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The obvious objective of video games is to entertain people by surprising them with new experiences.

Shigeru Miyamoto

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Shigeru Miyamoto
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: November 16
Artist
Computer Scientist
Designer
Game Programmer
Screenwriter
Television Producer
Video Game Designer
Video Game Developer
Miyamoto Shigeru
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Entertain

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Fortunately, because of the spread of smart devices, people take games for granted now. It's a good thing for us, because we do not have to worry about making games something that are relevant to general people's daily lives.
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Their attitude is, 'okay, I am the customer. You are supposed to entertain me.' It's kind of a passive attitude they're taking, and to me it's kind of a pathetic thing. They do not know how interesting it is if you move one step further and try to challenge yourself with more advanced games.
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Most people think video games are all about a child staring at a TV with a joystick in his hands. I don't. They should belong to the entire family. I want families to play video games together.
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I think I can make an entirely new game experience, and if I can't do it, some other game designer will.
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All the time, players are forced to do their utmost. If they are challenged to the limit, is it really fun for them?
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As a kid, I was a big comic fan and I liked foreign comics as well.
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Controller is so intuitive, even your mum can play.
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A late game is only late until it ships. A bad game is bad until the end of time
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I don't think as a creator that I could create an experience that truly feels interactive if you don't have something to hold in your hand, if you don't have something like force feedback that you can feel from the controller.
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Angry Birds is a very simple idea but its one of those games that I immediately appreciated when I first started playing, before wishing that I had been the one to come up with the idea first.
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Who knows how Mario will look in the future. Maybe he'll wear metallic clothes!
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I always try to create new experiences that are fun to play.
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What I'm really excited about is that continued challenge to create things that gamers of all experiences can play.
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A great idea solves multiple problems at the same time.
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Nowadays I think it's really important that designers are really unique and individual.
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A delayed game is eventually good, but a rushed game is forever bad.
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Game music has a purpose and it does incorporate sound effects.
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I think that the entertainment industry itself has a history of chasing success. Any time a hit product comes out, all the other companies start chasing after that success and trying to recreate it by putting out similar products.
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When I'm making video games today, I want people to be entertained. I am always thinking, How are people going to enjoy playing the games we are making today? And as long as I can enjoy something other people can enjoy it, too.
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Up until now, the biggest question in society about video games has been what to do about violent games. But it's almost like society in general considers video games to be something of a nuisance, that they want to toss into the garbage can.
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