Shigeru Miyamoto shows up to support the release of Ubisoft's Starlink.
Shigeru Miyamoto shows up to support the release of Ubisoft's Starlink back in 2018.
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Nintendo’s brain trust including Miyamoto answers questions about game development

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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  • 7 min

Nintendo’s top executives answered questions about the Japanese company’s latest financials this week, including responses from president Shuntaro Furukawa and gaming legend Shigeru Miyamoto. I’ve posted the queries and answers here for game makers and wannabe game makers alike.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.