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    Shigeru Miyamoto Changing Roles at Nintendo [UPDATED]

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    #51  Edited By retrovirus

    Miyamoto + New Ideas = I like this.

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    #52  Edited By TehFlan

    I am so exited to see what he comes up with you have no idea.

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    #53  Edited By TheGanjaKing

    This is very exciting news.

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    #54  Edited By AuthenticM

    I approve of this. Get some new blood to head Mario and Zelda. Fuck, maybe this is what will give the next Zelda some voice-overs.

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    #55  Edited By Roger_Klotz

    Good move. Allows the younger staff to bring fresh ideas to some of Nintendo's franchises and allows for new IP's to be developed. Kinda excited to see what the WiiU has in store for us.

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    #56  Edited By wolf_blitzer85
    @Dagbiker said:

    @MooseyMcMan

    Small != bad. Hopefully it's something innovative. I expect nothing less from Miyamoto!

    Did you expect the virtual boy?
    Well considering it was Gunpei Yokoi that did the Virtual Boy....No?
     
    Anyway, it'll be interesting to see what the dude comes up with. I mean he came up with Pikmin from gardening, so let's see what other hobbies the guy has.
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    #57  Edited By Alex_Carrillo

    @Darknezz: Sharp decline in quality. Because Mario Galaxy 2 was such a terrible game.

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    #58  Edited By GaZZuM

    An indie game, made by Shigeru Miyamoto... I genuinely can't imagine anything more exciting!!!

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    #59  Edited By BisonHero

    @DazzHardy said:

    At least this might result in some cool stuff coming to WiiUware and the 3DS shop. Small downloadable games from Shigeru Miyamoto ? Yes Plz.

    Oh god, please don't let it actually be called WiiUware.

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    #60  Edited By Masha2932
    @Hailinel said:

    @Masha2932 said:

    Please make one HD game before you move on to smaller projects Mr.Miyamoto. Please!

    HD doesn't matter. His focus has always been on gameplay. While his games have some of the best graphics you'll ever see on any Nintendo platform, graphics aren't the reason his work is revered.

    I understand that but it would be really great to see the beautiful world of mario realised in a High Definition environment. I think the Mario art style would be enhanced in HD-an interactive cartoon if you will.
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    #61  Edited By BisonHero

    Kudos to Patrick for being a responsible journalist and giving this article an accurate headline, unlike SOME video game news sites I could mention.

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    #62  Edited By Hailinel

    @BisonHero said:

    Kudos to Patrick for being a responsible journalist and giving this article an accurate headline, unlike SOME video game news sites I could mention.

    Those other sites just looooooooooove their click-bait.

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    #63  Edited By recroulette

    This is because of Donkey Kong's voice isn't it

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    #64  Edited By Brackynews

    @Masha2932:

    You want more interactive-cartoon than this? U cwazy.
    You want more interactive-cartoon than this? U cwazy.

    Anyhoo, if there's even the slightest parallel to be found for Miyamoto to "go small" like DoubleFine and Schafer have, god speed. Here's my money.

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    #65  Edited By hagridore

    What was the last game he was director on? He's been out of that game for a while right?

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    #66  Edited By ArchTeckGuru8

    This is pretty exciting news to me!

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    #67  Edited By Sonny009

    i dont like this one bit

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    #68  Edited By Slaegar

    I feel like most of nintendo's first party releases are like well polished indie games. I think it would be in nintendo's best interest to work on some new ip's while keeping a smaller division working on fan favorites. Maybe this means new characters while miyamoto keeps working on Super Mario 27. Everyone is happy!

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    @Alex_Carrillo: @iAmJohn:

    Guys, calm down. It was a joke about the two franchises stagnating because the people Miyamoto leaves to work on them try to cash in by doing the exact same thing for the next 10 years (you think they rehash and reuse ideas now? It could be worse; that's the crux of that part of the joke), while whatever Miyomoto goes to work on (what I referred to as the "newest IP") becomes Nintendo's next big success, because we all know that Miyomoto's projects print money.

    See, the joke's not as funny when I have to explain it.

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    #70  Edited By Agent_Eli

    @Masha2932:

    Anyhoo, if there's even the slightest parallel to be found for Miyamoto to "go small" like DoubleFine and Schafer have, god speed. Here's my money.

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    #71  Edited By weeber

    This is the most exciting news to come from Nintendo in a long time. If he pushes out 2~ or so downloadable games a year, I would actually pick up a Wii-U or 3DS.

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    #72  Edited By Hailinel

    @Darknezz said:

    @Alex_Carrillo: @iAmJohn:

    Guys, calm down. It was a joke about the two franchises stagnating because the people Miyamoto leaves to work on them try to cash in by doing the exact same thing for the next 10 years (you think they rehash and reuse ideas now? It could be worse; that's the crux of that part of the joke), while whatever Miyomoto goes to work on (what I referred to as the "newest IP") becomes Nintendo's next big success, because we all know that Miyomoto's projects print money.

    See, the joke's not as funny when I have to explain it.

    It wasn't very funny to begin with. The "lololololz NINTENDO REHASHEZ" train ran out of steam a long time ago.

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    #73  Edited By Grimluck343

    Sad day. Good luck with all you do Shiggy.

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    #75  Edited By sagesebas

    This sounds cool

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    #76  Edited By Devoid

    This is probably great news. It might also be terrible.

    We'll see.

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    #77  Edited By jacksonroye

    I wonder what it's like being the creator of one of the most recognizable characters of all effin' time.

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    #78  Edited By AndrewB

    So it's good to see that something new and interesting might come out of Nintendo, though I'd now be worried about the future of their other flagship series that have been kept fairly fresh and interesting through the years against impossible odds, specifically the Mario franchise.

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    #79  Edited By monetarydread

    I'm not going to say that Nintendo is fucked or anything, but Nintendo is probably going to be fucked for a few years.

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    #80  Edited By Hailinel

    @MonetaryDread said:

    I'm not going to say that Nintendo is fucked or anything, but Nintendo is probably going to be fucked for a few years.

    Why?

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    #81  Edited By Winternet

    I felt joy while reading this article.

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    @Hailinel: Fair enough. Still not worth freakin' out over, though.

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    #83  Edited By Phatmac

    His legacy is unmatched, whether you're a Nintendo fanboy or not, you can't ignore it. Read up on what he's done for the industry, and probably the reason that your even on myign. Let's try to be respectful and tip our hats towards his lowered positioned in Nintendo. He may not be gone, but he's not as relevant to Nintendo now, which is still big news. Read up on why he's so important. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigeru_Miyamoto

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    #84  Edited By DarkbeatDK

    This is great! Smaller projects will allow Shiggy to be more creative, which is what I think he really wants.

    Looking forward to some interesting games!

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    #85  Edited By BondJuan

    Nice, looking forward to this. Best of luck to him.

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    #86  Edited By katsu044

    well i kinda looking forward to his next game Who knows it could be something as iconic as one his old w orks

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    #87  Edited By l3illyl3ob

    Miyamoto hasn't been intimately involved with any project since the first Pikmin. Him stepping down from his creative director status to a more direct designer role is great news to me. I'm interested to see what his first game is and if he still has the chops as a pure game designer like he used to. What type of game will he make, I wonder?

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    #88  Edited By paulunga

    Awesome. I like Mario and Zelda as much as the next guy (hell, I'm currently playing Skyward Sword AND 3D Land) but to me he'll always be the creator of Pikmin.

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    #89  Edited By BitterAlmond

    @iAmJohn said:

    @Darknezz said:

    10 years later, Nintendo's newest IP is also its biggest and best, while Mario games have shown a sharp decline in quality, and a new Zelda hasn't been released since the 3DS game.

    What? Did you play Galaxy 2 and 3D Land? Have you even heard of Skyward Sword? Am I being trolled here?

    I second this. Miyamoto's been behind some great things, but I would rather see what he comes up with on his own, uninhibited by large dev teams and budgets. It's been a while since Pikmin.

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    #90  Edited By MeatSim

    That sounds good to me actually.

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    #91  Edited By Icemael

    Some people seem to be worried that this is going to cause a substantial drop in quality for Nintendo's big-budget games, and I don't understand why. Shigeru Miyamoto did not single-handedly create all of Nintendo's good games, you know. People like Takashi Tezuka (co-designer of Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 3 and The Legend of Zelda, director of Super Mario World and The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, assistant director of Super Mario 64 et cetera -- the guy may not be as famous as Miyamoto, but his track record is comparable) are still going to work on the company's big titles.

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    #92  Edited By Vexxan

    Alright, Miyamoto's WiiWare go!

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    #93  Edited By Cube

    Guess he realized people are waking up to the Nintendo formula. If so many other companies can make big, new IP's, I have no idea why Nintendo can't. Miyamoto may have created some iconic series, but even he needs to stop getting a pass on Nintendo's previous goodwill.

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    #94  Edited By Hailinel

    @Cube said:

    Guess he realized people are waking up to the Nintendo formula. If so many other companies can make big, new IP's, I have no idea why Nintendo can't. Miyamoto may have created some iconic series, but even he needs to stop getting a pass on Nintendo's previous goodwill.

    What are you talking about? The games he's been most closely associated with in recent years (Mario Galaxy, Zelda, etc.) continue to do well both critically and commercially.

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    #95  Edited By Aaron_G

    I think this could be cool, if he could create some new smaller games.

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    #96  Edited By cuxun

    If you play Skyward Sword you might understand his decision, that game didn't feel like his vision of Zelda.

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    #97  Edited By smellylettuce

    Some new IP would be nice, but I doubt much originality will come from 1st party ninty titles these days. Maybe that is Miyamoto's hope, but I suspect he wants to be like notch and make another minecraft or hop on board the indie hype train.

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    #98  Edited By Cornman89

    Live the dream, Miyamoto.

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    #99  Edited By Lunar_Aura

    Miyamoto health cover-up???

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    I say it doesn't last long. The moment he comes up with an idea or innovation that won't fit into a small game he'll be back. The urge of the creative person to see something they dream about come alive, nothing can stop that.

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