miyamoto's hobbies

[xnikki118x]

So I don't know if this belongs in the gaming forum or not, but since it's about a creator and not games themselves I put it here. Sorry if I misjudged!

http://www.videogames.yahoo.com/feature/mario-creator-gagged-by-nintendo-brass/1237101

Mario creator gagged by Nintendo brass
What the legendary game maker does in his spare time is their business.

By Ben Silverman

When he isn't designing groundbreaking video games, Shigeru Miyamoto partakes in a variety of interesting hobbies. And Nintendo doesn't want you to know what they are.

Citing anonymous Nintendo sources, the Times Online reports that the man responsible for smash franchises like Mario and Zelda has been banned by Nintendo from chatting about his non-game interests, apparently because they "could be worth billions."

If history serves, they're probably right -- Miyamoto has a lengthy track record of converting his hobbies into lucrative games. Plant-based strategy game Pikmin, for instance, was born out of his love for gardening. After his family got a dog, the rest of the world adopted Nintendogs. Most recently, he revealed that exercise game Wii Fit was a direct result of the master designer obsessively weighing himself after turning 50.

Both Nintendo and Miyamoto have, unsurprisingly, remained silent on the matter.



...that's kinda funny to me and I don't know why. Maybe his family recently got a hamster, but he can't talk about it because he might create a game about hamsters someday. Whut?

[Reb]

He makes games for Wii, so either way it's in the right section.

[cool breeze]

He probably plays video games; I guess Nintendo wants him to separate business from pleasure.

[laesperanzapaz]

what would've sickened me the most is that some of these tow-the-line gaming journos and nintenfarts actually think this fake charlatan who became irrelevant since the GC launch actually matters now [except sales and marketing PR-wise, of course]

of course, im not REALLy sickened by this because i know i dont giveashit

[Darunia]

miyamoto 

redeem yourself by creating a new, real, ip and we'll talk. pikmin happened 50 years ago

[Cormacaroni]

He's an older japanese squire, next games are basically :

WiiOnsen, WiiForgetshit, and WiiSoapland.

WiiSoapland could make FANTASTIC use of both waggle and the balance board.

[Human Snorenado]

miyamoto 

redeem yourself by creating a new, real, ip and we'll talk. pikmin happened 50 years ago

Plus, pikmin is basically a watered down, crappy console rts.  It's only notable because of Miyamoto.  Yawn of a series total.

mojo- I'm pretty sure that's Ally Sheedy from the Breakfast Club.

[Tauntaun]

Darunia, who is that chick in your Avatars?

That looks like the "goth" chick from The Breakfast Club.

[bagofeyes]

Yeah, Ally Sheedy

[abrader]

I dont want to know the mechanics of a game based on Miyamoto having received a hamster

[Tauntaun]

I dont want to know the mechanics of a game based on Miyamoto having received a hamster

Hamster: Furry City

bow chicka wooowww wowww

[Van Cruncheon]

"wii like it up the butt" confirmed; 1:1 strap-on waggle action

[GilloD]

I can't wait to see how he spins his habit of killing and eating prostitutes into WAGGLE GOLD

[Tucah]

I read the URL as Mario Creater Gagged By Nintendo Breasts.

Anyway, I hope Miyamoto's next hobby is reading Mary Worth and he creates a waggle filled, heart pounding, breathtakingly exciting Mary Worth Wii game.