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Miyamoto 'Banned' From Talking About Hobbies

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the they-might-learn-our-secrets dept.

walshy007 writes "After Shigeru Miyamoto developed a love of puzzles, the "brain-training" software that has proved to be an international "killer application" on the Nintendo DS console was born. He became interested in taking more exercise, and Wii Fit was created. He took up music lessons, and Wii Music was the result. Now, according to sources at Nintendo, the games designer has been banned by the company from speaking publicly about his hobbies."

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  1. Puzzle Games by Enderandrew · · Score: 4, Informative

    No one ever thought of doing puzzle games before.

    And no ever thought of doing work-out games before (we actually own the XBox virtual personal trainer game that my wife used to work out with).

    And no one ever did music games before.

    And since when was Wii Music a big hit? I thought it hadn't even been released yet, and all the hype has been about Rock Band 2 and Guitar Hero: World Tour.

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  2. Re:Well then... by Tawnos · · Score: 3, Informative

    That did happen, and it didn't lead to the iPhone failing:

    http://www.htc.com/www/product.aspx?id=356

    Released a couple months prior to the iPhone.