Miyamoto Shrine> Mailbag> May 4, 2002

Hey there!  Does your Game Island section have a complete list of games Miyamoto created or is it a work in progress?  What exactly does it represent, is it what he contributed to or was the main architect in those games?

Thanks!
Maynerd

Andy: Well those aren't all the games Mr. Miyamoto has worked on, just the big ones. In the future we'll have every single one, but at the moment we're just sticking to current Nintendo 1st party games and older games that Miyamoto was involved in.

Carl: The amount of games Miyamoto has been involved in is just astounding. His degree of involvement is different from project to project, but I can always tell a labor of love from something he had little involvement is as soon as I pick up the controller.

So like I was looking for BARELY LEGAL teens and this site came up and I'm totally disappointed (like probably the most disappointed since Batman Returns came out) and now I've got all this Miyamoto stuff on my IE browser and HELP.  Thank you.  Oh and Congrats.
Will Federman

Andy: I knew submitting the site to Yahoo with a dodgy description would pay off ;)

Carl: Aside from Spider-Man, Batman Returns is my favorite superhero flick. Oh and thanks.

I know this is a shrine based on Shigeru Miyamoto and all, but are you going to add other things that relate to him too? You know, write down other things that are Nintendo. Instead of just giving information on the games he worked on, give some information about games that the company he works for make too. Yes, Shigeru is a great man, but you probably know that Nintendo is practically synonym with his name now. Sure, I like to read about him, but there are other great Nintendo employees too. I would of like to read about the history of Hiroshi Yamauchi.
Big N

Andy: He pretty much monitors all of the games coming out of Nintendo these days anyway, so in turn we will be covering most of Nintendo's games. But you're right, my respect for Miyamoto came from my love of Nintendo games and not the other way around.

Carl: I think an article about Miyamoto's boss would be great. It's a real departure for most of us to think of Miyamoto as someone who "works for someone else."

Its about damned time. ;)

Thanks for your hard work, and Andy as well.  Hope this time it stays up. What happened to the old Shrine layout, when it was up for like 10 minutes a year ago though, that was really neat?  Oh well, all is good now that the Shrine is finally here. Here's to many years of the site staying up. I look forward to reading it whenever possible.
Bryan

Andy: Thanks for the kind words! It's good to know of those nights of hard work paid off. I was thinking about changing the layout to the old one a few weeks before the site launched, but in the end we left it as it is. Perhaps we'll change it in a year or so?

Carl: Many years indeed. Personally, I'd like the site to be around for my grandkids to read one day. After all, they'll need to know who Miyamoto is
more than we do.

Greetings. You have a wonderful site. I'm looking forward to visiting it in detail. About the "Miyahon" business, it is the KANJI for "moto" and "hon" that are written identically. (Actually, it is the same kanji and "moto" and "hon" are different readings of the same kanji.) Saying that the hiragana/katakana for these two words are different makes absolutely no sense. (This is not anyone's fault - Japanese is quite complex)
Saul

Andy: Thanks for the correction Saul! I am a bit of a Japanese rookie and I've only been learning for a few months, but I do know about Kanji and I don't know why I let that one slip.

Carl: This is precisely what I love about websites -- insightful and intelligent response from the readers. Thanks Saul!

First of all, I love the website. Miyamoto is the best. I've been playing Nintendo since Donkey Kong Arcade and have never been less than amazed with his games. It's nice to have a place where Miyamoto fans can get together. I noticed in your list of SNES games you left out Earth Bound. I'm not sure what his role was, I think producer, but I know he was involved in the game, because I just beat it again recently and was surprised to see Shigeru Miyamoto in the credits. Maybe you should add it to the list. Just a suggestion. Thanks for your time.
Tom

Andy: Yep, I'll put the Earthbound section up soon (along with all the others I missed out.)

Carl: Miyamoto is in the credits of my life's story.

Congratulations!  Miyamoto Shrine not only fills in a void which was long overdue, but does so impeccably.  I discovered your site today, thanks to Planet Gamecube, and you can bet your Pikmin I will pore over every word of your elegant Shrine before I'm done.

Obviously, you feel about Miyamoto as I do, along with the rest of the worldwide throngs, but I'm certainly pleased you brought your energy and talents to bear on this project.  Your efforts will be deeply appreciated by those who already know and respect Shigsy, but I suspect will also serve to educate multitudes of newbies in the future, since veterans, such as myself, now have a site to refer them to.  Anyone wishing to begin the journey of knowing about the colorful history of gaming must start here, day one.

Clearly, your vision will not only serves as a treasured reference, but also as a hallmark site which catalogues a legend whose reputation, while being formidable today, shall only grow with time.  No one could have realized how much the absence of such a site would be the embarrassment to all gamers until we finally had it to lose. Thank you.
Peter

Andy: It's e-mails like this that make it all worth while.

Carl: Love is in the air... funny how Nintendo does that.

Really wonderful.  Well done.  I've always wanted to know a bit about his family.  Is there any info out there on his parents?  I also understand he has an older brother.  Try to find some info on him.  Interesting to see if they have much in common.
Jeremy

Carl: Next time either Andy or I sit down with Miyamoto, we're going to pry the best we can.

Andy: I'm sure there has to be some more information about his siblings floating around, we already know about his two children and wife. The way I see it, I don't think Mr. Miyamoto would want us bringing his family into the limelight, so I'll be very careful with the subject.

We here at gcadvanced.com wanna say we love the site keep up the great work and we will keep checking in!

gca CO owner,
Sean O'Neill

Carl: We love you too!

Andy: Thanks for the kind words Sean!

Here is a story for you.  In 1987 I visited a friend in his college dorm. His dorm mate just got the N.E.S. and The first Zelda.  No one had really played the thing (it was a gift from his mom for x-mas).  The dorm mate had gone home for the holidays and left his new toy in the dorm.  I walked in on a Thursday afternoon, started playing, and left Monday night with only having 8 hours of sleep throughout the whole 4 days.  The time playing this game was a blur.  I was in a magical world.  I barely ate and slept.  When I did sleep I was dreaming of the awesome world of Hyrule.      Since then, I have purchased every Miyamoto game released on any Nintendo system.  And reading your description of your first day with T.O.o.T. brought back some very dear memories in my life.  I'm hoping to have a great "Mario Sunshine day" if you know what I mean.      Your site is really great.  I look forward to reading some more great stories.  It's really cool to see a site honoring a man who's greatest accomplishments (in this technical video world) are imagination and creativity.
Thanks a lot.
Steve King

Carl: That "Mario Sunshine" day you speak of is what gets me through the painful work week. I'm way overdue for a total immersion in Mario's world. The joy! The JOY!

Andy: As soon as a way to erase a memory from your brain is found, I'm erasing all memories of Ocarina of Time and playing through it again.

When did u open this site? so far, its great.
Clifford

Carl: Not very long ago! Thanks!

Andy: 28th April 2002!

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