7 pictures of Nintendo’s gaming boss being the happiest person at E3 2014

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7 pictures of Nintendo’s gaming boss being the happiest person at E3 2014
http://www.vg247.com/2014/06/13/e3-2014-nintendo-miyamoto-pictures-being-the-happiest-person/
Nintendo had a solid E3 2014, thanks in part to the reveal of The Legend of Zelda for Wii U. But as always, the show breeds pessimism from gamers unhappy with the way things are going. Well, we know one person who certainly wasn’t having a s*** time in LA; boss of Nintendo EAD Shigeru Miyamoto.
I was a bit dismayed at the negative reaction from many readers over my trends of E3 2014 piece, in which I was massively optimistic about the show and the year ahead for gaming because, well, this is my hobby and I love it dearly.
So imagine how much my heart warmed when I saw Nintendo’s legend Miyamoto grinning like a lunatic at almost every opportunity; from photos on the show floor to beaming like the Cheshire Cat while being asked mundane questions during interviews.
He’s a man-child, and embodies that little part inside of every gamer that triggers whenever we absorb fun from play. This industry was created to entertain and create enjoyment; two things that get lost in all the format war bitching, the hostile barbs towards fans of rival franchises, and the groans coming from those who now seem incapable of deriving any pleasure from the format.
To those who still get a fuzzy feeling when a game gets under their skin, just know that I’m right there with you.
Now here’s Miyamoto getting right into the spirit of why these games exist in the first place:

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Well done Miyamoto. The pessimism that comes with this industry can often cut like a knife, but your enduring optimism and playful nature keeps remind us why we started playing games to begin with. Cheers mate.
 
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He's got no reason to not be that happy. He's a legend.
 
starlight777 said:
I would buy a Wii U just because I like this guy

and that does matter to me
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And he has been ever since many of our childhoods ;). And still going strong. Even though the industry itself is laced with cynical fans, click bait writing journalists and Loud CEO's :).

Most be great growing old loving what you do and having people love you for doing it.. WORLDWIDE! :D.

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But indeed, I also feel a bit that the culture withing Electronic gaming has gotten very rotten. I know things aren't always better in the past, heck computational wise we can do things that would make games phenominal. Yet one thing does seem better, the Fanboys and the culture surounding it. Say what you want but I never seen this much negativity towards SEGA as a SEGA Fanboy growing up. Same for Nintendo's entry. Sure you jested a bit and things could get heated once you got a bit older.. but you didn't go as far as some people go now.

And it isn't just consoles. One of the things that really started putting me off WOW, besides the lack of meaningful story, races being hollowed out to fit in two factions, Quests being about everybody being a hero, the game becoming very easy and the Roleplay just becoming.. well s***e (long list I know). Not only did the Blizzard fanboys put down any new entry into the MMO scene and wend through great lengths, including trolling other forums, but they also fougth amongst themselves. For instance the whole Horde vs Alliance crap (Which started out as a fun jesting thing in Vanilla based on the old RTS games pre Warcraft 3) became a sour mudslinging contest where they even kept scored of who got what in storyline.

It's everywhere really, WOW is just an example, but things have become so jaded that it often stops being fun and actually starts to ruin it. The past year of Xbox vs Playstation has really put a negative atmosphere and culture on the rest of Console gaming. Things gotten so dark and mean that it just felt "Yeah.... let's do something else.". It is like people can't just have something and be happy with it, no.. what the others have has to be put down and ridiculed to such an extend that they would literally love to ruin someone's piece of plastic and wired and hate the person for owning it.

I mean this excuse "but the Xbox Fanboys did it all the time, this is just sweet payback!", is something that just shows that quite well. People seem to keep grudges for years, Sony Defence Force started as a joke and became an actual thing. What's next "Microsoft's Commandos" as an answer to this? Are the Nintendo fans and classic gaming fans now also supposed to be complete arses? Sorry I rather pass.

So it's great to see Nintendo actually having fun, doing their own thing and ignoring all that negativity :).
 
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Dehnus said:
things have become so jaded that it often stops being fun and actually starts to ruin it. The past year of Xbox vs Playstation has really put a negative atmosphere and culture on the rest of Console gaming. Things gotten so dark and mean that it just felt "Yeah.... let's do something else.".
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I agree, the negativity is really pervasive. The trick is to protect yourself from it -- to not let it infect your thinking and ruin your own experience. That can be a challenge.

So it's great to see Nintendo actually having fun, doing their own thing and ignoring all that negativity :).
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Yeah, it is.
 
That guy's always happy and with good reason. Miyamoto is the best in the world at what he does.
 
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