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Shigeru Miyamoto stated that his work will continue to focus on the future of Nintendo and that he won’t be using its existing collection of games “too much” (via Nintendo Life).
Recently, Miyamoto was honoured with the title of Person of Cultural Merit. This is one of the highest honours that a creative is able to receive from the Japanese government, and he expressed gratitude that the video game industry has been “brought to light”. At the Person of Cultural Merit ceremony, Miyamoto said, “I intend to keep trying to create something new that brings smiles to people around the world without focusing too much on what we have already created.”
Miyamoto is the mind behind Mario, Donkey Kong, Starfox, and The Legend of Zelda, to name but a few of the classic Nintendo titles he’s responsible for. His comment aligns with those sentiments of Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa in an interview with Time Magazine. “Giving our teams the freedom to experiment with new ideas is something I strongly agree with,” he said. “Expansion can’t happen without the freedom to try something new, and the courage to step into unfamiliar territory.”
With this statement, Furukawa referred to the mobile ports of Nintendo’s biggest franchises, the Super Nintendo World theme park at Universal Studios Japan, and the Super Mario animated movie set to release “around 2022”. Nintendo was founded in 1889—more than a century ago—and it continues to be a trailblazer thanks to the work of its teams and its creative fellows.
