Grant Kirkhope, the composer behind titles such as Goldeneye, Banjo Kazooie and now Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle, has explained how his first encounter with Shigeru Miyamoto went down. Back in 1997, Nintendo held a corporate event at a Museum. Kirkhope attended and whilst trying to introduce himself, Miyamoto struggled to understand a word he was saying because Kirkhope was so intoxicated. Speaking to Gameindustry.biz he goes on to explain:
“Yeah… my Miyamoto story is a bit worse”, he told Gamesindustry.biz. “It was when E3 had moved to Atlanta [1997]. Nintendo had a party in a museum, and we all got hideously drunk. I saw [Rare founder] Tim Stamper talking to Miyamoto, and I introduced myself as the composer of Banjo-Kazooie, totally drunk. He just looked at me with the blankest expression, he couldn’t tell what I was saying. A while later, I was in the bathroom – and this is embarrassing – I was trying to pull down [Donkey Kong 64 designer] George Andreas’ trousers for a joke. I was on my knees and I looked up to see Miyamoto staring down at me. That was the last time I spoke to him.”
Grant Kirkhope is also the composer of the music in the yet-to-be-released Yooka-Laylee for Nintendo Switch.
Hahahahaha I can just imagine the look on Miyamoto’s face.
P1.
https://adamsarson.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/trevino-head-shake.gif
xD
Plot twist:
Miyamoto was more smashed than Kirkhope. Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle was born in 1997.
*This is purely for comical value only…
THAT’S how they got the name for Super SMASHED Bros 😂
Wait, they literally got drunk. Nintendo + Miyamoto + drunk = downright hilarious?? Of how much I would like to see Miyamoto and Co. get drunk (in a video, of course) is pure gold.
…But that probably won’t/didn’t happen.
BROJOB!
To be expected from ye olde rare (employees).
Good to have them (sorta) back as Playtonic.
XD Sounds like the best moment of his life if Miyamoto has been laughing about it ever since.
Me after reading this:
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That is too funny! LOL xD
I don’t know who this idiot on the right is, but if he wasn’t in the picture, it would actually have been funny!
looks like the human torch from the older fantastic four movie.
Looks like that football guy from Not Another Teen Movie. Or maybe it’s Captain America… *shrug*
Here you go.
That… is a mortifying story.
Read this and try to not laugh. It’s impossible.
http://edgecast.buscafs.com/www.levelup.com/public/uploads/images/284952.jpg
By the way when I read Banjo Kazooie I though Rare decided to leave Microsoft and bring Banjo Kazooie on the Switch.
Stop using the word “whilst”.
I’m British and we typically use ‘whilst’ instead of ‘while’ :)