Miyamoto on his work flow...

"Continually playing the games and checking their content, and sharing my opinion with the development staff."

- usually does this for about seven games simultaneously
- really focuses on around three games per year.
- development staff at Nintendo all work on one floor, explained Miyamoto.
- Miyamoto writes his opinions in a checklist form
- these are shown to the game's director as they speak
- Miyamoto then explains his reasoning behind the notes
- on busy days, Miyamoo plays games for around 10 hours a day
- during the final stages of Skyward Sword, Miyamoto was playing whenever he could
- Super Mario 3D Land development took about 2 years
- development started with 2 people and then ended with 30 people working on the game
- Miyamoto feels the game's development had a good pace