Shigeru Miyamoto has been the head of Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development for a number of years now, being involved in numerous large projects. However, the man behind Donkey Kong, Mario and Legend of Zelda says he wants to work on smaller titles, with the first starting in 2012 that can be show that year; Nintendo has come out and said this doesn’t mean him stepping down and that there is a misunderstanding.
“Inside our office, I’ve been recently declaring, ‘I’m going to retire, I’m going to retire,’” Miyamoto remarked. “I’m not saying that I’m going to retire from game development altogether. What I mean by retiring is, retiring from my current position. What I really want to do is be in the forefront of game development once again myself. Probably working on a smaller project with even younger developers. Or I might be interested in making something that I can make myself, by myself. Something really small.”
“The reason why I’m stressing that is that unless I say that I’m retiring, I cannot nurture the young developers,” he added. “After all, if I’m there in my position as it is, then there’s always kind of a relationship. And the young guys are always kind of in a situation where they have to listen to my ideas. But I need some people who are growing up much more than today.”
Source: Wired
