Miyamoto: Mario games may not need a story or movies

When making the first Super Mario Galaxy, I had said Mario games didn’t need a story or movies, but before I knew it, there were quite a few movies and a substantial amount of story. When it comes to movies, you can pretty much stick them in at the end of development.

I hadn’t really talked to him that way for a long time. We were like a married couple that had grown used to each other and not talked heart-to-heart in the many years since their wedding suddenly having a long chat after the children have left the house.
But talking over fundamental issues like Koizumi-san’s views on the importance of story, the function of stories in games and what kind of a game Mario is, I learned something important.
I realized that whether it’s story or movies, it’s not about whether we need them or don’t need them. What’s most important is that the game resonates.