"The T-shirt in the crowd said it all: 'Miyamoto is God.'"
Reports of Nintendo creative icon Shigeru Miyamoto's first public appearance in America on Sunday have filtered
through the internet, and have finally made it onto MTV. And so the above quote began
MTV's piece on the interview
it was granted with "the godfather of serious[?] gaming."
Interesting tidbits surrounding the origin of Mario?s name and the
?catlike elements? worked into Nintendogs were
revealed, but the most interesting quotes came from the fans who were interviewed
on camera (sorry Firefox folks, only IE here). One
young man stated: ?He?s the father of gaming. He defined my culture.? The young lady pictured here said: ?I think
Miyamoto is God because he?s the best person in the entire world.? (Sorry about the somewhat gratuitous upper-body shot
here, but the other clip with the girl?s head properly shown didn?t give a clear shot of the particular print of
interest in context on her shirt. Our apologies go out to the young lady pictured!)
So is MTV News right in saying that Miyamoto is ?the closest thing to a video-game rockstar? ? irrespective of rockin?
Tomonobu Itagaki and the consistently-quotable
Ken Kutaragi?s positions in gaming?s pantheon of
personalities? Maybe we?ll find out when MTV covers the Team Ninja and SCEI heads? New York signings (if they ever
come). Rest assured, we?ll be posting a deeper interview with Mr. Miyamoto from NYC online in due time.
[Thanks, Stephen]
