TOKYO, Japan. July 10 - Video game developer legend and the creator of Nintendo's core franchises, including Mario, Donkey Kong, The Legend of Zelda, Star Fox, F-Zero, and Pikmin hinted that he's working on a "new franchise", one that is devouring a lot of his team.
In an interview with Japanese magazine Famitsu he said, "We'll have Mario Kart 8 out next spring, and at that point we'll have the whole lineup in place, so I think it's about time we brought out a new franchise. I can't give out details, but that's the title that's been keeping me pretty busy lately."
Miyamoto also discussed Super Mario 3D World, touching on the game's competitive aspects, the inclusion of Princess Peach as a playable character, and maintaining the series' platformer gameplay.
"With 3D World, we're aiming for something where everyone can have fun competing against with each other, not just in co-op," the Nintendo producer told Famitsu magazine. "If it was a straight competition, it'd be hard to tell characters apart from one other, so with this project we introduced different abilities for each character, letting you play in different ways."
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According to Miyamoto, female fans were requesting a female character to be featured in New Super Mario Bros. Wii, which included Mario, Luigi, and Toad as playable characters. In 3D World, Nintendo decided to fulfill those requests.
"I suppose that, to many women, controlling a guy with a mustache isn't really their first choice!" Miyamoto said. "So we thought of a few candidates, and we decide that if we had a Peach like she was in Super Mario Bros. 2 that was able to float a bit, that'd be easy to control for beginners." Giving the female audience an easier character to control? I'm sure that's not the intention and is purely coincidental.
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