Miyamoto on how Nintendo chooses which games to release, confirms Star Fox and Yoshi games happened because of The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
Posted on July 22, 2026 by Brian(@NE_Brian)
in General Nintendo, News
Famitsu published a new interview with Nintendo legend Shigeru Miyamoto this week, and one topic of discussion was the company’s software lineup.
The Japanese brought up different games that have released on Nintendo Switch 2 so far such as the first 3D Donkey Kong game in almost three decades and a remake for Star Fox. Miyamoto was asked about the criteria for selecting games.
One of the more interesting things here is that Miyamoto confirmed The Super Mario Galaxy Movie led to the remake of Star Fox as well as Yoshi and the Mysterious Book. He also said Nintendo will “continue to maintain a good relationship between games and other developments.”
“I don’t decide everything about the lineup, but we did discuss that ‘we have an idea to include Fox in the script for the movie (‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’), so we definitely want a new Star Fox game.’
Sometimes things get decided after we’ve discussed them. We started working on the first Mario movie (The Super Mario Bros. Movie) and Princess Peach Showtime around the same time, and we talked about things like, ‘If we have this game, shouldn’t Peach be more energetic in the movie too?’ It was decided early on that Yoshi would appear in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, so we decided to make a Yoshi game, and that’s how development of Yoshi and the Mysterious Book began.
It’s a case-by-case situation, but I think we’ll continue to maintain a good relationship between games and other developments.”
Were you ultimately satisfied with Star Fox and Yoshi games happened because of The Super Mario Galaxy Movie? Let us know in the comments.
In other Miyamoto news, he’s shared the Mario games that have impressed him the most. Read about that here.
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