Miyamoto: 2009 Nintendo Games Not "Fun Enough"

Sheesh. What's up with all the Miyamoto hate. If he believed '09 wasn't fun enough, then let him believe it. And I'm pretty sure he was reffering to THE ENTIRE INDUSTRY not just Nintendo.I had fun this year. And what's wrong with Wii Music. I never really understood why people hate it so much. I actually like it (maybe because I'm a musuician). I find it pretty cool for kids who wan't to learn about musical instruments. And if memory serves me correct, I do remember seeing a video of Miyamoto and several other Ninty execs showing off Wii Music to a Japanese kindergarten class. So don't claw at his neck because he has a different opinion than you. Just calm down, take a deep breath, and play some games. That's all.

I humbly disagree with Mr. Miyamoto, though 2009 was pretty lackluster, all in all.

Well Miyamoto's idea of fun is measuring stuff so I wouldn't pay attention to that opinion

Well Miyamoto's idea of fun is measuring stuff so I wouldn't pay attention to that opinion

tomarlyn

so? I like to see if license plates are divisible by 3...

[QUOTE="tomarlyn"]

Well Miyamoto's idea of fun is measuring stuff so I wouldn't pay attention to that opinion

Espada12

so? I like to see if license plates are divisible by 3...

For sure nintendo games have been going down hill since N64. N64 just had soo many entertaining games that you could play for literaly years and still have a blast, even if they weren't rated highly. Im talking about mario kart 64, Super Smash Bros (Original >>>>>ALL sequels) Golden Eye, Revenge. Heck even mario party was great. Back then nintendo just had soo much passion in their games, you could feel it when playing them......now the games just feel dead.

Honestly, I'd have to agree with him. There was very little from last year that I found to be really all that fun.

I humbly disagree with Mr. Miyamoto, though 2009 was pretty lackluster, all in all.

DarkLink77

Uncharted 2

Batman AA

Street Fighter 4 Midnightshade29

Honestly, those are the only games that really grabbed me from that list.

This is ironic coming from a Nintendo developer, because the Wii has been by far the worst offender in the game quality department.

Infamous Pretty good game

Resident Evil 5 Pretty good game

Uncharted 2 haven't played, but want to

Demon Souls (Gamespot GOTY) Haven't played, don't want to

Dragon Age Origin my GOTY easily. IMO, it's the best game in years.

Batman AA haven't played, but want to

Midnightshade29

These are the games I cared about. My thoughts are bolded.

[QUOTE="DarkLink77"]

I humbly disagree with Mr. Miyamoto, though 2009 was pretty lackluster, all in all.

Midnightshade29

Resident Evil 5

Demon Souls (Gamespot GOTY)

Dragon Age Origins

BlazBlue

Tekken 6

The games that I cared about on that list enough to buy them at $60. not a bad year, by any means, but we hae seen FAR better. Like this year.

[QUOTE="PSP107"][QUOTE="IgorAntunov"]"exactly isnt this the guy who said he could have made halo? that made me laugh so hard " Considering he has created far better games, and multiple games far better at that, what he said is true, he could have created halo, and it would have been better no doubt.JuarN18

[QUOTE="Midnightshade29"][QUOTE="DarkLink77"]

I humbly disagree with Mr. Miyamoto, though 2009 was pretty lackluster, all in all.

DarkLink77

Resident Evil 5

Demon Souls (Gamespot GOTY)

Dragon Age Origins

BlazBlue

Tekken 6

The games that I cared about on that list enough to buy them at $60. not a bad year, by any means, but we hae seen FAR better. Like this year.

[QUOTE="PSP107"]actually the posters at 1up are saying he was refering to the indusrty as a wholeMarcus_Hale

a handful of games is not the same ratio of how many games are actually release that should have had the potential of games you just named

[QUOTE="JuarN18"]

[QUOTE="PSP107"] Miymato has no range. You saw what happen with Wii Music.PSP107

well look at your name i wouldnt be suprised you would say this like any other poster on this board that just dont like majority of things about the wii,they never going to give credit when its do even if the highest rated console game this gen is on the inferior wii

Hes made some of my favorite games.. but I dont agree with this at all.

I thought 2009 had better games then 2008 personally.

[QUOTE="JuarN18"]

[QUOTE="PSP107"] Miymato has no range. You saw what happen with Wii Music.PSP107

[QUOTE="PSP107"][QUOTE="JuarN18"]From platformers to adventure to strategy games and he helped in Super Mario RPG also

Mario1331

[QUOTE="PSP107"][QUOTE="JuarN18"]

[QUOTE="PSP107"] Miymato has no range. You saw what happen with Wii Music.nintendo-4life

just because he develops for the wii hes instantly bashed on here common SW rule,if he was 3rd party he would be god

Most people seem to be listing good games from 09, stating that they had a fun year, or trying to talk about how poor nintendo is. I'm not sure most of you even went beyond the topic title essentially taking this "quote" out of context.

Miyamoto was asked about lower game sales of the industry in 09 from 08. He didn't say 09 was a bad year, or that there weren't awesome games in that year.

well, i think that miyamoto has a point. It seems like last gen was about going all out, and it really was a step above the gen previous in every category. This gen is more about polishing up and improving on last gen and we've lost something in the translation. Case in point: GTA4 vs. Vice City. GTA4 was superior in many ways, but there is something very important that was diminished. It wasn't as fun. That's just one series, but it is supposedly one of the pillars of the industry

"I think it is obvious that when everyone is connected online, there will be enormous opportunity for me to create something really unique," Miyamoto said. "But my job is to try to entertain as many people as possible, and I see all Wii owners as the audience. Of course, we have Mario Kart, which can be played online by multiple people. So we are gradually expanding the experiences using the Internet, but my own personal focus is to try to entertain people, even if they are not connected to the Internet. That is my first priority."

I wish every dev was like this... maybe we wouldn't have games with 4 hours campaigns and what not.

Espada12

I think Miyamoto is right, both 2008 and 2009 sucked. There were a few great games sprinkled in, but not much else to write home about.

2010 seems much more promising, especially for Nintendo. They pretty much dropped the ball for the last 2 years in terms of games for the Wii. They didn't spread their releases out like the should have, Mario Kart and Smash Bros came out within a month of each other. Things are looking up though with Metroid Other M, Super Mario Galaxy, and most likely Zelda for this year. I'm extremely interested to see the 3DS, I think it is going to blow away the competition AKA PSP.

I don't know why the hell Nintendo promoted Miyamoto; he is best suited designing games, not managing people. It's like making Einstein a supervisor or something, that isn't why he is useful.

[QUOTE="gammon56"][QUOTE="Videodogg"]

Miyamoto did a bang up job with Wii Music. Err...maybe this guy does not know what he is talking about anymore.

Willy105

[QUOTE="Sandvichman"][QUOTE="Willy105"]

He has made games far better than Halo. Never saw what was such a big deal with that statement, other than striking the nerves of the Halo worshippers.Rick_Henderson

Halo 3> All nintendo games i have ever played.

Oh man, that game got GOTY, oh man this means my experience will be enhanced! What makes you think i care what game gets GOTY? That doesn't change the fact, that i still play halo 3 with my friends to day 3 years after it's release, while i sold SMG with my wii almost 2 years ago.

I have had the most fun with my DS because of the interactive touch games.

Not so much with the Wii because of the game library.

Miyamoto is a shell of his former self, along with the likes of Nintendo as a whole.Messiahbolical-

Ninty and MS surely dropped the ball last year, but you cant really say that for Sony. They had a pretty stellar lineup.

[QUOTE="Messiahbolical-"]Miyamoto is a shell of his former self, along with the likes of Nintendo as a whole.Willy105

[QUOTE="Willy105"][QUOTE="Messiahbolical-"]Miyamoto is a shell of his former self, along with the likes of Nintendo as a whole.110million

[QUOTE="Messiahbolical-"]Miyamoto is a shell of his former self, along with the likes of Nintendo as a whole.Willy105

"I think it is obvious that when everyone is connected online, there will be enormous opportunity for me to create something really unique," Miyamoto said. "But my job is to try to entertain as many people as possible, and I see all Wii owners as the audience. Of course, we have Mario Kart, which can be played online by multiple people. So we are gradually expanding the experiences using the Internet, but my own personal focus is to try to entertain people, even if they are not connected to the Internet. That is my first priority."

I wish every dev was like this... maybe we wouldn't have games with 4 hours campaigns and what not.

Ninty and MS surely dropped the ball last year, but you cant really say that for Sony. They had a pretty stellar lineup.

h575309

[QUOTE="Willy105"][QUOTE="gammon56"] exactly isnt this the guy who said he could have made halo? that made me laugh so hard Sandvichman

woah, if you had said halo:CE>some ninty games i would have agreed.

but halo 3?? come on, it was more or less a dissapointment. 9.0 imo.

oh, and you definetly haven't played OOT, SMW, SMW2, and SMB3.

This is what I've been saying, Nintendo has got to take care of the Wii audience.

[QUOTE="Sandvichman"][QUOTE="Willy105"] He has made games far better than Halo. Never saw what was such a big deal with that statement, other than striking the nerves of the Halo worshippers.gamedude234

woah, if you had said halo:CE>some ninty games i would have agreed.

but halo 3?? come on, it was more or less a dissapointment. 9.0 imo.

oh, and you definetly haven't played OOT, SMW, SMW2, and SMB3.

[QUOTE="110million"][QUOTE="Willy105"] They haven't really changed, at all. Well, Nintendo of Japan hasn't. Nintendo of America is definitely a shell.h575309

'abandoned'? i dont know about those other franchises, but isnt a metroid game coming out soon?

I love the way half the posters on SW assumes this board makes up the vast majority of gamers, get it into your heads you are a minority and most gamers don't care enough to even look things up on the internet let alone go on a forum to argue about it. When Miyamoto made these comment he was refering to the industry as a whole and all gamers, not just a few elitists.

[QUOTE="h575309"][QUOTE="110million"] I think they've changed, even if not to that extent, many major franchises are lost completely, Donkey Kong, Star Fox, Kirby, all had amazing titles in the past, whats going on now? ogvampire

'abandoned'? i dont know about those other franchises, but isnt a metroid game coming out soon?

[QUOTE="ogvampire"]

[QUOTE="h575309"] Those dont sell like the Wii Fits, Wii Sports and Mario Karts do. Look at Metroid Prime 3 and Trilogy sales, and it becomes pretty obvious why they have abandoned those franchises.110million

'abandoned'? i dont know about those other franchises, but isnt a metroid game coming out soon?

huh? metroid was never a big seller.... i seriously doubt nintendo expected any of the last metroids to sell like mario kart