“This is Miyamoto.” These words are powerful enough to shake even the sleepiest Nintendo fan awake in an instant. On May 13 this year, Shigeru Miyamoto announced through the Nintendo Today! app and Nintendo company social media channels that The Legend of Zelda Movie is ahead of schedule and is actually getting released sooner. “This…
Many journalists have eagerly interviewed Shigeru Miyamoto, the father of the Legend of Zelda series, over the years. But few have ever figured out one puzzling enigma he would sometimes convey to them – that he would liken Zelda games to a “miniature garden.” That might not sound like much of a big deal to…
Did you know that Shigeru Miyamoto originally intended for the pieces of the Triforce in the first Legend of Zelda title to be computer chips? In these two newly-translated interviews from French publication Gamekult, Shigeru Miyamoto recalls that story, along with details about Link’s original design, why Link is named “Link”, and more! Dri from…
Yahaha! You found… Eiji Aonuma and Shigeru Miyamoto? No, this not a Korok. It’s not an internet joke, either. Last week a video reel from Instagram made its rounds across the internet from Universal Studios Japan. The video included screenshots of Shigeru Miyamoto and Eiji Aonuma in hard hats standing side by side. They were…
No, this is not a rumor. After many years of hopes, dreams, fan-made productions, floppy hat malfunctions and April Fool’s jokes, Nintendo is finally making a live action Zelda movie for real. The bombshell announcement dropped on Tuesday from Shigeru Miyamoto himself, the father of the Zelda franchise. Shuntaro Furukawa, the President of Nintendo, confirmed…
Take a rare look inside Nintendo and the original Legend of Zelda with a recent video published by the Yomiuri News Channel YouTube page. It unearths some old footage of staff working on The Legend of Zelda and Super Mario Brothers at Nintendo headquarters during the production, and features interviews with Shigeru Miyamoto and the…
What’s a great endnote for a turbulent, remarkable year? Another heralded ranking for Breath of the Wild. What’s an even better way to cap off 2021 for Zelda fans? Mr. Miyamoto himself taking over Nintendo’s Twitter account to talk about it. On December 27, 2021, the Japanese television network TV Ashai ran a special three-hour…
In the realm of the video game industry, there are many people who have earned the highest level of respect among both professionals and fans. The late Satoru Iwata was and is one such person. His contributions to HAL Laboratories, Nintendo, and the industry as a whole were nothing short of remarkable. But his business…
Today marks the formal opening of Super Nintendo World at Universal Studios Japan in Osaka. Led by none other than Mario Bros. creator Shigeru Miyamoto and Universal Studios Japan CEO Jean-Louis Bonnier, a limited number of guests were welcomed to experience the Mushroom Kingdom in a new way. The launch comes after six years of…
Shigeru Miyamoto has made an undeniable impact on the gaming community as a whole. Many high-profile game developers and industry leaders can cite Miyamoto as an inspiration to them, with the newest addition to that long list being Gabe Newell. Newell, founder of Valve and Steam, took some time out of a recent interview with…
The old saying is that money does not grow on trees; however, video game worlds typically defy such laws of nature. From question block coins in the Super Mario Bros. series to actual money trees in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Nintendo worlds are filled with creative means to accumulate wealth. Of course, no other currency…
The direct correlation between invention and inspiration is a notion that has robbed me of many a good night’s sleep. While the source of the former is normally bound to a person or an idea, the genesis of the latter appears to be more random, unexpected, and nuanced. Simply put, why is it so difficult…
Shigeru Miyamoto, father of a large number of Nintendo’s most famous characters, has been in the news quite a bit lately. Translated interview snippets have revealed many of his thoughts regarding the current state of Nintendo and the industry at large, and one of the latest has him discussing the many “exciting things on [his]…
Zelda creator and Nintendo legend Shigeru Miyamoto has long been distanced from the direct development aspect of most games, but he is in no way out of the game completely. In a recent interview with Famitsu (translated by Twitter user Oni Dino for Nintendo Everything), Miyamoto discussed the specifics of his involvement with game development,…
The Mario and Zelda series are two of the most influential and iconic franchises in video game history. Although to this day I cannot conquer World 8-4 nor defeat Ganon on my first try, my childhood was filled with bliss as I explored the vast and dangerous world of Hyrule and conquered enemies of the…
