Miyamoto: "Designers Should Be Looking at Humans"

StephanieBBB - 521 days ago

Ok gather round everyone the guy that makes everything he touches in to pure Shiit is spreading his wise words. Let's learn from his wisdom.

/end sarcasm

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staub91 - 520 days 23 hours ago

The question is what is Miyamoto looking at?

6 year old boys?

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nintendojunkie24 - 521 days ago

I think it's actually him...he has a t-shirt up against him..so it makes it look kinda like a cut and paste job.

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Relcom - 521 days 1 hour ago

lol

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Tempist - 520 days 22 hours ago

See, when he says humans what region is he looking at? The fit Japanese market, the tubby American Kids, or the not really playing games European kids?

And lets not forget every human is fairly shallow and just looking for something sparkle, sparkle.

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nintendojunkie24 - 521 days ago

Agreed

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BrotherNick - 521 days ago

I don't know about improving yourself, but my theory about gaming is it's supposed to help you grip you psychologically, make you wanting to play the game, whether it be great graphics, or great gameplay. Unfortunately this generation you will have to pick one or the other, hopefully next gen we can have both.

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Menchi - 521 days ago

I've never understood the idea that Good Graphics = Bad Gameplay.
To me, it's absolutely false

My PS3 has given me some of the best gaming ever. Not because of graphics, not because of gameplay, but because of a great combination of the two. The improvements across all elements of a game are much appreciated

My Wii is a good console, but I feel it's yet to reach it's potential, with the best games not making much use of the Wiimote... However, they've been enjoyable

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BrotherNick - 520 days 23 hours ago

I don't know, but try out metroid prime 3. That game just feels good as a hardcore game...try the shooter controls. They feel amazing to me. Now that wii motion plus is out maybe within 6-9 months we'll see some amazing titles. I'm not saying that the ps3/360 have horrible controls, but with some games I believe that the controls can be way better and more intuitive with the wiimote..

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ThatArtGuy - 520 days 23 hours ago

Big Brain Academy :P

The argument is with all the focus on the casual gamer, the core gamer suffers. This can be compared to the movie industry. How many movies a year do we see that are on caliber with The Godfather, Gone With the Wind, or Heat as compared to Superbabies, College Road Trip, Daddy Day Camp, Cats & Dogs, or 21?

There's a LOT of garbage now since people "just want entertainment."

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Maedhros - 520 days 21 hours ago

I'd say the problem is that he's not actually telling designers to use the kind of approach he took to make those games that made Nintendo what it is. He's telling them to look at the gamers themselves and try to improve them: he wants more games like Brain Age and Wii Fit.

But after E3, I don't think many developers will be taking him seriously, especially not those who still believe gaming to be a form of escapism - for whom things like good graphics will be a real consideration. Sure, gaming can be a force for positive change in the player, but I certainly wouldn't make it a priority for all games or even most games as Miyamoto seems to want. Just entertainment is enough.

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Rute - 520 days 23 hours ago

Usually games which are expensive to make, rely on tried-and-true gameplay formula. If innovation on the gameplay department doesn't succeed, and the game bombs salewise, it's a tough situation for a game company. Lair is a good example.

Low budget game makers can afford the risky way of innovating on gameplay mechanics. One good example is Zack & Wiki.

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mistertwoturbo - 520 days 9 hours ago

And so 360 fanboys absolute only care about gameplay right?

Let's all conveniently forget the hundreds and hundreds of "Gears of War looks better than..." articles then.

Both sides of the fence do it. So stop acting as if Sony fans are the only ones guilty of it.

And I won't even start with Nintendo. WiiMusic!? Seriously...

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razorbladelight - 519 days 22 hours ago

may be as annoying as any other fanboy, but at least with this site, I have to give it to ps3 fanboys as being the most overwhelmingly annoying bunch. I am a Nintendo fanboy, and admit to its lack of productivity and won't get offended when people say something true about the company... for instance the lack of ingenuity in them-wow who doesn't know about that. I am not saying 360 fans (or x-bots as the cool kids like to call them) don't do the same, but ps3 fanbois are right up there with politicians in there nonsensical overview of the gaming world. See Sony is awesome with its graphical stand point, and it is doing great strides in attempts to do great, and I suppose the same can be said for M$ (see the cool kids do that too), but their fans are just the worse. Nintendo fans can be up there (I can't name them but I am sure that I have been in the lot once or twice) but I pick on sony fanbois because personally, on this site alone they are the biggest douches out there.

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madjedi - 519 days 18 hours ago

Having said that nintendo's need to find something worthwhile to brag about, because games on the wii ain't it. And since we are being fanboys here, when the wii decides to have a respectable online system and a practical storage solution it will be acknowledged as a next gen and not merely a gc 1.5 with a new control scheme

Ps3 fanboys only looking forward to fps, btw if your going to stereotype get it right 360 owners are fps/tps only crowd.

Lol nope drone this fanboy is looking forward to mercs 2, motorstorm 2(pacific rim), rfom2, lego batman, star wars tfu, little big planet, bioshock, ff13, ff versus 13, white knight story, eternal sonata, fallout 3, killzone 2, god of war 3, rac quest for booty, bionic commando rearmed.

I know it is hard for some nintendo fans to understand but some people find shooters enjoyable, like people find other types of games enjoyable.

Now the ps3 fanboys(not fanbois) are only interested in graphics, okay this is just a stupidass statement, which gives a large clue as to how much respect ps3 gamers, should show you. Despite a few exclusive on either side here and there, ps3 and 360 games are the basically the same, so your also attacking 360 owners in that statement.

Look at 9.2-9.3 for some gamers discussing graphics vs gameplay, because yours is just sad.

Its all about the graphics, uh no there is alot more than merely graphics, there is the physics of the game look up star wars the force unleashed. Artificial intelligence is another important feature having the game adapt to what your doing and forces you to reevaluate your actions/strategy.

In uncharted probably the best looking ps3 game out at the moment, one of the thing i enjoy more than the graphics(woah the mountain looks great). Was the quality of the voice acting and the animation of the characters and how it brought the characters to life, they felt real to me, and not some soulless android, or generic main character.

Mgs4 is another top notch game that had superb sound as well as great animation, has a very interesting and twisting story, and despite access to many types of lethal weapons. The game rewards you more for being stealthy and not killing anyone, rather than going guns blazing and killing every enemy in sight.

Let me clear this up for some people that don't understand this, when you have a hdtv and regularly view hd content you get accustomed to having that level of detail. Then when you watch a non upscaled standard definition content, it usually looks like crap due to the lack of detail, it all depends though.

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razorbladelight - 520 days 20 hours ago

it's way too cliche, but he does design great games, regardless of taste, it's not his products on the market making shovelware so stop being a douche.

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nintendojunkie24 - 520 days 11 hours ago

...that was real intelligent (sarcasm)

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nintendojunkie24 - 521 days ago

....quite the little fanboy aren't you

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