Nintendo el Presidente Satoru Iwata recently did a lengthy interview with Japanese publication 4Gamer, where he talked about Nintendo, the Wii U, and gaming in general.
Iwata provided some interesting insights when he talked about gaming in general. For example, Iwata believes that there are too many cut scenes in games today. He said that while he won’t dismiss cut scenes entirely, there are too many of them in games today.
“I can’t help but wonder what could have been instead done with the energy that went into them”, he said, talking about the time it takes to make a cut scene. Some gaming franchises have been criticized a lot for their over-use of cut scenes, such as Call of Duty and Battlefield, which seems to guide the player down a linear path from one cut scene to the next.
He added: “Miyamoto has never used many cut-scenes, in his games, but recently I think he has begun to think the same way, too”.
Speaking of Myamoto, Itwata showed off his competitive spirit during the interview. He recalled back in the day when he started at Nintendo, he needed someone to compete against. At that time, Miyamoto was a rising star at Nintendo, which made him an obvious candidate. Iwata said:
“I’d just decided within myself, completely arbitrarily and not at all reciprocated, that he [Miyamoto] was my rival and I wanted to do something to just give him hell.”
He talked about the “Miyamoto Methodology”, how the legendary Nintendo game designer has been able to create great characters and games for decades. One of the reasons for Iwata Asks, was so that Iwata could put into words how Miyamoto and Nintendo make games. “Iwata Asks” is a series where Iwata talks to Nintendo developers, including Miyamoto, about their game making process.
And of course, Iwata had plenty of good things to say about Miyamoto:
“Miyamoto is, as you’d expect, an amazing person and without a doubt posseses a methodology that I don’t have”
Iwata also confirmed that “Iwata Asks” series will be back in the future. So far, over 200 Iwata Asks articles have been published by Nintendo.
