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Shigeru Miyamoto admits Nintendo's been pumping out "a lot of remakes" as Ocarina of Time approaches, but says most people stopped playing the original games within 5 years anyway

It's not an accident

GamesRadar · Jul 22

Long before the Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake leaks, ex-Nintendo marketing leads were "scared straight" to keep the company's secrets, feared they would "ruin the company"

"If you're responsible for the information getting out there in a reckless way you're probably gone"

GamesRadar · Jul 17

Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom was so secret within Nintendo, most employees found out about it for the first time at its E3 reveal: "We popped off"

AKA, the sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

GamesRadar · Jul 17

Revealing a 3D Mario game too early would be "dangerous," former Nintendo marketing leads say: "Think about Metroid Prime 4"

"The game would get announced, people would be happy, and then a year later they're like, 'well, I'm mad again, where's the game?'"

GamesRadar · Feb 17

"Wiimote was bad. You can't say Wiimote": Nintendo's legal team made it drop "Nindies" label, former staff say, because it and similar phrases "dilutes the brand"

No Nindies for you

GamesRadar · Dec 8, 2025

Ex Nintendo marketing leads say Pokemon devs "were very shellshocked" and "freaking out" about Pokemon Sword and Shield 'Dexit' controversy: "It wouldn't go away"

The people need their Pokemon

GamesRadar · Oct 23, 2025

Rumored Pokemon Winds and Waves budgets are likely much larger than leaks, former Nintendo marketing leads say, because they don't cover "significant" marketing costs

The $20 million figure flating around doesn't paint the full picture

GamesRadar · Oct 17, 2025

Pokemon Legends: Z-A only needs to sell 200k units to break even, former Nintendo marketing leads estimate, so "they should inject a bit more money into these things"

"Just so you don't have crappy trees and windows"

GamesRadar · Oct 16, 2025

As Pokemon Winds and Waves rumors swirl after huge leak, ex-Nintendo marketing lead says "Nintendo and Pokemon really need to rethink their approach to information security"

The purported Pokemon leak may have revealed several years of games

GamesRadar · Oct 15, 2025

Former Nintendo marketing leads theorize the company is finding a "backdoor angle" to use while suing AI creators over fake Pokemon content, "kind of like with Palworld"

"Nintendo's lawyers are very good"

GamesRadar · Oct 14, 2025