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Shigeru Miyamoto
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: November 16
Artist
Computer Scientist
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Game Programmer
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Television Producer
Video Game Designer
Video Game Developer
Miyamoto Shigeru
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Video games are bad for you? That's what they said about rock 'n' roll.
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I always try to create new experiences that are fun to play.
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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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I don't like all the attention. I think it's better to let my work do the talking.
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Game music has a purpose and it does incorporate sound effects.
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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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This is the entertainment industry, so game designers have to have a creative mind and also have to be able to stand up against the marketing people at their company - otherwise they cannot be creative. There are not that many people who fit that description.
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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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I'd like to be known as the person who saw things from a different point of view to others.
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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.
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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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A delayed game is eventually good, but a rushed game is forever bad.
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Providing new means of entertainment is the important thing.
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What I found is that just in the lifestyle today, people have fewer and fewer opportunities to get exercise.
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Originally, I wanted a machine that would cost $100. My idea was to spend nothing on the console technology so all the money could be spent on improving the interface and software. If we hadn't used NAND flash memory and other pricey parts, we might have succeeded.
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I made some games, but I'm pretending like I didn't because they all turned out weird.
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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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What I'm really excited about is that continued challenge to create things that gamers of all experiences can play.
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Controller is so intuitive, even your mum can play.
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Nowadays I think it's really important that designers are really unique and individual.
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