Shigeru Miyamoto Does Yes/No-Style Questionnaire With Nintendo Dream

Respected video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto has taken part in a series of yes/no-style questionnaires with Japanese publication Nintendo Dream. The publication compares how Miyamoto responded in previous interviews where he was asked the very same questions. Here’s how his answers stack up.

Q: Are you having fun at work?
Now: Yes
9/06: Yes
12/97: Yes

Q: I often dream of work
Now: No
9/06: No
1/99: No

Q: I consider myself of good fortune
Now: Big Yes (Waving the answer-plate)
9/06: Big Yes
1/99: Yes

Q: I want to make games until I die
Now: (after thinking about it) No –> Maybe
9/06: Yes
1/99: Yes

Q: If I were reborn I would work for Nintendo again
Now: Yes (“This answer is kind of suspicious” (laughs))
9/06: Maybe
2/98: Maybe

Q: I want to be president of Nintendo once
Now: No
9/06: No
1/99: No

Q: I don’t fully understand what young people are talking about
Now: Yes (“I’m actually trying to stay in the loop but…” (laughs))
9/06: Maybe
1/99: No

Q: I’m a morning-person
Now: No
9/06: No
2/98: No

Q: I’m a good husband
Now: (thinking about it) No (“If I say No, the reality might actually become a Yes”)
9/06: Yes
12/97: Yes

Q: I’m a good parent
Now: (“This one is the same I guess”) No
9/06: Yes
2/98: Maybe

Q: I’m being loved by my subordinates
Now: (“This one as well” (laughs)) No
9/06: No
2/98: Maybe

Q: I’m glad I was born Japanese
Now: Yes
9/06: Maybe
2/98: No

Q: I want to live until I’m 100 years old
Now: No (“I don’t think I’m going to die, so I’m contradicting myself” (laughs))
9/06: Yes
2/98: Yes

Q: I don’t like planes
Now: Yes (“When travelling inside Japan I will always take the Shinkansen bullet-train”)
9/06: Yes
2/98: Yes

Q: I want to fall in love again
Now: Yes (“This will always be a Yes”)
9/06: Yes
12/97: Yes

Q: I want to make a movie
Now: No
9/06: No
12/97: No

Thanks, MasterPikachu6