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Shigeru Miyamoto May or May Not be Switching Roles

Posted Dec 8, 2011 at 1:14PM EST by

Listed in: News Tags: mario, Shigeru Miyamoto, Zelda
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Last night, the internet exploded with news that Shigeru Miyamoto was retiring from his current position at Nintendo. While not leaving the company or the games industry, Miyamoto stated that he wanted to leave the huge franchises like Zelda and Mario to teams of younger developers so that he could go on to work on smaller projects with shorter development times. He even mentioned his love for the guy that created the Rubik’s cube.

 

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The news was interesting, to be sure – Miyamoto clearly wants to work closer to the cutting edge of development, rather than as the guy who steers multi-billion dollar franchises. But I’m guessing Nintendo’s shareholders weren’t too happy with the information, because the company has issued a stern denial:


"This is absolutely not true.  There seems to have been a misunderstanding. He has said all along that he wants to train the younger generation.


"He has no intention of stepping down. Please do not be concerned."


Nintendo is clearly trying to calm investor fears that the man responsible for most of the company’s success would be stepping into a position with less responsibility, despite the fact that the original interview seemed pretty clear about Miyamoto’s intent.


There’s obviously a small chance this whole thing is a translation error, but the odds of that are miniscule. More likely, Miyamoto has been planning this type of move for years and perhaps announced it before Nintendo had time to do the proper legwork with investors.


We’ll just have to see how the story plays out. In the meantime, what would you think of a Zelda or Mario project without Miyamoto’s oversight?


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+1 # RE: Shigeru Miyamoto May or May Not be Switching Rolesjazneo 2011-12-08 19:05
he know his company fall apart he trying to get out before it does

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# RE: Shigeru Miyamoto May or May Not be Switching Rolesmajin_vegeta 2011-12-08 20:44
well hes been on zelda and mario for a long time, its only natural that he may have become a little bored and wants to do somthing new, or it could be the face the he isnt that happy with the way mario kart 7 turned out he didnt have his say as much as he would have liked. but with him saying he wants to work with the younger generation means to me that he waants to train them to be creative and then retire

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# RE: Shigeru Miyamoto May or May Not be Switching RolesAzariel_z 2011-12-09 06:54
Quoting majin_vegeta:
well hes been on zelda and mario for a long time, its only natural that he may have become a little bored and wants to do somthing new, or it could be the face the he isnt that happy with the way mario kart 7 turned out he didnt have his say as much as he would have liked. but with him saying he wants to work with the younger generation means to me that he waants to train them to be creative and then retire


I Think he is bored not be involved on the project itself, thats why. He is a Guy that like to DO , not to TALK he does something ( as he is now..) so he do prefer to work on a less bureaucratic position, involved on a project instead answer mails, tweeting he went for a coffee, and seating the meeting table with the shareholders planing their next karaoke party.....

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# RE: Shigeru Miyamoto May or May Not be Switching Rolesxnamkcor 2011-12-10 17:24
This just in! Things may or might not happen! More at Eleven. Or Not Eleven.

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# RE: Shigeru Miyamoto May or May Not be Switching Rolesandrewcha 2011-12-11 05:00
I foresee that more solid title coming out if he's the one that getting back on making games. I think he's cool.

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# RE: Shigeru Miyamoto May or May Not be Switching Rolesa 2011-12-11 20:09
Makes fuck all difference if he actually stops making games because just look at directors like Spielberg & Cameron, almost every movie they involved in now they just working as a producer and the production company just sticks their name above the movie title and that could easily double sales, and has that affected their reputation in any way?

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