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Itoi, Miyamoto, and Itou on the "caricature" of realism, 1989.

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PEOPLE: - Shigesato Itoi, age 40. Creator of Earthbound Zero (Mother). Later: editor of the Ishinomori A Link to the Past manga. - Shigeru Miyamoto, age 36. Creator of Zelda & Mario. Producer of Nintendo EAD’s Software Development Department. - Seikou Itou. Author of the novel No Life King. QUOTE: Itoi: Graphics becoming realistic [is], when you think about it, a ridiculous thing. If we go down that path it will eventually lead to caricature. A self-imposed bondage. Miyamoto: … Rather than going for realism, you want changes like stereo sound. People aren't pining after perfection anymore. I totally agree. Itou: It's about how weird you can get. Realistic sounds are just boring, you know? Itoi: On CD-ROM, the games use actual human voices, but it's really lame. Itou: It ruins the immersion. You lose the ability to project yourself into the character because you're forced to hear this other distinct voice. Itoi: Imagine if the Flying Men's lines in MOTHER were read by a human voice... wouldn't that be awful?
May 19, 2026 at 11:18 PM
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Itoi on the Butoh-like vision for Giygas, 1989.

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PEOPLE: - Shigesato Itoi, age 40. Creator of Earthbound Zero (Mother). Later: editor of Zelda manga and guides. - Shigeru Miyamoto, age 36. Creator of Zelda & Mario. - Seikou Itou. Author of the novel No Life King. QUOTE: Itoi: With Giygas in Mother… I feel like we could have refined him so much more, but… well, it's out there now. Miyamoto: I know. I really wanted to give it one more shot, right at the very end. Itoi: For that final form, I'd actually given instructions for it to be like Butoh, that "dance of darkness." Something incredibly frail... like if they were right there in front of you, you'd feel like they'd collapse if you barely touched them. Eerie and beautiful… but that's easier said than done, right? [laughs] Itou: That sounds… hard. [laughs] Itoi: I wanted to depict the terror of the weak. But man, it was tough.
July 11, 2026 at 5:58 PM