When I'm working on games I don't think necessarily about what the end benefit of the game is going to be. Typically I'm trying to think of: "What can I do that is going to find new ways to entertain… — Shigeru Miyamoto Copy Share Image
Entertainment companies always have to stay on the edge of trying to catch that certain thing that will grab people's attention. And that thing is always changing. Nintendo has been doing this for a long, long time. Originally, we weren't… — Shigeru Miyamoto Copy Share Image
There are big lines between those who play video games and those who do not. For those who don't, video games are irrelevant. They… — Shigeru Miyamoto Copy Share
If it turns out that Mario doesn't really fit into the type of game I want, I wouldn't mind using Zelda as the basis… — Shigeru Miyamoto Copy Share
Games are a trigger for adults to again become primitive, primal, as a way of thinking and remembering. An adult is a child who… — Shigeru Miyamoto Copy Share
I could make Halo. It's not that I couldn't design that game. It's just that I choose not to. One thing about my game… — Shigeru Miyamoto Copy Share
Anything that is impractical can be play. It's doing something other than what is necessary to continue living as an animal. — Shigeru Miyamoto Copy Share
I think I can make an entirely new game experience, and if I can't do it, some other game designer will. — Shigeru Miyamoto Copy Share
Of course, when it comes to Japanese role-playing games, in any role-playing game in Japan you're supposed to collect a huge number of items,… — Shigeru Miyamoto Copy Share
A good idea is something that does not solve just one single problem, but rather can solve multiple problems at once. — Shigeru Miyamoto Copy Share
I'm not saying that I'm going to retire from game development altogether. — Shigeru Miyamoto Copy Share
It isn't about games, for me, personally, and it never really was. It was about creating something- anything- far bigger than yourself. — Shigeru Miyamoto Copy Share
I don't want to criticize any other designers, but I have to say that many of the people involved in this industry - directors… — Shigeru Miyamoto Copy Share
