The recently recognized Cultural Person of Merit award in Japan has reflected on what it is and what the name of Nintendo implies.
Shigeru Miyamoto will continue to make video games in the immediate future. The creative, recognized as a Person of Cultural Merit by the Ministry of Culture in Japan just a few days ago, has made it clear in a meeting with Nikkei that withdrawal does not go through his head, because in his plans it is a priority to make new experiences and educate with that philosophy to those who will come later.
The barriers between cinema and videogames: stigmas and perceptions
Mr. Miyamoto explains during the interview if it is possible to face or overcome a giant like Disney, Mickey Mouse's parents; but according to his criteria, cinema and videogames are two completely different scenarios, with barriers for the second still to be overcome and assimilated into society.
Shigeru Miyamoto
“Many parents want to keep their children away from videogames,” he begins by saying, aware of that difficulty that is not attached to the film industry. “But those same parents have no problem letting their children watch Disney movies. We cannot face (Disney) seriously unless those parents begin to feel comfortable with letting their children play Nintendo video games, ”he says.
During his long career, Shigeru Miyamoto has studied different methods to reach all kinds of audiences and break the stigma not so much with a speech but based on experiences that make that wall fall by its own weight. Video games such as the Super Mario saga, Donkey Kong, Pikmin, Star Fox and many more intellectual properties in which he has been directly or indirectly involved are his cover letter to argue what was said.
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"I have become more interested in creating experiences that a larger audience can enjoy," and not just a specific niche. Children, parents, grandparents, teenagers. Everyone enters the Nintendo equation. Not surprisingly, Miyamoto still recognizes that invisible barrier between the perception of the video game and that of the cinema; That is why today Disney is not a rival they can face.
One of his next confirmed projects is Pikmin 4, a title that we haven't known for years and whose platform and launch window are a complete unknown.
Via | VideoGamesChronicle
