Shigeru Miyamoto has confessed to the Mercury News that despite owning a smartphone he has yet to find a game he actually likes. Miyamoto also went on to reiterate that Nintendo is committed to creating games and experiences that just couldn’t be replicated on other devices.

To me, the utmost concern is how we can create games for dedicated game machines that are unique enough so that they can never be reproduced on any other devices.

I believe as time goes by, the kinds of games people are expecting on smartphones are going to be largely different from what games people are expecting from the dedicated video game machines.

I recently purchased a smartphone and tried several games myself, but I just have not been able to find any games so far that I particularly like.

Shigeru Miyamoto has confessed to the Wall Street Journal that he isn’t a fan of gaming on a smartphone due to the lack of buttons on the devices. Miyamoto says that video games are all about experiences: how you feel and how you experience that particular videogame software application.

Another thing he says Nintendo isn’t behind on: mobile games. While games like Angry Birds for smartphones and tablets may be all the rage, Miyamoto said Nintendo isn’t going to make its software available for download on those devices.

Why? He prefers buttons and a physical connection to the game.

“Videogames are all about experiences: how you feel and how you experience that particular videogame software application,” Miyamoto said, noting that with the company’s new Zelda game, customers have to move their controllers as if they were slicing with a real sword and blocking with a real shield. “In order to realize the maximum and unique experiences, we fine-tune it and stick to the details.”

That preference for physical experiences extends to Miyamoto’s taste for smartphones. He said that he would buy a BlackBerry, because he likes physical keyboards, but he couldn’t get one. Instead, he has chosen to use a Toshiba smartphone that runs Google’s Android operating system and has a physical keyboard attached.