Fantastic Interview with Satoru Iwata and Shigesato Itoi from '07

A couple of weeks ago I stumbled upon this interview ( or Iwata Asks type of moment ) with Satoru Iwata, President of Nintendo (Former President of HAL Labs) and Shigesato Itoi (Of Mother/Earthbound fame). Just a few days ago I actually got around to reading all of it, and it really has some interesting information. 
In fact, pretty much all the Iwata Ask's articles have interesting information, and I highly recommend that every one read them even if you don't like the games, or hate Nintendo and what not. 
 
So yeah, this piece is from 2007. They get talking about the DS, Shigeru Miyamoto, game philosophy, development problems during Earthbound, and how Iwata used to spy on Miyamoto to find his "secret". 
 
Its also interesting when they get to the part of game sequels as "taking the easy way out". Which is funny because some of the bigger games next year are just sequels. (Forced Unleashed 2, Batman 2, Dead Space 2) 
 
"The Definition of Idea"

A couple of weeks ago I stumbled upon this interview ( or Iwata Asks type of moment ) with Satoru Iwata, President of Nintendo (Former President of HAL Labs) and Shigesato Itoi (Of Mother/Earthbound fame). Just a few days ago I actually got around to reading all of it, and it really has some interesting information. 
In fact, pretty much all the Iwata Ask's articles have interesting information, and I highly recommend that every one read them even if you don't like the games, or hate Nintendo and what not. 
 
So yeah, this piece is from 2007. They get talking about the DS, Shigeru Miyamoto, game philosophy, development problems during Earthbound, and how Iwata used to spy on Miyamoto to find his "secret". 
 
Its also interesting when they get to the part of game sequels as "taking the easy way out". Which is funny because some of the bigger games next year are just sequels. (Forced Unleashed 2, Batman 2, Dead Space 2) 
 
"The Definition of Idea"

Its also interesting when they get to the part of game sequels as "taking the easy way out". Which is funny because some of the bigger games next year are just sequels. (Forced Unleashed 2, Batman 2, Dead Space 2)

" I didn't read the whole story but nintendo can't talk about sequals,when did nintendo release a game that didn't have mario or zelda infront of it? I know there not all sequals but come on! Don't be lazy nintendo "

" @Edin8999 said:

" I didn't read the whole story but nintendo can't talk about sequals,when did nintendo release a game that didn't have mario or zelda infront of it? I know there not all sequals but come on! Don't be lazy nintendo "

Nintendo actually is the last one to abuse sequels.  We get one Mario game per generation, and the first time they ever made a sequel to one in over 15 years, they are being called lazy. I say let them talk as much as they want a sequels, because maybe we may actually get some more. "

" Yeah but there's a difference, if they released a new ip every year or every 2 years and kept that going that would be great, but they don't they just let their fans wait forever for a new mario or zelda, how is that exciting, know pretty much what game your getting every time.Yeah they do something nice every time but mario is still a platformer, zelda is still a action adventure game "

 @Edin8999 said:

"when did nintendo release a game that didn't have mario or zelda infront of it? "

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