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I think that inside every adult is the heart of a child. We just gradually convince ourselves that we have to act more like adults. ↗

— Shigeru Miyamoto

#adult #child #convince #every #gradually

I don't want to criticize any other designers, but I have to say that many of the people involved in this industry - directors and producers - are trying to make their games more like movies. They are longing to make movies rather than making videogames. ↗

— Shigeru Miyamoto

#criticize #designers #directors #games #i

False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness renders them kind and sensible, and that happiness is always shared. ↗

— Charles de Montesquieu

#communicated #false #happiness #kind #men

This is the entertainment industry, so game designers have to have a creative mind and also have to be able to stand up against the marketing people at their company - otherwise they cannot be creative. There are not that many people who fit that description. ↗

— Shigeru Miyamoto

#against #also #cannot #company #creative

To create a new standard, you have to be up for that challenge and really enjoy it. ↗

— Shigeru Miyamoto

#create #enjoy #new #really #standard

I think what's really the most ideal thing is for the player themselves, within their own imagination, to carve out what they view as being the essence of the character. ↗

— Shigeru Miyamoto

#carve #character #essence #i #i think

I think when you talk about competing against others, the problem is that you refer to something that's been done already and try to beat it. ↗

— Shigeru Miyamoto

#against #already #beat #been #competing

Nintendo's philosophy is never to go the easy path; it's always to challenge ourselves and try to do something new. ↗

— Shigeru Miyamoto

#challenge #easy #go #never #new

The obvious objective of video games is to entertain people by surprising them with new experiences. ↗

— Shigeru Miyamoto

#entertain people #experiences #games #new #objective

There are some ghost stories in Japan where - when you are sitting in the bathroom in the traditional style of the Japanese toilet - a hand is actually starting to grab you from beneath. It's a very scary story. ↗

— Shigeru Miyamoto

#bathroom #beneath #ghost #ghost stories #grab