Miyamoto's son was so bad at Super Mario 64 he questioned his parenting

[Stan BiSH]

Miyamoto's son was so bad at Super Mario 64 he questioned his parenting

No, it's the children who are wrong

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Miyamoto's son was so bad at Super Mario 64 he questioned his parenting

While 3D Mario and gaming in general is the standard nowadays, that kind of play was pretty new with the introduction of Super Mario 64, especially in the platformer genre. Getting that kind of experience just right required a ton of work from the dev team, along with all sorts of playtesting for feedback.

Among the playtesters was none other than Shigeru Miyamoto’s son, as was revealed in a decades-old, newly-translated interview from Shmuplations. Not only does Miyamoto mention his own son putting the game through its paces, but apparently his gameplay was so tough to watch that it drove Miyamoto up the wall.

[Shigeru Miyamoto]: That’s the kind of thing I want players to do! Pointless stuff like that. Truth be told, we did something with Mario 64 that we don’t usually do: we had children playtest it. We had a row of about 10 middle schoolers, and had them play around on the King Bob-omb’s stage for half a day, while we observed from behind.

My child was one of them, actually… but seeing him try dozens of times, over and over, to get up this unclimbable hill, as a parent I couldn’t help but think, “Geez, does this kid have any brains?” (laughs).​

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literally the only parent disappointed how their children don't play enough video games

 

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idk if real or the onion style article, but it made me chuckle either way

 

[Stan BiSH]

idk if real or the onion style article, but it made me chuckle either way

is from a recently translated interview!

got curious but there don't seems to be any information about his son these days so i guess he doesn't work in Nintendo huh? may be better he took on a different career at least they didn't ended like Miyazaki and his son Gorou