Miyamoto stepping down!

Helix

Bit of an unexpected one here, but Shiggers is apparenly resigning his current position with Nintendo in order to focus on smaller projects. Not sure what his logic is there, but since it might well mean some new franchises from him I'm kinda excited, if a little disappointed that Nintendo's flagship games are probably gonna take a bit of a dip

K.O.Kiki

Helix wrote:

Crazy old man steps down so that Zelda franchise can finally evolve under new guidance.

:pac:

Retr0gamer

Nintendo has more than enough talent to keep making great games. I'd say it's more Miyamoto stepping down from a management position to focus more on games than leaving nintendo, which tbh can only mean better things.

Retr0gamer

Nintendo are saying it's BS and that it was a mistranslation/misunderstanding.

SeantheMan

http://kotaku.com/5866218/nintendo-denies-that-marios-creator--is-retiring

According to Nintendo, this does not mean he is stepping down. "This is absolutely not true," a Nintendo spokesperson told Reuters. "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."

A Nintendo spokesperson also told Bloomberg that Miyamoto will be spending less time in development and more time training young game creators.

Mr.Saturn

In other news: a translator got fired today.

ShadowHearth

i dont know if its good or bad...


good, that he will not rehash another nintendo franchise or bad, that he will be multiplying by teaching his own way more young game developers...

Retr0gamer

Miyamoto has never been one for rehashing games though? The closest he's come was to that was probably only Mario Sunshine.

richymcdermott

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Miyamoto has never been one for rehashing games though? The closest he's come was to that was probably only Mario Sunshine.

I would consider mario galaxy 1 and 2 the same thing

megaten

richymcdermott wrote: »

I would consider mario galaxy 1 and 2 the same thing

Galaxy 2 is more like an expansion pack than a rehash.

Retr0gamer

richymcdermott wrote: »

I would consider mario galaxy 1 and 2 the same thing

megaten wrote: »

Galaxy 2 is more like an expansion pack than a rehash.

Miyamoto isn't Nintendo. He hasn't been in anything but an advisory role on a game since Pikmin. He's since been only on a supervisory role or else helping with marketing. I'm guessing he's not happy with that arrangement and wants to ge more active which is what led to this being mis-reported.

Doodee

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Miyamoto isn't Nintendo. He hasn't been in anything but an advisory role on a game since Pikmin. He's since been only on a supervisory role or else helping with marketing. I'm guessing he's not happy with that arrangement and wants to ge more active which is what led to this being mis-reported.

I highly doubt that.
People who create franchises seldom assume advisory roles, more like a Seagull!

Retr0gamer

Doodee wrote: »

I highly doubt that.
People who create franchises seldom assume advisory roles, more like a Seagull!

It's the truth. He's been in a management position for the last few years and only advising on projects. Check the credits of the games you think he produced on. He'll have a producers credit in an supervisory role with the lead producer. People think he's solely responsible for most of nintendos output but it couldn't be further from the truth, for the last few years he's been less active. You probably think he's responsible for all the zelda games but he hasn't been a lead since producer since Ocarina of Time, Eiji Aonuma is who is in charge of the Zelda series from Majoras Mask onwards.

nitromaster

Would love if he ended up creating some new ideas for download titles for 3DS/Wii U tbh