Or not

[Hatta]

Apparently Miyamoto is not retiring. Damn journalists.

[BoringSupreez]

They say he's going to be working closer to the ground; I'm hoping this means stuff like the original Metal Gear or early PC games, where it was just a handful of guys making great, small but influential games, as opposed to making stuff like Brain Age. Just so long as he keeps making good games, it's ok.

[Redifer]

Likely the true story: Share drops 2% after announcement, Nintendo requires him to redact what he said and say he meant something else. Remember, in Japan loyalty to your company exceeds personal life. So now we'll end up getting the same old crap we've been getting with nothing fresh or new. Mario. Zelda. More Mario. Yay, I guess. I actually feel kind of bad for Miyamoto. Nintendo will go out of business if he dies, according to the shareholders.

[MrPopo]

Likely the true story: Share drops 2% after announcement, Nintendo requires him to redact what he said and say he meant something else. Remember, in Japan loyalty to your company exceeds personal life. So now we'll end up getting the same old crap we've been getting with nothing fresh or new. Mario. Zelda. More Mario. Yay, I guess. I actually feel kind of bad for Miyamoto. Nintendo will go out of business if he dies, according to the shareholders.

Or he's their best employee and the company won't be the same without him. Doesn't mean anyone thinks Nintendo would go out of business.

[Curlypaul]

Its interesting how they would cope. He's clearly been the overriding influence ever since he made DK. I wonder if a new product manager would want to take the company in a new direction or play it safe and follow the well trodden path that nintendo has always done.

[markeconrad]

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[MrPopo]

Likely the true story: Share drops 2% after announcement, Nintendo requires him to redact what he said and say he meant something else. Remember, in Japan loyalty to your company exceeds personal life. So now we'll end up getting the same old crap we've been getting with nothing fresh or new. Mario. Zelda. More Mario. Yay, I guess. I actually feel kind of bad for Miyamoto. Nintendo will go out of business if he dies, according to the shareholders.

Or he's their best employee and the company won't be the same without him. Doesn't mean anyone thinks Nintendo would go out of business.

Apple stock used to drop when Jobs was constipated for too long.

And then he died and the company went belly up.

[k.vlaros]

The original story has to be close to the truth. Miyamoto has talked about being around younger devs and trading energy with them for at least two years. And he "made" his own little DSiWare game last summer, remember? (Japan only) So my guess is his first response was basically where his heart is at and Nintendo wants to control the message a little more than Wired did. Not to say Wired wasn't looking to sex-up a story that by any measure has been telegraphed and obvious for a while.

PS all of my Miyamoto idolater brethren will love this New Yorker profile from last year. Check it out if you haven't!

[alienjesus]

The original story has to be close to the truth. Miyamoto has talked about being around younger devs and trading energy with them for at least two years. And he "made" his own little DSiWare game last summer, remember? (Japan only) So my guess is his first response was basically where his heart is at and Nintendo wants to control the message a little more than Wired did. Not to say Wired wasn't looking to sex-up a story that by any measure has been telegraphed and obvious for a while.

PS all of my Miyamoto idolater brethren will love this New Yorker profile from last year. Check it out if you haven't!

What DSiWare game is tis? I'm curious.

[k.vlaros]

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http://tinycartridge.com/post/160418108 ... os-dsiware