In a recent interview with Wired.com, Shigeru Miyamoto of Nintendo fame, has announced that he will be stepping down. However he was quit to make it known that while he will be stepping down he will not be leaving the gaming industry and instead wants to work on smaller projects and give the younger talent a chance to accomplish what he was able to do.
“Inside our office, I’ve been recently declaring, ‘I’m going to retire, I’m going to retire,’” Miyamoto said through his interpreter. “I’m not saying that I’m going to retire from game development altogether. What I mean by retiring is, retiring from my current position.”
“What I really want to do is be in the forefront of game development once again myself,” Miyamoto said. “Probably working on a smaller project with even younger developers. Or I might be interested in making something that I can make myself, by myself. Something really small.”
Perhaps we’ll see some iOS or Android loving heading our way. One can only hope.
You can read the entire store over at Wired.com’s Gamelife’s section – http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2011/12/miyamoto-interview/