Friday, December 11, 2009

Shigeru Miyamoto is gay

OK, so that's not really true. Or, I don't think it's true. Obviously, it would be great if it were true, but I don't think it is...

Anyway, I jokingly came up with the headline after reading
the latest "Iwata Asks" interview on Nintendo's website. While talking about how he, Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka came together to work on the original Super Mario Bros., Toshihiko Nakago mentions the following:

"
As Excitebike was being developed in Tokyo, I went on a lot of business trips there together with Miyamoto-san and we'd often stay over in a hotel. That was right at the start of the bubble economy and there were times when it would be really hard to secure a hotel room. There were even times when we slept in the same bed."




Other interesting tidbits are revealed during the interview, too--including the fact that Super Mario Bros. and The Legend of Zelda were developed by the same team, at the same time.

"Those two titles were both developed at the same time," Satoru Iwata says at one point. "It's surprising how many game fans aren't aware of this, but the first Super Mario and Zelda titles were made simultaneously, with the same staff. It's something that seems completely unthinkable now!"

If this kind of nerdy stuff trips your trigger like it does mine, go here to read the interview in its entirety.

5 comments:

Unknown said...

You really scared me there for a minute!

Bryan Ochalla said...

Why? It would be great if he came out as gay--at least in my opinion :) Unless, of course, he's currently married to a woman...

Bryan Ochalla said...

Hopefully Nintendo (of Japan or America) won't put a hit out on me for the headline. It's supposed to be funny! :)

Mischievous Lumi said...

I believe he is married and has children. I don't think sexuality matters though.

Bryan Ochalla said...

Yeah, I'm pretty sure he's at least married (to a woman).