Miyamoto planning 'retirement' - Report

if he leaves Nintendo will be finished

This is bittersweet news, but people, come the HELL on!!! Miyamoto's a human being, we all need rest, we can't work our *beeps* off for-freakin'-EVER!!!

Look, he made masterpiece after masterpiece, he is one of my idols, but we cannot hope to let him work for all time. He's prepared for his retirement, and so he already found back-up. I say bittersweet because Miyamoto creates and inspires, but I'm glad he made a plan for what shall come.

Of course it'll be a sad day when he retires for good, but even though all good things come to an end, there is always hope.

the funny part is I wasn't concerned. I was stoked that he was gonna work on solo projects or take youngsters at nintendo under his wing for projects. also, the title was misleading that he was retiring. other sites headlines were nuch more in line with what was actually happening.

Rather later than never, can't wait to see what this guys gonna do.

Does this mean that new games in series like Super Mario will start changing from here on? Cause I could go for that.

I'll be happy with what whatever Miyamoto decides to do. He changed the game, literally!

No matter what he decides to do I think we can all agree that this guy is a true genius and gaming wouldn't look anything like it does today without his contributions.

Gamespot confusion aside, he training the younger generation is only natural. Just as Gunpei Yokoi was his mentor, so will he mentor somebody else. Now, on his retirement (because this will happen eventually), I already feel sorry for the person replacing him... gotta work very hard to achieve that standard.

Miyamoto is definitely a true gaming legend. I appreciate his love for games, not just for the profit of them. If you treat things with love, they will go well. He has earned my respect.

He's earned it.

Heh I love how people kinda lost their #%! about this and even stock took a hit it's not like the guys some sort of lynch pin and should he step down the entire company would fly off the handle and break, to be honest letting him take a break and try newer things could be good.

HE RUINED DINOSAUR PLANET

Good, let the new era begin.

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Gamespot should be ashamed about the erroneous review for Skyward Sword. Seriously, how can someone be incapable of understanding how to set up the motion controls? There's absolutely nothing wrong with that game and its control mechanics, Miyamoto knows EXACTLY what he's bringing to market, unlike the most part of game development companies.

Oh crap, the movie 2012 is true Shigeru Miyamoto has been chosen to help repopulate the earth after 2012, hey I wanna be chosen too!!

Good move :D Hope it works out :D

Bad translations?

give the legend space to rest

Mr. Miyamoto: "I'm ready to retire" Nintendo: "Your cryo chamber is ready, Mr. Miyamoto"

I was worried until I saw the update. The man is a creative genius, I hope he decides on creating a new franchise.

so many years all did nice job, atless his still going be around. Also I agree with Thug2wasteland.

maybe he can make a miyamoto out of me

The mans a legend, & has earned his rest.

Every man needs rest, and a man like Miyamoto needs some R&R, I mean he's not a robot. Just because he created the most iconic charcters and most memorable moments, dosen't mean he should be working. If he wants to work on other things let him be. This man deserve it's and lived his life to the best of his ablitiy for you guys to be pleased with his talents and imaginations. Miyamoto hope to see some of your projects to be on other consoles and handhelds in the future! Best of luck!

Before he leaves he needs to at least create one more Mario masterpiece. An epic game where him and Peach finally tie the knot

Man, not yet. It's sad to think that one day all these amazing video game figureheads are going to leave at some point. I just hope when he/they do, they get the best to replace them and continue to supply us with amazing games.

he's going to leave sooner or later, Nintendo should be focusing on him mentoring younger game makers.

Miyamoto > the industry

I'd quit too, if i had to make games for the wii

Nintendo's worried because without Miyamoto, they'll be just like Squaresoft after Hironobu Sakaguchi left them in the dust, struggling futilely to be what he made them. Of course when Sakaguchi left, he took most of the money with him ( since he was the principal financier of Squaresoft ) forcing them to join up with Enix so they could get a cash flow again and then REALLY turn to crap.

This can be sad news if one reads it literally, of course he isnt standing down from Nintendo, but planning to spread his knowledge and to ensure that future generation developers will create games like he did, hopefully this will result in a huge game boom similar to what Nintendo did in the 1980s and 1990s.

Or maybe hes going to work at one of them...hmmm. Maybe they can get 8-bit to do a Metriod themed room.

your sites review on zelda skyward sword broke his spirit:(

Theres no way Nintendo would let him leave. Without him Nintendo might as well close its doors but not the doors to their "Love Motels"..(Check it out nintendo owns a couple of them...kinda funny).

I would love for him to have his hands on one more Zelda game. Maybe one that ties them all together.

Eventually he will retire from the industry for good. I think he just wants to work with up and coming young people at Nintendo to pass on his knowledge to them. So they can have a chance to learn from one of the masters. Nintendo will survive when he does retire. He just wants to work on smaller projects with the next generation at Nintendo.

He has to step down eventually, hopefully he instructs the new gen of game devs in Big N

I hope he doesn't step down before the next generaton starts. Nintendo needs his help in order to make every thing right with the Wii U.

@Xenrathe They may seem contradictory ... What is happening is that Myamoto wants to step down but Nintendo wont let him. This would be a major blow to Nintendo and so Myamoto stays, probably by some leagal maneuver. Just imagine how apples shares dropped when Jobs stepped down from his possition, it would be the same.

Sad, nintendo is controlling the guy and wont let him have his peace. Even him, maybe the most important man in the industry is tied to a company. When he finally steps down - or dies, which seems his only way out - nintendo's shares will drop all the way.

Retiring is the wrong word to use. He's not retiring, he's stepping down and taking a different position. This will allows him more hands on with games of his choosing and less of a management role.

This just shows you what kind of man he is. He's less concerned about company politics and more concerned about his love for video games, and I think personally, all high ranking officials in the game industry should at least try and emulate this man's passion and zeal in my opinion. Every Mario, Zelda, etc game I have played has been phenomenal, and his words only exemplify those accomplishments even more. I really admire this guy. Companies seem to forget that before all the 1,000,00+ development budgets came into being, before all the DLCs and promotional shows, etc were devised, before all that, it was just about the love of making video games, to some (like myself) it was almost a culture. We ate, drank and slept video games and this man is all about that. If you love what you do, you'll want to do it everyday.

Let's hope he's not going to go casual.

Hopefully by personal game, he meant Pikmin 3.

This man is one of my greatest idols. He's a great video game developer but even more importantly he is a terrific guy

This confuses me! Who is telling the truth?

This guy is a legend, very accomplished and I give him that credit. But in today's world, he doesn't stand up to guys like Zeschuk and Muzyka (guys behind Mass Effect, Dragon Age) and Howard (Bethesda).

UPDATE: No worries. Nintendo just reminded Myamoto that they own his ass, and he isn't going anywhere, or they will sue his ass. Any ideas he currently has floating around in his head are property of Nintendo. Welcome to the world of big business. Myamoto leaving Nintendo would be like Stan Lee leaving Marvel. Oh, yeah, that did happen and Marvel ended up filing bankruptcy, eventually. Nintendo isn't letting Myamoto go anywhere.

@Xenrathe Not bizarre, but a translation, that has reported as fact before the correct clarification by nintendo.