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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.

Shigeru Miyamoto

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Shigeru Miyamoto
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: November 16
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Video Game Designer
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Miyamoto Shigeru
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I don't really think of things in terms of legacy or where I stand in the history of Nintendo or anything like that.
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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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We don't pay a whole lot of attention to the Internet until people have played the game - then we pay a lot of attention to whether people liked it. We read through it and see it, but we don't take it into consideration. ... [The Internet] is not going to dictate the direction of where the game goes.
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As I am ageing, naturally, how I want my videogames to be played must be changing.
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I never really participated in specific sports or anything, but once I hit 40, I started to get a little bit more active and began swimming more.
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Games are a trigger for adults to again become primitive, primal, as a way of thinking and remembering. An adult is a child who has more ethics and morals, that's all. I am not creating a game. I am in the game. The game is not for children, it is for me. It is for an adult who still has a character of a child.
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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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I think Zelda 64 is utilizing about 90 percent of the N64 potential, ... When we made Mario 64 we were simply utilizing 60 to 70 percent. So we have come a long way I believe.
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Throughout the Zelda series I've always tried to make players feel like they are in a kind of miniature garden. So, this time also, my challenge was how to make people feel comfortable and sometimes very scared at the same time. That is the big challenge.
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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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I think that inside every adult is the heart of a child. We just gradually convince ourselves that we have to act more like adults.
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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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