Shigeru Miyamoto is a legendary video game designerhe has to his credit the co-creation of franchises like Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda, donkey kong or starfox. And in 1996, before the launch of Super Mario 64, THE TIME compared him to Steven Spielbergcreating cult works for a whole young generation.
The nickname “the Spielberg of video games” has stuck over the years, but Shigeru Miyamoto isn’t too fond of it. This is what the Japanese designer confessed in a long interview with GameSpotin which the journalist compared nintendo To disney. It must be said that in addition to video games, the Japanese studio now has an amusement park, and the release of Super Mario Bros. The film will happen in a few weeks. Shigeru Miyamoto states as follows:
As you said, I’ve also been called the Spielberg of the gaming world, but I don’t really like it. I am Miyamoto. Miyamoto is Miyamoto and Nintendo is Nintendo. However, I feel honored to be compared to Disney. But that being said, rather than comparing Nintendo to Disney, I think Disney to some extent, especially for families, represents a sense of comfort.
I feel like Nintendo is well known for video games and video games are generally not synonymous with solace. But Nintendo is associated with video games and having Nintendo then compared to Disney really gives me confidence that we’ve gotten to a point where we can bring Nintendo to the concept of solace and maybe give that solace. So that’s something that I really feel like we were able to achieve and that I’m happy about.
What seems certain is that Shigeru Miyamoto isn’t ready to retire just yet. You can find New Super Mario Bros. U-Deluxe To €44.99 per Fnac.
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