Quote

A great idea solves multiple problems at the same time.

Shigeru Miyamoto

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Shigeru Miyamoto
Age: 71
Born: 1952
Born: November 16
Artist
Computer Scientist
Designer
Game Programmer
Screenwriter
Television Producer
Video Game Designer
Video Game Developer
Miyamoto Shigeru
Great
Solves
Time
Multiple
Solve
Problems
Idea
Problem
Ideas

More quotes by Shigeru Miyamoto

Image
Players are artists who create their own reality within the game.
Shigeru Miyamoto
Image
Who knows how Mario will look in the future. Maybe he'll wear metallic clothes!
Shigeru Miyamoto
Image
I think I can make an entirely new game experience, and if I can't do it, some other game designer will.
Shigeru Miyamoto
Image
My days all follow much the same pattern. They are structured and typical.
Shigeru Miyamoto
Image
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.
Shigeru Miyamoto
Image
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.
Shigeru Miyamoto
Image
The obvious objective of video games is to entertain people by surprising them with new experiences.
Shigeru Miyamoto
Image
As I am ageing, naturally, how I want my videogames to be played must be changing.
Shigeru Miyamoto
Image
Providing new means of entertainment is the important thing.
Shigeru Miyamoto
Image
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.
Shigeru Miyamoto
Image
I'd like to be known as the person who saw things from a different point of view to others.
Shigeru Miyamoto
Image
I don't like all the attention. I think it's better to let my work do the talking.
Shigeru Miyamoto
Image
I could make Halo. It’s not that I couldn’t design that game. It’s just that I choose not to. One thing about my game design is that I never try to look for what people want and then try to make that game design. I always try to create new experiences that are fun to play.
Shigeru Miyamoto
Image
Nowadays I think it's really important that designers are really unique and individual.
Shigeru Miyamoto
Image
Necessity is the mother of invention. I love solving things like that. Because there wasn't enough memory, thinking of an economical way to make the movements look right was like solving a puzzle, and I had a lot of fun.
Shigeru Miyamoto
Image
All the time, players are forced to do their utmost. If they are challenged to the limit, is it really fun for them?
Shigeru Miyamoto
Image
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.
Shigeru Miyamoto
Image
I made some games, but I'm pretending like I didn't because they all turned out weird.
Shigeru Miyamoto
Image
For a long time at Nintendo we didn't focus as much on online play because for many years doing so would have limited the size of the audience that could enjoy those features. But certainly now we see that so many people are connected to the Internet. It opens up a tremendous amount of possibilities.
Shigeru Miyamoto
Image
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.
Shigeru Miyamoto