October 14, 2008 – 2:00 pm
Recently Nintendo legend Miyamoto went to a school to teach young kids how to play Wii Music. He spent some time showing the children the different aspects of Wii Music and getting them all involved and interested in this upcoming title. It is actually incredible to watch how fast the kids pick up on the game and are off and playing. What the children do not realize is that they are in the presence of greatness and any adult gamer would love to be in their place, just think of playing video games with Miyamoto like playing catch with Babe Ruth, one of the true fathers of video games.
One very interesting thing is that Miyamoto has an elated look on his face at all times, you never once see him unhappy. He truly loves video games and although some people do not agree with the Wii and Wii Music specifically you can see that he is like a big kid playing it. Miyamoto never stopped smiling once, just look at Bill Gates in contrast.
Wii Music is demonstrating the ability to touch children and gamers of all ages, which is a great thing in my opinion. At first I would dump all over this title, but after seeing these children interact with it, I was amazed. Perhaps Wii Music will be the first game with a rating that states you must be “this young to play” or at least “this young at heart” to play.
Wii Music will not please many adult gamers, but it will by the looks of the children, grab and hold the attention of children. What better way to get children interested in video games than at an early age? The squeaky clean appeal of the game will not serve the hardcore market, but I will tell you that any parent with children will run out and buy this game and it will sell very well.
Hit the jump to watch the video and be envious of these children.
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August 12, 2008 – 6:00 pm
Nintendo big wig Miyamoto was building a reputation for developing video game titles based on what his current hobbies are and Nintendo plans on keeping all of their latest works a secret even if it means ordering him to STFU.
With Miyamoto being well known now for announcing upcoming titles and systems based around his pastimes, Nintendo has decided it was time to ban his public hobby discussions, because they believe the competition may attempt to develop an idea off his million dollar thoughts.
Miyamoto had developed several games based off his hobbies like Zelda and his love of exploring caves and Wii Fit and his love for being healthy and excercise. I wonder what his latest hobby will be and what we might have in store form our friends over at Nintendo. Someone should buy Miyamoto some tickets to Amsterdam to spice up the Nintendo line up as soon as possible. I think Nintendo is going a bit over board with this ban, what do you think?
[Via MyGen]
Ruh Roh. Nintendo’s brain child, Shigeru Miyamoto has completed all the ideas he had when he came up with the Wii. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata had this to say:
Wii Music completes what Miyamoto wrote in his proposal when he came up with the idea for the Wii. He was saying that he needs to think up more ideas now.
You’re damn right he needs to come up with more ideas. Wii Music, while it will probably sell a ton, isn’t the greatest idea. We know Shiggy is working on more Mario, Zelda, and Pikman games, so I think we might be safe for a while.
While this is not unexpected, its still good to hear that to 2 of the top 5 games on the console have at least planned sequels. No word yet on dates, titles, or anything of substance, but it is reassuring that we will get another taste of these games in the not-so-distant future:
The magazine also asked Miyamoto the inevitable question about sequels, and he gave the expected answer. In case you have to hear to to believe it, Miyamoto is indeed interested in making a Super Mario Galaxy sequel. He’s also thinking about the next Zelda title.
You can probably expect the Zelda sequel first due to Mario Galaxy being the most recent of the two. We can also expect at least on of these next holiday season. Nintendo keeps moving an incredible amount of consoles with a mediocre library. Except for the obvious titles, there is a huge drop-off in quality.
[via gamegrep]
Big ups to EHT for the tip.
