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Miyamoto doesn't feel deserving of BAFTA award, interested in expanding the video game experience

by rawmeatcowboy
22 March 2010
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“I’m always a bit uneasy about accepting awards like this. I’m not a novelist. Video games are not created by one person. Also, when I look at the past recipients of this award, such as Alfred Hitchcock, I doubt whether I deserve to be in that sort of company.” - Shigeru Miyamoto

Mr. Miyamoto also discussed his current goals in the game industry, and it seems that’s got a mission of making things that aren’t visible, visible.

“In the Wii console we brought games into the living room and made them for the whole family. At the moment I am more interested in expanding the video game experience, using games to visualise things, such as health, that are not normally easily visible.”

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