“After completing Mr. Gimmick, an acquaintance of Miyamoto’s was kind enough to mention to me that Miyamoto said Gimmick was a lot of fun. Mr. Miyamoto doesn’t seem to be the type to praise other people’s work, so he added that he thought Miyamoto regretted being forced to admit it. Considering I’d always wanted to make a game that outdid every other action game out there, including Mario, that made me really happy.” - Sunsoft programmer Tomomi Sakai

It's true that you hardly ever hear Miyamoto offer up praise for other games. I wonder if Miyamoto even remembers Mr. Gimmick now...