Miyamoto kept the 3DS a secret from the Steel Diver dev team

Want to know how Miyamoto kept the Steel Diver dev team working on the DS version without having their ideas shift over to the 3DS? Well…he didn’t even tell them the 3DS existed.

Miyamoto: I didn’t tell them about the Nintendo 3DS system for quite a long time. (laughs) Not until it was almost done.

Iwata: You didn’t tell them on purpose? (laughs)

Miyamoto: Yeah. (laughs) I knew the game was perfect for the Nintendo 3DS system, but I was afraid that if we switched from the Nintendo DS system to the Nintendo 3DS system in the middle of development, the contents wouldn’t be thoroughly fine-tuned. So after the Nintendo DS version was about done, I said, “Let’s shift this over to the Nintendo 3DS system.”

Miyamoto: Yeah. I stayed behind the scenes. (gesturing as if manipulating a marionette) Like this. (laughs)

Everyone: (laughs)