Miyamoto Scrutinizes Mario, Zelda, Hails Portal

eldavojohn writes "Nintendo icon Shigeru Miyamoto stated in an interview that 'What I've been saying to our development teams recently is that The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess was not a bad game, by any means. But, still, it felt like there was something missing. And while, personally, I feel like Super Mario Galaxy was able to do some things that were very unique, at the same time, from another perspective, certain elements of it do feel somewhat conservative. This is something I've been talking to both of those teams about ... hopefully [the next Mario and Zelda] will feel newer and fresher than their most recent versions.' MTV Multiplayer also commented on Portal's mechanics and gameplay, to which Miyamoto responded, 'I think Portal was an amazing game, too.' GameSetWatch has a related article criticizing Nintendo for relying on the Wii's input devices to develop game franchises rather than improving actual gameplay."

I love Miyamoto's insight

[BorgAssimilator]

He's always taken a unique view at looking at games, and finding out what makes something fun to play, and he's not worried to look back at his own works and locate things that could be improved upon.

I know this post could be considered "redundant", since his genius is obvious, but I love him!

Re:Un peu de poids.

[MobileTatsu-NJG]

Eh. I don't know. I'm sure Valve appreciates the compliment, but I doubt they'll be gushing over it.

Oh please. There probably wasn't a dry pair of underwear in the whole building.

Re:I love Miyamoto's insight

[Anonymous Coward]

Asteroids needs achievements. And unlockables.

Re:Question-

[jonaskoelker]

what's so wrong with wanting original IP's?

For one, you could only use them to communicate with 30 other hosts.

Thank you, I'm here all week. Try the v6 ;)

See http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1.txt [ietf.org]; destaddr is five bits; 00000 is unused [says Peter Salus, I didn't read the whole rfc and I don't remember this bit].

Re:Question-

[jonaskoelker]

but there's nothing that says a Zelda can't have a good story either (and some do).

They all do! For one,

SPOILER WARNING
In Twilight Princess, Ganondorf kidnaps princess Zelda.
SPOILER OVER

See?

Re:Un peu de poids.

[Translation Error]

And then fell to the ground and started cursing up a storm after smashing their heads into invisible blocks.

Re:Un peu de poids.

[Anonymous Coward]

Oh yea? Who's this decade? EA?

Re:Weird, I disagree with him (sort of)

[Anonymous Coward]

Remember Mario 64? How you pretty much had free reign over fifteen large worlds?

Arrrrgh! Twice [slashdot.org] in one day!

You are given free REIN! A rein is used to control a horse, and when you relax your grip and relinquish control, you're giving him "free rein." How exactly would you give someone free reign? Abolish the constitutional monarchy and re-establish divine right, for $0? That right there is retarded, and it's not what SM64 gives you, anyway!

  Oh god, I'm having a grammar nazi aneurysm! ARRRGH! *dead*

Re:Un peu de poids.

[Cowmonaut]

Turn in your gamers card at the door.

In my day, we'd string you up, but these new fangled wireless controllers...