Miyamoto wants to work on smaller videogame projects

by Steven Mostyn - Dec 8 2011, 00:25

After being one of Nintendo’s leading creative lights for more than three decades, Shigeru Miyamoto has revealed he is to step down from his supervisory executive role within the company.

According to the 59-year-old videogame designer—who’s responsible for creating the likes of Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda and Star Fox—he has a need to spread his wings and pursue more personal challenges.

“What I really want to do is be in the forefront of game development once again myself,” commented Miyamoto during an interview with Wired. “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,” he added. “Something really small.”

Although it’s clear Miyamoto is looking to put his creative imprint on properties other than those supporting Nintendo’s iconic characters, he will apparently not be leaving the company for good.

Nintendo’s powerhouse designer said he hopes to begin working on a new, smaller project during 2012 and have it ready for showing to the public within 12 months—which is a far cry from the usual five-year production cycles he’s grown accustomed to.

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