“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.”

THATS AWESOME!
 
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BlueWord

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This is a big deal. But I feel like Nintendo has the talent to carry on without him, ever since Mario games found a new home in Nintendo EAD Tokyo.
 
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V_Ben

Banned
I'm really excited to in see what he can create when freed from the pressure of having to make a blockbuster title. It's gonna be cool to see the smaller stuff he's going to make.
 
Alexios

Alexios

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The_Technomancer said:
Guys guys

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This is good for us
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That sounds fantastic. I do hope he'll not give up the right to uppend some tea tables if the Mario or Zelda or whatever team seem to be fucking up though.

Holy shit @ people not reading, lol. Although I suppose his actual retirement may not be that far off. Past next gen maybe?
 
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K444WSR

Member
Sad day if he is indeed retiring. Hopefully his involvement is more than just a minor role. Responsible for my favorite games of all time and for a large number of people here I imagine. Just one thing tho, give us pikmin 3 before you go

Edit- reread article fully....might actually be good news. Would love to see what he creates away from the staple nintendo franchises.
 
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soxinthebox

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"will step down from his current position at Nintendo but remain with the company to work on smaller, more personal projects"

Miyamoto making iPhone games confirmed.
 
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Leona Lewis

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Why would you do that?

Member
Wow, when I actually read it, I realized that it's very, very good news IMO. I really want him and others to work on games with smaller teams, like in the past.

Imagining a new game created by mostly him, Tezuka, and Kondo is a dream of mine that I didn't think would ever come to fruition...
 
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KingDizzi

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How much cash you'll reckon he has? Recall hearing he lives modestly but fuck if he asked for his share every time.........we talking 9 figures?

Miyamoto and Ueda will come together and make playgrounds a long with Takahashi
 
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Lingitiz

Member
Title is a bit weird. Good to see him step down to smaller projects, although I bet he's still definitely still going to have a big say on the larger projects.
 
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chaosblade

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How much was he involved with recent projects like Skyward Sword and Mario 3D Land anyway? I was under the impression that other guys like Aonuma and Koizumi were pretty much taking on Miyamoto's responsibilities so he could eventually step down.
 
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