Its games have been cultural touchstones for multiple generations of people.
But, somehow, Nintendo and Miyamoto’s successes continue to reach new heights.
It is a little bit magical.
That is only possible because of the care and attention put into creating the world.
The star of the show, of course, is the Mario Kart attraction that mixes adark ridewith AR.
Aiming is done by simply looking at your target, since they all appear visually through the AR headset.
It’s a simple and fun ride that ends with a spectacular mad dash through Rainbow Road.
Nintendo World feels like a contained world, completely separate from the vibe of the rest of the park.
You enter through a pipe that plays the going-down-a-pipe-jingle, and walk out into the Mushroom Kingdom.
His successes designing and developing games are momentous and have brought happiness to people of all ages.
They have cemented him as a legend; a creator that towers over the video game world.
You’ve achieved huge success with video games; Mario is beloved and Nintendo is also beloved.
But this seems like a very different kind of representation of the success that you’ve achieved.
Shigeru Miyamoto:Honestly, I had a lot of fun.
It was a happy experience.
We decided to make a run at recreate the world [from] the game alongside Universal.
And I think that was fantastic.
So again, for us it was the same experience.
There’s a little bit of uncertainty about what’s going to be at the end of this.
But there’s experiences that happen in real life that [don’t] happen in video games.
But in real life there is a transition phase that you have to go through.
But then there’s concerns like, “Is it actually going to be convincing?
Is it actually going to turn out the way we want it to?”
It’s called Super Nintendo World, but it has a very Mario theme.
It follows a lot of the same characters that exists in the Mario universe.
And so that’s where we ended up starting with Mario.
So I encourage you to take a look.
But on the other side, people that play the games, this is a world of imagination.
They look upon it with awe and they’re dazzled by it.
We created this."
That’s something I think we can look forward to achieving with this theme park.
And when we’re talking about games, it really just happens in the living room.
And really this concept of while simple was something that was very new to experience for the first time.
That’s what I imagine.
And although I would love to have that available here, there’s safety concerns to take into consideration.
And for kids it can be pretty easy.
There are other activities that children will naturally lean into.
But the challenge of course is creating a space for the entire family to enjoy together.
But I do think we have accomplished that.
And that’s something that you observe there, that you may not observe here.
And that’s something that was clear to us.
But I do think it really was a true collaboration.
There was direction coming from Mr. Miyamoto to the Universal creative team.
The Universal creative team were coming back with ideas of their own.
Miyamoto:For me, there wasn’t any specific learning that would apply to games.
And also there was an interactive guide for the Louvre that we had for the 3DS.
Takahashi: Another example of course is the Mario Kart Bowser’s Challenge.
Miyamoto is Miyamoto and Nintendo is Nintendo.
However, I do feel very honored to be compared with Disney.
So that’s something that I really feel like we were able to achieve and I’m happy about.
And beyond that, I think it’s really up to Mr. Takashi and how he carries everything forward.
And so why don’t you ask him.
Takahashi: We as developers think of ourselves more as an entertainment company.
That’s where our goal is.
Nintendo is Nintendo, and we’re different than everyone else.
Takahashi:I really don’t consider us a cutting-edge company.
That’s something for tech people, for programmers and whatnot to aspire to.
Miyamoto:As a company, I think we’re always looking for unique uses of technology.
And I think that’s something that has really made this experience a great one.
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