Whilst Nintendo firmly squashed those Miyamoto retirement rumours that infiltrated the web last year, the man himself has told El Mundo that Nintendo must prepare themselves for his eventual retirement. Miyamoto told the publication that he’s currently in the process of giving the talented individuals who work under him much more responsibilities.
“We all get older. I’m already about to turn 60,”
“In recent years I’ve been telling people within Nintendo [that] I’ll have to retire at some point. We must be prepared. That’s why I given more responsibility to younger colleagues.”
I hope Nintendo can survive without Miyamoto.
What’s important to realize is that Miyamoto has already moved out of the spotlight in game development. He’s really in more of a consulting and approval position now as the Senior Producer. For an example, Zelda Producer Eiji Aonuma and Mario Producer Yoshiaki Koizumi have been working directly with Miyamoto for at least 15 years, and are essentially in charge of managing the directors and the rest of the development staff. Of course Miyamoto is still influential to these games and I assume was he says is what goes. He thoroughly plays and tests the games to make sure they feel and play right, and that the developers don’t lose sight of making a game that is fun. This has been Miyamoto’s job for a while now, it’s just now getting attention amid retirement rumors.
He has trained them well.
THEY CAN.
WITH ALL MYAMOTO GAVE THEM
I wonder what it will be like when that day comes…
I’ll cry!
Myamoto is Moses
And we the gamer are the people of Israel about to cross the game divide
Me must get a Joshua
will start the legendary comparations like: What at the level of Miyamoto-Sama, even higher, lack his touch,etc.
This incredible how a young who was contracted mostly because his mother ask his godfather?(or friend of his father depeding of the version) to give work to his recently graduate son… and them boom.
In general is better, a lot of people in japan say that Nintendo will suffer Without Yokoi after Virtual Boy mishandeling and fiasco, but them… still cause impact but the company goes to better.
But Miyamoto will never fully retired, they always will ask his help with their two childs… Mario & Zelda, heck like Itoi, he will even plan a Mario game before he die(the legends say Itoi-sama has mother 4 secretly as a post mortem work..)
It’s painful to read this!
About Miyamoto retiring, It makes me very sad. I am a huge fan of him. He has essentially shaped the industry by giving it firm roots with Mario and Zelda, and continued to make amazing games throughout the years. He will certainly be missed, although I do think it’s for the better that he retires, specially given his age, because I do find that partly due to some of his ideology, Nintendo has been lagging. What I mean is that sometimes, his old fassioned vision of the industry has backfired several times. And to anybody who is about to start flaming with things like “YOURE NOT A TRUE NINTENDO FAN FAGOT HOW CAN YOU SAY SUCH THINGS?!?!?!?!?!?” I am a huge nintendo fan, but one can’t ignore missteps, and just blindly ignore them.
I agree, friend. Give us Mario with PS3 graphics!
something like this:
+1!
as you can all see
Myamoto is represented as dark Vader
And Luke represents Nintendo and the fans
bet he’ll go out w/ a bang ;)
Seeing as he’s Japanese and not Arabic….I doubt it.
lol nice XD
bahahaha you win
i’m Arabian and I find this offensive!
على تبن
I’m english and I find this hilarious!
eu sou brasileiro e achei muito hilarious
είμαι έλληνας και το βρήσκο κακό που θα φίγει απο την Νιntendo o miyamoto
how do u feel mr exclusive (lol)
Sorry if that offended you
You see
We Americans creak jokes alot
Im sorry
Well he was going to enter retirement at some point. At least he is notifying the public about it, sort of.
I hope Nintendo can survive without Miyamoto.
It will be like how Studio Chibli is now without Miyazaki… Still great but that certain spark is missing…..
I should’ve known it would start dying eventually.
The next generations are going to grow up thinking Call of Duty is a good game, and never know the glory of the good Mario, Zelda, Pokemon, Pikmin, Earthbound, Donkey Kong, and Metroid games.
I mean, I know the games won’t be DEAD, but without Miyamoto, they won’t know what to do with the games and it will probably end in a bunch of failed hardware and software and the eventual death of the company.
dont be dramatic. Miyamoto is a legend but there are great developers in Nintendo. Sakurai springs to mind. and of course his (miyamotos) students!
Wow… That’s really depressing.
I don’t think that’s true. Sure, they might not have that Miyamoto charm, but I don’t think they’ll be bad games or unworthy of their fans’ continued support. Miyamoto said he is working with younger developers that he sees promise in; he is letting them work on some projects. I think Nintendo will continue to do well with these “apprentices” maintaining Miyamoto’s dedication and vision in his absence.
Thats why when I have kids I’m going to shelter them from the cawadoody shit and raise them with Pokemon, Legend of Zelda and Mother/Earthbound.
I’m raising my kids on an NES. That’s what my parents did. I can’t STAND the crap coming out now.
That’s what I plan to do if I ever have kids. Nintendo all the way.
My son is 5 now and he is a nintendo kid. Just played Mario 3 on the original NES today….. I’m proud of him.
He will grow into the gaming force.
Raise him well
and tell him not to like any type of Blue Hedgehog that can break through the sound beerier
Thats a good Nintendo boy
I demand a reason you didn’t mention Kirby in your list >.>
Those games listed were all created by Miyamoto, or at least he worked on them a great amount. Kirby on the other hand was not created by him, only improved by him.
You can’t be certain that those games will fail.
Who knows? Maybe someone as good as Miyamoto, or better, could come along. Although unlikely for being better, there’s still that chance.
i wish one day i could meet him and give him a hug and thank him for all his work then and today. A toast to Miyamoto!
And Miyamoto is the reason why I’ll still be playing my NES, SNES, and N64 for years to come :)
I still give him another 6-7 years before he retires. :3
yeah, maybe the wii u cicle lol
As long as Miyamoto makes one last (orrrrr, a couple…) Zelda games before he retires, then, I’ll be fine and wish him the best with retirement and thanks for all the games.
If he dosen’t, I’ll be extremely sad and disappointed but I’ll respect his decision.
Miyamoto’s retirement obviously won’t be the decline of Nintendo’s franchises, but will more be the start of a new generation of developers. Miyamoto hasn’t been doing that much work on the games himself actually as well, he was more just giving his thoughts about the development and maybe improve something here and there.
And we still have the amazing Retro Studios! Also all OP Rainfall games have been developed by other developers without Miyamoto (correct me if I’m wrong) and Xenoblade is one of the best games ever made imo.
Miyamoto is the best game developer there has ever been and his legacy will live forever.
Do you think when Miyamoto retires that he’ll at least stay on Nintendo’s board of directors?
Hopefully.
I highly doubt it, doesn’t sound like him.
When Miyamoto retires i’ll be one of the saddest nerds alive…
And behold
All of the nerds cried out
”MYAMOTO.”
and out shined justin beiber
The book of geeks virse 1-2
Miyamoto is still the reason I play nintendo games, I mean the work that he’s create is amazing. Its going to be a shame when he leaves :(
Miyamoto is not as important for Nintendo as Steve Jobs was for Apple. Nintendo will surivive
You my sir are a complete ass hole fuck of apple dick…
apple is not a game company and u dont even get the reference! miyamoto is a legend.jobs is 3 steps behind him
was*
haha steve jobs is dead! once your dead your dead!
More like 6 feet below him.
No disrespect to Jobs though. Just in humor.
This is about myamoto
Not STEVE JOBS!!!
thats bad.without the father of games nintendo MUST find another more game developers.(I hope nintendo can survive)
he better give us a monumental game before he retires. mostly a fresh new ip.
like a new zelda,a better wiiU and kill patcher and sony!
On that fateful day when Miyamoto retires, I hope that gamers across the world will either turn off their consoles in a day of mourning… or have each and every one of them put in the latest Mario game for the world’s largest celebration of his work.
Miyamoto is truly one of a kind, and the gaming world will not be the same when he retires.
…(sad)
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Miyamoto will always be the best gaming legend of all time. I just hope that we get a good person to replace him. Fortunately I’ve gotten Miyamoto for most of my gaming life :D
Many will replace myamoto
Who knows
one kidd anywere
anytime
could be the next ”myamoto”
On the day Miyamoto dies will be a sad day, the day he dies will be an even sadder day, so when he retires I’m going to play his last Mario game he makes and when he dies I will play my most favorite Mario game ever, and possibly his best work ever besides Mario 3, Zelda, I will play Super Mario 6r for as many hours as I can stay awake.
*Super Mario 64
Has Miyamoto got a son? It will be sad when he goes.
He does. But he’s very young.
8-10 years old, I think.
The father of gaming can never be replaced. It will be a sad day when he retires. Nobody has made as big an impact on the gaming world as he’s had. Hopefully his retirement is a ways off.
Leave luck to heaven.
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what a sad day for video games that will be,but im sure Nintendo will be fine
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Damn it will be hard.
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I wish there was someway to preserve Miyamoto forever. Can we freeze him like we did Walt Disney? I mean he is the Walt Disney of our generation. Now if only they will make a Nintendo theme park….
They had they’re own cereal lol. Nintendo Entertainment Cereal or something like that, it was awesome. 2 cereals in one. Mario and Zelda if I remember correctly, each with its own bag. Sad part is I can’t remember how it tasted, it was so long ago for me. Those were the days. Eating Nintendo cereal while watching the Super Mario Bros. show wearing mario 3 undies, a zelda shirt and some mario velco shoes.
Noooo! I hope he at least makes that new game he said he was doing.
Nooo! I hope he at least makes that new game he said he was doing.
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Yes day miyamoto once you die nintendo will be finish
Well then when James Allard and you died i hope they would buried the rest of those “Xbox” with him! (PS: You should bring some down to HELL as well, Bitch!)
Good riddance i hope he die already. Xbox is the future and xbox working on holograph based on the tupac one/starwars xbox console dont worry gamers xbox got ur back. Fuck miyamoto may he die
You r an ASSHOLE u know that?!
Im not gunna listen to some 5 year old that hasnt played a true game in his life. Miyamoto set the standards for video games today, if it wasnt for him there would be no xbox, so shut the hell up you ungratefull little sh*t!
Someone’s trying too hard to troll, I see.
“A holograph is a document written entirely in the handwriting of the person whose signature it bears.”
Are you trying to get killed in tokyo and the U.S.A?
^this no wonder ninty games are getting more trashy miyamoti been lost his touch just look at wii smh shouldnt been fired long ago worthless trash
Trash enough to made more than 3 BEST games EVER made!
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No pain, Aonuma is the next father of Nintendo.
I think it is safe to say that anyone that is about 20 knows what a good game is… Being this generation kids are graphic whores… Don’t get me wrong… Graphics is good but content is better… That’s what call of duty fan boys or Xbox fan boys don’t understand..
Hopefully, Miyamoto will leave behind some ideas for future Zelda games. I will miss Miyamoto forever…..he even developed Star Fox. WHEN MIYAMOTO IS GONE, WHO’S GONNA MAKE US OUR STAR FOX FRANCHISE AND ZELDA FRANCHISE? I haz a very huge sad right now. my heart will be forever broken if Miyamoto retires from Nintendo……</3 like this.
Plus, peteriuss, you really are a fucking douchebag when it comes to failing as a troll altogether. You really think you are better than everyone peteriuss? WRONG! The only person you are better than is yourself, which means, get your fucking act together or all of your comments, including all evidence that you were ever here, will be gone for good. This isn't a threat, peteriuss; It's a FACT.
@Golden_Sifter: You, sir, deserve comment of the year! don’t get me wrong, one of my friends plays call of duty, but not on a regular basis, and that’s why I respect him. Plus, TF2’s content keeps growing, and that’s why we play TF2.
I only have a Wii, 3DS, and a PC, so yeah, I’m 100% XBOX/PS faggot whore-free!
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