When Nintendo was at an extremely low point, Iwata said something we haven't really seen since.
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- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Reviews: IGN- 10/10 VGC- 10/10 GameSpot- 10/10 Inverse- 10/10 ComicBook- 10/10 Checkpoint- 10/10 CGMagazine- 10/10 Nintendo Life- 10/10 God is a Geek- 10/10 Screen Rant - 10/10 Game Informer- 9.75/10 Digitally Downloaded- 9/10
- Tango Gameworks is officially back as a studio. Their new name as part of Krafton is Tango Gameworks Inc.
- When Miyamoto was creating Mario, he was inspired by Akira Toriyama's work Dr. Slump, looking at the way the characters moved to inform his own work. Akira Toriyama's influence on the entertainment being created in the 80's can't be stressed enough.
Readers added context they thought people might want to knowReaders added contextThis is incorrect. Mario's movements in Super Mario 64 were inspired by Arale from Dr. Slump, according to the 1996 developers interview. Miyamoto's design and creation for Mario was based on hardware limitations, as elaborated in his interview with Iwata. shmuplations.com/mario64/ nintendo.co.uk/Iwata-Asks/Iwa… - The judges for the "Game Designers Award" at the Japan Game Awards 2025 have been announced: Head Judge: Masahiro Sakurai Judges: Kazutoshi Iida, Jiro Ishii, Hideki Kamiya, Kazutaka Kodaka, Toby Fox, Keiichiro Toyama, and Yoko Taro This is a fantastic panel!
- I'm really starting to hate the Animal Crossing: New Horizons Easter Event. The rate of eggs when fishing is WAY too high.
- Sakurai confirmed his next video game started development in 2022. He wrote the proposal for it at "light speed" after Smash Bros. Ultimate wrapped up. We all know what it is...
- Sakurai says that Japanese developers should make games based on Japanese tastes. “A while ago, there was certainly a culture of making Americanized products, because various works were popular in the US. However, I feel that ‘Japanese game lovers’ overseas are not looking for
- Shigeru Miyamoto is not in the credits of Mario Kart World. Not even as a Special Thanks.
- This is Nintendo of America’s new CEO, Satoru Shibata. He has been at Nintendo over 40 years.
- Sakurai said it wouldn't be right to end his video series without doing one on Mr. Iwata... so he did. He talks about how much Iwata meant to him and to Nintendo. Sakurai saw Iwata right after his tumor surgery and that was the last time before he passed. Video:
- Sakurai said it cost him $630,000 to make the videos for his channel which weren't monetized. He sees his channel as similar to volunteer work to help gamers understand the industry better and to help developers make better games.
- Astro Bot Reviews: GGRecon - 10/10 Push Square - 10/10 CGMagazine - 10/10 ComicBook - 10/10 Gameliner - 10/10 Dot eSports - 10/10 GameSpew - 10/10 GamesHub - 10/10 God is a Geek - 10/10 PlayStation Universe - 10/10 Shacknews - 10/10 TheGamer - 10/10 Twinfinite - 10/10 VGC -
