Miyamoto’s wife finally a gamer, thanks to DS

Nintendo DS has finally convinced game designer Shigeru Miyamoto‘s wife, who’s never played computer games all her life, to actually try her hand at gaming – a difficult feat, indeed.

The 55 year-old creator of well-known Nintendo games said that his wife never played any kinds of games even Tetris, until recently, when the DS came out. In a CNN interview, Miyamoto adds,

Although we have not gathered figures about this, I think games such as Wii Sports can interest women. Hopefully women will begin to enjoy games more. I think our target will be mothers. In a common family with a mother, father and children, I think mothers take the initiative in family entertainment and I think they would respond well to the Wii. And we might go as far as saying that we designed the Wii to that effect — as something that mothers would want to buy.

When asked about what he thought of what people say about Wii’s motion sensitive wireless console being a gimmick, Shigeru gamely replies, “First thing I would say is ‘Give it a try’. If you use it you would know that you had the wrong impression about it. I became more and more confident in the Wii since I started to make the software for it.”

In a parting statement, Miyamoto also said that the secret to lasting in the design side of the gaming business is to think of how to surprise the gamers, and to keep working with the younger generations. A lot more surprises from one of the fathers of modern video gaming to look out for, then.

To check out the word-per-word account of the interview, click on the read link below.

Nintendo DS has finally convinced game designer Shigeru Miyamoto‘s wife, who’s never played computer games all her life, to actually try her hand at gaming – a difficult feat, indeed.

The 55 year-old creator of well-known Nintendo games said that his wife never played any kinds of games even Tetris, until recently, when the DS came out. In a CNN interview, Miyamoto adds,

Although we have not gathered figures about this, I think games such as Wii Sports can interest women. Hopefully women will begin to enjoy games more. I think our target will be mothers. In a common family with a mother, father and children, I think mothers take the initiative in family entertainment and I think they would respond well to the Wii. And we might go as far as saying that we designed the Wii to that effect — as something that mothers would want to buy.

When asked about what he thought of what people say about Wii’s motion sensitive wireless console being a gimmick, Shigeru gamely replies, “First thing I would say is ‘Give it a try’. If you use it you would know that you had the wrong impression about it. I became more and more confident in the Wii since I started to make the software for it.”

In a parting statement, Miyamoto also said that the secret to lasting in the design side of the gaming business is to think of how to surprise the gamers, and to keep working with the younger generations. A lot more surprises from one of the fathers of modern video gaming to look out for, then.

To check out the word-per-word account of the interview, click on the read link below.