Shigeru Miyamoto
Shigeru Miyamoto
Shigeru Miyamotois a Japanese video game designer and producer. He is best known as the creator of some of the most critically acclaimed and best-selling video games of all time...
NationalityJapanese
ProfessionGame Designer
Date of Birth16 November 1952
CitySonobe, Japan
CountryJapan
fun new-experiences games
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.
typical patterns
My days all follow much the same pattern. They are structured and typical.
names people habit
Japanese people have a funny habit of abbreviating names.
arcade create entertainment family games objective system ultimate until
We had been making arcade games up until that point, ... Our objective with the Nintendo entertainment system was to create the ultimate family entertainment system for the home.
arcade create entertainment family games objective system ultimate until
We had been making arcade games up until that point. Our objective with the Nintendo entertainment system was to create the ultimate family entertainment system for the home.
challenges standards enjoy
To create a new standard, you have to be up for that challenge and really enjoy it.
warrior thinking doors
What if everything you see is more than what you see--the person next to you is a warrior and the space that appears empty is a secret door to another world? What if something appears that shouldn't? You either dismiss it, or you accept that there is much more to the world than you think. Perhaps it is really a doorway, and if you choose to go inside, you'll find many unexpected things.
new-experiences games people
The obvious objective of video games is to entertain people by surprising them with new experiences.
creating games creating-something
It isn't about games, for me, personally, and it never really was. It was about creating something- anything- far bigger than yourself.
ideas problem multiple
A great idea solves multiple problems at the same time.
ideas doe problem
A good idea is something that does not solve just one single problem, but rather can solve multiple problems at once.
movie games people
I don't want to criticize any other designers, but I have to say that many of the people involved in this industry - directors and producers - are trying to make their games more like movies. They are longing to make movies rather than making videogames.
I wanted to make something very unique, something very different.
I'm not saying that I'm going to retire from game development altogether.