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Miyamoto Says ‘It’s In These Difficult Times That We Find That Next New Thing’

Legendary video game developer Shigeru Miyamoto concedes that Nintendo is struggling at the moment, but he says it’s these times of trouble that generally bring out the best in Nintendo. Miyamoto also says it’s times like these that they discover the next big thing.

“Certainly we’ve had tough times before, but the numbers have never been as bad as they are now. In my years with Nintendo what I’ve found is that it’s always in those difficult times that we have a tendency to find that next new thing. And I think that maybe we’re seeing a little bit of that [now at E3].”

148 thoughts on “Miyamoto Says ‘It’s In These Difficult Times That We Find That Next New Thing’”

    1. I thought you left, and BTW, how do you know if it was “barebones” if you haven’t played it? MarioKart 8 is the best one yet, so don’t deprive yourself of games just to prove a point!

    2. We’re loving every single minute of MK8. Sucks that you can’t join with us since you don’t have the game. Maybe you can play with Utimate NInja Storm, oh no………. you don’t have the game nor the console either. I bet you haven’t even played a single Utimate Ninja Storm game. I’m just hoping that you could join us by September when Naruto: Utimate Ninja Strom Revolution comes out. So that I can beat your ass with Lord Orochimaru.

      1. i would love to get Naruto: Utimate Ninja Strom Revolution but i cant afford it, i will just get generations which is $17.99 at gamestop with an xbox 360 s or e modle.. also ive played the storm game on my friends xbox 360 for an 1 and half hours. i love the game. i wish they made a wi u port.

        1. There’s a better chance of those naruto games coming on ps4 and xbox1 rather than wiiu so just sell your wiiu you fucking idiot is it so hard to comprehend???OH MY FUCKING GOD!!!!

          1. Dude give him a fucking break. He was gone for a few days and is back now. He doesn’t seem to be lashing out at anyone anymore. Instead what I see if a bunch of people lashing out at him. It is very important to let everyone have a voice even if you don’t agree on it. It is what proper discussions are based upon. Learn how to hold one.

            In his post he says “I wish they made a wii u port.” Do you know what that tells me? It tells me that he likes the Wii U. It tells me he supports it. I love my Wii U and yet I too have a list of games I wish coud ported (looking at you Unity, Kingdom Hearts 3, The Witcher 3, Shadow of Mordor). He clearly does not want to sell his Wii U. So why not get off his case already? Give him a break and just be respectful.

            1. Ignoring all his other comments, either you cant read for shits or you just feel sorry for him, if so it’s the latter then dont youre better off not pitying this idiot…

        2. You aren’t really missing out on much. I have Generations (Xbox 360) and It plays almost exactly like Ninja Storm 3. I don’t know what Revolution has to offer, but it’s probably just more new characters. I also have 3 which is way better than Generations. I’d say get that. Meh. :P

        3. you’re the black chris chan are you both related?
          where’s the link to the ED article about this imbecile?

          1. well both are idiots, sexist, masochists, homophobic (although on his FB sasori states that he likes boys and girls and even he doesn’t know what a girl is), yep, they have lots of things in common, they are relatives.
            i’d like to read his ED article, it could be cruel but he deserves it.

    3. How many articles proved you wrong? 4? I forget because of all the butthurt from you. By the way, I knew you couldn’t stay away from all this goodness, proves even further that xbox got nothin’ as you proclaim…but hey, at least I’ll play the dam thing. What games you got? I’ll be there.

  1. Nintendo is so far out of touch is ridiculous. Just .. please hand over your amazing games to studios and hardware who can do them justice. PLEASE.

    1. pink0crystal0midbus

      There is no such thing as an amazing game studio that can do Nintendo games justice lol!

      Nintendo IS the one and only amazing game studio that does their games justice.

    2. Tallon Ridley XIII: Kalas

      It’s so obvious that you’re a Nintendo fan that is too cheap to buy Nintendo consoles.

    3. Out of touch? Star Fox, 2 new IPs, open wold Zelda… the list goes on. Try not to sound like an idiot before commenting

    4. Nintendo Commander Quadraxis

      Hand over your life so I can do it justice…

      Right I can’t, therefore nobody else other than our empire can give our sacred games the only justice they need…

  2. now this is real innovative game right here with its epic music. i wish there was a wii u version :(

    1. Sell your wiiu and buy a ps4 you know the you so call “REAL NEXT-GEN” console, if not and youre too poor to do so then please STFU!

      1. fyi although im getting my copy of MGS5 on day one, MGS4 was hardly innovated and 5 looks to be the same, it’s just so critically acclaim because of its story and how pretty it looks, so i’d say mk8 pretty is more innovated than it IMO..

        1. This guy compares a cartoony graphical racing game to a realistic espionage game. He compared a cartoony graphical game to BF4. He hyped up another freaking CoD. He compared Naruto to a cartoony graphical game. What more can you ask from him?

      1. IKR it puzzles me too how he says innovative and yet ive played all MGS games and there’s hardly any innovation at all aside from their extremely complicated story telling…

    2. Shut the fuck up you fucktard asshole. Take your kindergarten intelligence back to playschool and stop wasting our fucking time. GOD.

        1. Valve Admiral GLaDOS

          So do we, but you trash talk every game that comes to Wii u anyways, even third party, I bet you will also trash talk a Naruto game too since you were so reluctant to trash talk other peoples who had the same stupid opinion as yours in you videos.

            1. Valve Admiral GLaDOS

              It’s funny, he hired his one subscriber from his youtube channel to attack me in the last article.

                1. Valve Admiral GLaDOS

                  Really?!? That’s strange, then it’s most likely an alt account of yours since it seems to know you so well.

                2. you want everybody to be nice with you and you start calling us morons.
                  your parents must be relatives, because you’re a dumbass

              1. with your statements about relationships you’re saying that xdrones and narutards are loners who are afraid of girls lol

        2. Then sell all of your NINTENDO products and jump ship already and drown. You’re getting more and more retarded. You’re just embarrassing yourself. You’re even an embarrassment to trolling.

            1. Tallon Ridley XIII: Kalas

              They let you trade it in for 200-240 for in-store credit? Trade that thing in & get your precious Xbox 360 if you haven’t gotten it yet. Then Gamestop can sell the console to someone that will actually appreciate it for the games they can get on it instead of bitching about the games it won’t be getting.

            2. What does trade in value have to do with anything? Oh yea, nothing, Gamestop have been ripping people off with trade-ins ever since they stopped giving you real money.

              Shows how much of an idiot you really are if you use Gamestop as argument filler when they are going broke and closing down stores left and right.

              Sasori doesn’t have a Wii U, he is a closet case who secretly wants one but just can’t admit it.

            3. Not worth keeping it if you’re gonna bash and whine every time so your logic is flaw is your entire being of living…

      1. Whoa!!!! Calm down bro it’s not his fault he lives in the ghetto part of New Jersy so good education is hard to come by…

    3. Yet you never played it, therefore, your comment is no longer valid so SIT YOUR JERSEY BLACK ASS DOWN.
      #DONTBELIEVETHEBLACKFAG

    4. Valve Admiral GLaDOS

      What innovation? You haven’t the assets to play even the $20 almost less than 3 hour demo that was released for it. Even if you had the game, you still don’t have a console to play it, so your argument would still have no foundation to build upon. Exposed and destroyed.

            1. It’s kind of funny seeing someone stupid trying to act smart, it just makes them seem so pathetic

        1. Tallon Ridley XIII: Kalas

          So when is your next video of you trying so hard to fight back your tears, closet crybaby?

    5. Ah yes, the game that even the creator Hideo didn’t want to create… so you’re basically forcing that poor man to make a game that he didn’t want? Also,

    6. I’m the biggest mgs fan in the world but I wouldn’t call it innovative sorry
      NNID: iamsolidsnake

  3. pink0crystal0midbus

    Glad to hear Nintendo is sticking with their ideology. I would hate to see Nintendo try and compete with Microsoft and PS4 in a “more powerful console battle.”

    1. I personally wouldn’t mind it. In fact, I’d love it. I don’t understand why most think innovation and high powered consoles can’t go together. I believe out of all the companies, the one who has the best chance of finally aggregating these two aspects into one console would be Nintendo. I’m betting we will see it in Nintendo’s next home console.

      1. pink0crystal0midbus

        Well it’s not that they can’t have high powered consoles and innovation together, it’s just as long as they are innovating, THAT is development cost that is going towards innovation over power, which means they will always be behind in power. In order to be as powerful as the other consoles, they’ll have to sacrifice their innovation.

        If they don’t, then they will end up with a machine that costs more than an Xbox One at launch and I’m not buying a $600+ console…

        1. I see. Well maybe the next innovation doesn’t have to be as expensive as the gamepad. I would love to see Nintendo finally on par with Sony and Microsoft.

          1. they can releas a updated Wii U in a few years that’s on par with the ps4 and XBONE, and a entire new console after five more years. That way they can sell more consoles with a profit and keep up with the power because not a single ame uses all the power from the PS4/XBONE so shy would they release a freaking expensive console that won’t be used to the max in the next few years and make a loss on it?

            Sony and microsoft are just two retarded companies for doing that you know. Sure it’s good for us but in the end it’s retarded because Sony is making big losses every year and Microsoft never even made a profit on the Xbox devision to begin with.

            1. Tallon Ridley XIII: Kalas

              ^This. By the time some of the games do use the PS4 & Xbox One’s full potential, there will be a stronger console from Sony & Microsoft out by then. In which case, the cycle will repeat itself.

  4. whatever they have planned better have a traditional controller as its primary controller. something those clowns failed to do two gens in a row.

        1. I didn’t get Zombi U at first because I’m too much of a wuss. Lol. But I just beat the demo yesterday and it felt great bashing their heads in. I want to get the full game now. I feel like such a badass. I wanna take on every zombie game now. In other news, I’ve added Dying Light as another game to get as soon as I get a PS4 or X1. Haha…

            1. Sorry, it’s just too scary. The first time I played the demo, I was scared to death in the nursery with that boss zombie. I literally paused the game for about 30 minutes deciding what to do. I then decided to leave the game. XD Maybe next time. If it makes you feel any better, I’ve been playing the demo alot lately and I see it’s only $30 now, so I may consider purchasing. :P

    1. pink0crystal0midbus

      Well, the gamepad “is” a standard controller, just with a screen in the center. I would like it if they just kept the gamepad for the rest of their consoles. Maybe make newer gamepads with larger screens or have different feeling buttons so you can find the pad that is most comfortable for you.

      But, I don’t see how having multiple controller options is a bad thing. As long as every game supports the gamepad, then they can make a million different controllers and I don’t give a crap.

      1. Tbh, I’m kind of wishing the Pro Controller was the main instead of the Gamepad. I know Nintendo is trying to be different, but I buy their consoles for their games, not accessories. It’s kind of a nuisance picking up this thing knowing that if I had the game (a third party for example) that I could be playing it with a normal controller if I got the other version. The Gamepad used to comfy, but now it’s just heavy and annoying.

  5. people need to understand that the Wii U gamepad is the new standard Nintendo controller no matter what. Dicks

      1. Tallon Ridley XIII: Kalas

        It’s okay. We know if there was an amiibo of Sasori from Naruto, you’d be skipping & cheering like a little schoolgirl.

  6. Tallon Ridley XIII: Kalas

    People actually strive to make good things when they are in the face of adversity. Nintendo is one of these people. Ubisoft & EA can take a cue from Nintendo in this regard. Then again, they are too busy giving up on a console when their games on it doesn’t sell 4+ million. This is why they are really waiting for a bigger install base. With a bigger install base, they are guaranteed to sell the amount they want to sell instead of trying to make the game great for the current, small install base. Hence why they are cheap, lazy developers/publishers. Even shitty games sell very well on a console that has 30+ million users since there are bound to be at least 5 million idiots across the globe that will buy it.

      1. Tallon Ridley XIII: Kalas

        You are half right. According to an article on IGN, Capcom is selling off a majority of it’s sales which would effectively make it a console exclusive company, aka 2nd party, if bought by say Nintendo, Sony, or Microsoft. So they’d still be their own company. But it is IGN so I don’t really know.

        1. If that’s truly what the article on IGN said, then they should do their homework, because it’s incorrect. Capcom isn’t selling off anything. Shareholders didn’t vote to renew (or keep in place) the takeover defense that Capcom had.

          What this means is, if a shareholder wanted to take steps for a hostile takeover, they could do so now that the defense is gone. Still, Capcom said that they will take all other legal avenues to prevent that from happening.

          Still, in the unlikely case that it does happen, a console manufacturer or Capcom partner wouldn’t sully their partnership by being the aggressor and doing that. It would be bad for business for everyone.

          This is where that whole buyout rumor came from: http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/news/html/e140616a.html

        1. Tallon Ridley XIII: Kalas

          It might be dead for you but not to the rest of us here that love the console & can’t wait for the games that are coming. Like Legend of Zelda for Wii U. I’m glad it’s an an artstyle similar to Wind Waker & Skyward Sword, so sucks for you. Ha ha.

  7. “Certainly we’ve had tough times before, but the numbers have never been as bad as they are now. ”

    HAHAHHA. Those are words from Miyamoto himself. Yet the baby trolls on this site all these months would troll me claiming that Nintendo was doing great LOLOLOLOL. Apparently these babies are smarter and know better than Miyamoto LOLOLOL.

    Babies clamied that when Pikmin 3 would release the Baby U would sell more than babies pacifiers, nope nothing. Babies claimed that when The Wonderful 101 would release the Baby U would sell like hotcakes, nope nothing. Babies clamied that when Zelda Wind Waker would release the Baby U would sell more than candy, nope nothing. Babies claimed that when Super Mario 3D would release the Baby U’s sales would skyrocket, nope nothing. And the babies would throw their tantrums for stating the truth. And before one of the babies brings up Mario Kart 8, sure it sold, but to the loyal Nintendo baby fans, the average gamer got bored of Mario 10 years ago LOLOLOLOL.

    And here we have it folks, words from Mr. Miyamoto himself saying that the numbers have NEVER been as bad as now. Oh yea so many trolling from the babies, now they been proved wrong by Mr. Miyamoto himself. HAHAHAHAHHAHAHHA!

      1. Tallon Ridley XIII: Kalas

        Don’t bother. The fact he is using baby a lot to describe us Nintendo fans says a lot about the noob. I just laugh at his obvious immaturity.

        1. It don’t understand why people are so obsessed with NIntendo making ‘kid’ games. What does the fact that it has a colorful exterior have to do with your enjoyment of the game? Have people forgotten that gameplay is king? I hate it when people say that they hate Nintendo because they don’t make ‘mature’ games. It shows they haven’t matured at all! I would happily bring out my 3DS and play Pokemon X on my way to work. Why not? It’s a portable RPG experience with awesome gameplay. But those people who refuse to play ‘kid’ games and instead continuously get games like COD, calling themselves ‘grown-ups’, are simply casual gamers who aren’t willing to try out a new variety of games. I remember reading this in an IGN comment: If I told you the Simpsons or South Park were kiddy, based on how they look, would that be legit? No, because just like Mario or Zelda games, they have an altogether different interior. Mario and Zelda games may have a ‘kiddy’ type of visuals, but anyone who actually PLAYS them know that as you progress, the gameplay becomes harder and harder, catering to hardcore gamers. Simpsons and South Park may be animated, but they cater to a much more mature audience. I hate the ‘kiddy vs mature’ games topic, and I sincerely hope the trolls who still believe in that will one day come to their senses and appreciate gaming because of GAMEPLAY, not just graphics.

          1. What’s funny is that I actually gave Call of Duty a chance back when I had a PS3. I played MW3. Campaign was ok, but was never really interested in multiplayer. Then I played Bo2. Campaign was boring. Played Zombies. Waa cool, but I’d rather play an actual zombie game. Didn’t even bother with multiplayer. And I was going to give Ghosts on Wii U a chance until I found out DLC was passing Wii U once again. I’m actually wishing Battlefield 4 came to the Wii U because Call of Duty is not my type of game.

      1. Said the fanboy who raped his own little brother when he throat fucked his little sister as he was choking her.

        1. You are a sad piece of shit too, jumping into a conversation which doesn’t concern you seriously are your parents brother and sister?

        2. Valve Admiral GLaDOS

          Said the sick fuck who made up a sick fantasy story to justify they’re inferiority complex.

  8. True. But I definitely don’t consider Splatoon or that robot game as the “next big thing”. Those games just screams “casual”.

    1. Did you watch Splatoon more than the initial trailer?
      Even though its too colorful for 13 year old “manly” gamers,
      the game offers tactical play unique in 3rd person shooter genre.
      If community finds itself with this game, I wouldn’t be surprised if this game would be played professionally with tournaments.
      Projects Guard and Giant Robot though seems like a pet projects, games on the drawing board.
      As for the being “next big thing”, don’t think anyone claimed they would, and usually “big things” are overrated.
      We don’t really need this in the community:
      http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2014/02/28

  9. Splatoon will be a pro lvl game anyone that hops on this game that doesn’t play fps or tsp won’t last long.

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