Miyamoto Confirms New Mario and Zelda Games in the Works
By Jonathan on Friday, July 25th, 2008 at 10:31 AM PST In Game Companies, Game Consoles, Game Platforms, Games, Games Industry, Nintendo, Nintendo, Nintendo, Portable
I probably could’ve guessed this, but it’s still nice to hear someone actually say it. Shigeru Miyamoto has confirmed that Nintendo is already working on new installments to the Mario and Zelda franchises, not to mention a new Pikmin game. He confirmed that he was managing development teams for these titles in a recent interview with The Telegraph:
“Making these ‘traditional’ games is what I am best at. Because games of that nature take upwards of two or three years to make, we always have to keep the teams working on those projects going. At any given time, the team could be five to ten people, or it could be 50-plus. People are always switching in and out of those teams. They are all working on more Mario, Zelda and Pikmin projects. And they all work in close proximity to me, so I can keep a good eye on them.”
Well, that’s good to hear. Of course it makes me wonder if we’ll actually be seeing these games any time soon, but this takes the sting off of their sub-par E3 press conference. Just a little bit though.
Via MCV
Sweet! I was waiting for a new game from allo three of these franchises!
I’m pretty sure they actually said this quite early on in their E3 presentation.