Super Mario Creator Found it Hard to Watch His Children Playtest Super Mario 64

Miyamoto had his son playtest Super Mario 64 - describes it as a frustrating experience

Does this kid have any brains? That's the question Nintendo's legendary game designer jokingly asked himself during the development of Super Mario 64. His son was one of ten schoolchildren given the opportunity to try out Bob-omb Battlefield at an early stage, where Miyamoto observed the kid repeatedly trying to climb a rock wall. He revealed this in an old, recently rediscovered interview where he described the situation as follows: "Seeing h…

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Miyamoto's son was so bad at Super Mario 64 he questioned his parenting

No, it's the children who are wrong

Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto found it hard to watch his own kids playtest Super Mario 64: "Geez, does this kid have any brains?"

Child's play