Nintendo denied the claims stated in the Wired report. It was more so a matter of misinterpreting what he meant. Read more here.
The guys over at Wired just got word that Shigeru Miyamoto the famed creator of Super Mario Bros and The Legend of Zelda is stepping down from his position at Nintendo. Miyamoto just turned 59 in November and worked at Nintendo as the head of the game design department.
Before you jump to conclusions and think he's retiring for good, he has his reasons for retiring from his current position. Miyamoto stated to Wired, "What I really want to do is be in the forefront of game development once again myself."
As well as, “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.” Which is completely understandable, he wants to get in the front line again and continue making games himself.
Miyamoto mentioned that he's planning on starting work on a new project in 2012 and to hopefully reveal the game publicly a year later. "In other words, I'm not intending to start from things that require a five-year development time."
While Miyamoto is stepping down from supervising the Mario and Zelda games, he believes his team of developers is ready for it. Which he states here, "I'm saying this because I have a solid reaction from the existing teams. I was able to nurture the developers inside Nintendo who were able to create something like this or something like that." He mainly wants to stress the point of retiring into the younger developers minds so they understand that Miyamoto won't be around forever. He wants them to take a stand or give them a chance to shine.
Overall, Miyamoto is stepping down from his old position, to jump into the crowd of younger developers and work on new ideas. He'll be able to continue enjoying working at Nintendo and share his experience to aspiring developers.
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