Plus: his latest hobby revealed.
Nintendo talisman Shigeru Miyamoto has admitted that at one time he intended to try and “destroy” the game genres that he had helped create.
Speaking in a lengthy, fascinating interview with The New Yorker, the Mario creator explained how he watched on with admiration as his favourite manga artists created a brand new genre from nothing and then later completely subverted it.
“When they became much older, they started to destroy the style they themselves had created,” he explained.