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The Nintendo Switch 2 era could be bittersweet, as former staff point out that 40-year veterans like Shigeru Miyamoto and Zelda and Metroid legends are nearing their retirements

"It may not mean that the games are going to be bad, it's just going to feel different"

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Hey listen! The live-action Legend of Zelda movie just got a 2027 release date confirmed by Sony and Nintendo

Sony and Nintendo set March 26, 2027 release date for the live-action film adaptation of The Legend of Zelda video game.

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Mario and Zelda creator rejects AI to "find what makes Nintendo special" – what we can all learn from Shigeru Miyamoto

Ahead of the Switch 2 launch Nintendo is becoming an inspiration in the AI era.

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A Zelda movie is finally happening, but Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto used to adamantly oppose the idea even "if Steven Spielberg himself" wanted to do it

"The answer was always no"

Total Film

Link's iconic horse was almost a moose, and other Zelda secrets revealed in unearthed Miyomoto interview

Zelda secrets revealed in newly translated interview from 1988

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Star Fox and Zelda veteran kept seeing Shigeru Miyamoto in his dreams after leaving Nintendo: "I'd start developing a game and then I'd wake up"

Takaya Imamura left Nintendo in 2021 after more than three decades at the company

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Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto once asked ex-PlayStation boss Shuhei Yoshida his thoughts on Star Fox Zero on Wii U, and well, we've all been there: "Should I say my honest reaction?"

Star Fox Zero may not have been the best demo game for the Wii U

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Star Fox designer says the game's iconic mascot is based on the "essence" of Shigeru Miyamoto: "I think if you look closely you can see the similarities"

"None of them reacted much at all, to be honest"

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‘Inside I was doing the Mario jump’ – how one artist became a key player in Nintendo’s story

Takaya Imamura worked at Nintendo for 32 years before leaving to create his own game, Omega Six. He shares anecdotes from those pivotal years at the creative giant

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Mario's iconic pipes only exist because Shigeru Miyamoto happened to see "a plastic pipe sticking out of a wall" while wandering the streets of Kyoto

The pipes offered a way to transport enemies back to the top of the screen

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Before Nintendo hired Shigeru Miyamoto, it tried to patent the kid's toy he made and brought to his interview: "I remember thinking, 'this is a shrewd company!'"

"I mean, I was able to get the patent rights without filing the fee myself, so it was all good"

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Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto found it hard to watch his own kids playtest Super Mario 64: "Geez, does this kid have any brains?"

Child's play

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Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto "very much" regretted making Super Mario Sunshine so hard as it should be something that even "Grandma and Grandpa" can pick up and play

The Mario maker wanted to GameCube classic to be more playable for everyone

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Zelda creator Shigeru Miyamoto always knew that Navi was the "biggest weakpoint of Ocarina of Time" and once said "I wanted to remove the entire system"

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Nintendo DS at 20 – the console that paved the way for smartphone gaming

In this week’s newsletter: With its clamshell design and innovative touch-screen, the DS was the bridge between handheld games devices and the iPhone

Evening Standard

Nintendo reveals Donkey Kong Country theme park area in Japan: opening date and new rides

The new area features a bongo-based rhythm activity, inspired by the 2003 Gamecube title Donkey Konga, and a mine cart rollercoaster

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Nintendo's Miyamoto says he isn't a genius and "I'd prefer not to work at all, but If I'm going to work, I want to do so as efficiently as possible"

He also expands on his video game design philosophy

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5 Year Ago, Nintendo's Most Underrated Franchise Got the Trilogy It Deserved

'Luigi's Mansion 3' captures the Halloween spirit more than any other game on Nintendo Switch.

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Shigeru Miyamoto thought Banjo-Kazooie was so great it helped convince him to delay Zelda: Ocarina of Time - "It's so amazing that we don't want to be outdone"

Miyamoto was a Banjo fan before any of us

The Guardian - UK

Former Nintendo factory in Kyoto opens as nostalgia-fuelled gaming museum

Museum features consoles from 1983’s Famicom to 2017’s Switch, as well as honouring Nintendo’s pre-video-game era

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As PlayStation and Xbox push high specs, Shigeru Miyamoto wants to be left out of the 'console wars' because Nintendo just wants to make games "unique to Nintendo"

The Nintendo Switch proves you don't need cutting-edge technology to sell a gazillion consoles

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As AAA companies drool over AI, Shigeru Miyamoto says "Nintendo would rather go in a different direction"

Nintendo is certainly no EA

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Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom was a "dungeon creation" game until Eiji Aonuma flipped the table a year in – "I was right next to them thinking of something different"

Shigeru Miyamoto isn't the only one who knows how to "upend the tea table"

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Former Nintendo veteran says Shigeru Miyamoto "doesn't accept compromise" in game design: "This is what it takes to be number one at anything in the world"

Star Fox's Takaya Imamura gushed over his time working with the Super Mario maker

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Nintendo accidentally created one of the best-selling PS1 games by saying no to a 3D Yoshi platformer that Miyamoto "loved," and after 27 years it's getting remastered

"We showed it to Miyamoto-san and he was blown away"

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