Miyamoto Defends Nintendo Remakes After 5 Years, Citing 10-Year Gaps for Younger Players
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Updated · Nintendo Life · Jul 23
Miyamoto Defends Nintendo Remakes After 5 Years, Citing 10-Year Gaps for Younger Players
3 articles · Updated · Nintendo Life · Jul 23
Summary
Shigeru Miyamoto told Famitsu Nintendo is actively pursuing remakes because players often move on after five years, leaving younger audiences without access to games from 10 years ago.
That strategy, he said, is not just preservation: making older titles more playable can renew interest in the originals and open the door to future developments.
Star Fox, a Switch 2 retelling of Star Fox 64 released in June, is the clearest current test case after drawing critical praise, including a 9/10 review cited in the report.
Nintendo is also preparing The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, though it has shared little beyond a debut trailer and has not clarified whether the remake will be a 1:1 update.