Shigeru Miyamoto on Nintendo Remakes for Younger Players

Nintendo’s recent focus on remakes has a clear rationale, according to Shigeru Miyamoto, who addressed the topic in an interview published in the latest issue of Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu. Miyamoto argued that many younger players simply haven’t had the chance to experience older games in their original form, making refreshed releases a practical way to bring those titles to modern hardware.

His comments centered on the idea that game audiences shift over time: people move on after several years and stop playing games they may have grown out of. At the same time, newer audiences may never have encountered older releases at all. In that context, Miyamoto said remaking games into a more playable, visually updated state—specifically mentioning modern platforms such as the Nintendo Switch 2—can meet existing demand and make the original experiences accessible to players who missed them.

Miyamoto also framed remakes as more than just a re-release. He said that helping players discover the original games can encourage interest that carries forward into future development, adding that Nintendo has been actively pursuing this approach recently.