10 Things Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto Told Us About Switch and More

Nintendo Creative Fellow and game design luminary Shigeru Miyamoto is renowned for his work on foundational franchises like Donkey Kong, Super Mario Bros. and The Legend of Zelda. But there are a few things you may not know about the 64-year-old gaming celeb, like what he thinks of artificial intelligence or what he's been doing in his spare time. TIME spoke with Miyamoto mid-January, just after the Nintendo Switch hands-on for press in New York City. TIME: A question that goes back to the beginning, about Nintendo designer Gunpei Yokoi's idea of "lateral thinking with seasoned technology." Shigeru Miyamoto: As a company, we take in all different kinds of new technologies as they become available.