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Nintendo is readying a set of Pikmin animated shorts for 3DS, with Shigeru Miyamoto personally overseeing the production. Polygon reports Miyamoto is currently working with an external animation studio. The Nintendo legend apparently created mock-ups using the 3DS Fliptnote Studio, and sent them over to the animation director to discuss. …
Read More »Miyamoto wants Wii U Metroid, Star Fox
While fans are no doubt waiting for Zelda HD, Shigeru Miyamoto has other Nintendo properties on his Wii U wish list. The iconic developer told IGN he is interested in seeing how Metroid would benefit from the upcoming console and its tablet-like GamePad controller. "With Metroid, it’s very easy to …
Read More »Miyamoto: Nintendo must prepare for my retirement
Games icon not yet ready to resign, but is passing responsibility to younger colleagues
Read More »Miyamoto ponders A Link to the Past remake
Nintendo's game wizard keen on 3DS version of SNES classic
Read More »OPINION: Why Miyamoto SHOULD retire
Last Thursday was the perfect storm in a teacup for games websites. For a few moments, mere minutes really, Shigeru Miyamoto – creative genius behind almost everything that Nintendo is known for in the modern world – was calling time on an enviable career. Wired declared he was ‘stepping down’ …
Read More »Miyamoto returns to grass-roots game development
Zelda creator wants to step away from day-to-day management and build new, smaller games for Nintendo
Read More »Miyamoto: Wii U tech won’t push far beyond rivals
Nintendo 'has to balance cost of new screen and aggressive pricepoint'
Read More »Miyamoto: Wii U will only read one screen-pad
Nintendo researching whether Wii U can work with more than one touch-screen controller
Read More »E3 2011: I’ve made my last Wii game, says Miyamoto
Shigeru Miyamoto has said that he is going through a process of finishing all development work on Wii games, following the revelation of the Wii U console at E3 yesterday. Miyamoto, best-known as creator of the Mario and Zelda franchises, said that he would be focused on the newest upcoming …
Read More »Miyamoto ending Wii development
E3 2011: Development legend details winding down process on current Nintendo home console
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