Japan Expo 2015: Mario, Zelda … The Mozart of video games in Paris – Le Figaro

VIDEOS – Shigeru Miyamoto, Nintendo mastermind, also inventor of Donkey Kong or Star Fox, was present at the great mass of Japanese culture at a special masterclass .

He is the creator of a handful of video games have become legendary Mario, Donkey Kong, Zelda, Star Fox … thinking head of Nintendo, considered like Spielberg, Walt Disney or the Mozart of video games, Shigeru Miyamoto has given Friday, July 3 its world premiere in the masterclass Ichigo hall, at the 16th edition of Japan Expo. Last year, he had to cancel his trip at the last moment.

The Japanese did not come empty handed. He presented his two new games available on the Nintendo Wii U Console: Super Mario Maker, to be released on September 11 to coincide with the thirtieth anniversary of the famous plumber in red overalls; Zero and Star Fox, highly anticipated new installment of space adventures of an anthropomorphic fox whose output is in turn expected in the fourth quarter of 2015.

Arriving under the applause of the crowd, Shigeru Miyamoto has reassured its audience of a benevolent smile: “This is not the first time I come to Paris. I often come since the Nintendo DS has become the official audio guide of the Louvre “

First presentation of this masterclass. The seventh installment of the Star Fox series of video games, a” reboot “entitled Star Fox Zero. It is drawing on his childhood memories when drawing anthropomorphic people that Miyamoto had the idea of ​​his hero: the Star Fox fox. For this new episode, made in sixty frames per second to achieve a greater fluidity in the movements, Miyamoto wanted to use the two screens of the Wii U. The eye laughing, it presents a level where the ship turns shaped robot ostrich.

Welcoming on stage his great friend, the producer Takashi Tezuka (“We eat together every lunch and every night for thirty years”), Shigeru Miyamoto introduced Super Mario Maker. A fun game where everyone can create his own level, using the graphics different adventures of Mario, the Super NES to the Wii U. Players can then share worldwide.

The producer Tezuka begins to play at a level he has created especially for the occasion. It seems impossible to resolve: the map is full of enemies. The crowd attends, stunned at this demonstration: “Mario is fucked”, whispers a young woman. Tezuka starts boldly, but must quickly admit defeat.

Then it was the turn of Shigeru Miyamoto himself to play Super Mario Maker. A level has been specially designed by the creator of Rayman, Michel Ancel. The creator of the mustachioed plumber plays methodically while uttering little cries and humming the song from Super Mario Bros. Miyamoto gives it to heart, to applause from the crowd. Especially as the level is a tribute to Pacman, a game he loves.

The masterclass coming to an end. Miyamoto has just enough time to answer three questions on Twitter. We note that one: why did turtles sworn enemies of Mario? “We had to create fun enemies who obstruct either when the spill. Where the turtles! “, He explains. He added: “When we created Bowser, we said we needed a huge tortue.Trente years later, when we celebrate the birthday of Mario, thanks to the turtles!”