Mr Miyamoto has given an insight into how the recruitment system works at Nintendo headquarters. Miyamoto says that the company does’t want recruits to consist of long-term dedicated Nintendo fans. He says that it’s good to have a mix of those that love Nintendo and those that are on the fence. He says it’s his job to help them drift somewhere in between.

“It’s challenging if you bring in people who love Nintendo too much, because they tend to overthink things and have very specific opinions, and they tend to lack a little in objectivity. So we seem to hire a mix of people and some are people who love Nintendo and some are people who kind of think more ironically at Nintendo. It’s partially my job to kind of help them all drift more towards the middle.”