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Miyamoto's appearance on French TV - translation
This is a transcript from Miyamoto’s appearance on a French TV program…
Mouloud : How do you explain Mario never succeeds getting a girlfrield ? It looks like premonitory, I feel like I’m Mario sometimes, it never works, he is always so much close to get it but…
Shigeru : (laughs) About this, I think this is common to Mario, you and me (laughs again)
Mouloud : we don’t get girls ! (laughs too)
Shigeru : If Mario married with the princess, this would be the end of his adventures.
Mouloud : You created characters that greatly influenced the Video Game history : Mario, Zelda, the Pikmins… at what moment (of producing a game) do you think “that VG is perfect, I can release it” ?
Shigeru : In fact, I consider a game is successful when I can play a game without thinking I developed it.
Mouloud : Many people think that VG are violent, while your games are the most appreciated in the world, also the less violent and which unify people the most ?
Shigeru : They say that Mario is non violent. Let me remind you that Mario kills turtles by jumping on them. It’s true that he also uses his brains.
Mouloud : you started as an illustrator (or cartoonist ?), could you draw me as a Nintendo character?
(Shigeru then draws something.)