CEO of Nintendo and father of Mario, Zelda, Donkey KongAnd Pikmin Shigeru Miyamoto was unexpectedly absent from Nintendo’s latest investor meeting due to a “sudden illness,” although the company says he is expected to recover shortly.
This comes from the company’s investor Q&A transcript, as pointed out by Nintendo analyst and software developer OatmealDome. The Q&A is currently only published in Japanese. Using machine translation, a note at the top of the Q&A states that “Representative director and colleague Shigeru Miyamoto was absent due to a sudden illness. However, Mr. Miyamoto’s condition is currently stable and he is expected to recover within a few days to a week.”
Miyamoto also did not attend a ceremony a few days ago in Tokyo for recipients (including himself) of the Order of Culture of Japan, according to The Japan Times. On November 1, he appeared in a pre-recorded Nintendo Direct to celebrate Pikmin Day. There are no further details on the possible consequences of Miyamoto’s illness.
Miyamoto is 73 years old and in recent years has begun to retire from his more active work within Nintendo as a developer. He was a producer on The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Realm And Pikmin 4and received a “Special Thanks” for Star Fox This year. He also worked as a producer for various Nintendo films, including The Super Mario Bros. movie., Super Mario Galaxy movieand the next The Legend of Zelda.
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