Bungie hits back at Miyamoto

[wraggster]

A seemingly narked Bungie has responded to comments made by Nintendo legend, Shigeru Miyamoto who claimed he could make Halo.

Last week Miyamoto was quoted saying: "I could make Halo. It's not that I couldn't design that game. It's just that I choose not to."

Taking that as a personal challenge, Bungie's Frank O'Connor told Joystiq: "I just want to go on the record and say that Bungie is hard at work on a side-scrolling platform game featuring some plumbers - I'm not going to say what their ethnicity is, it's none of anyone's business."

He went on to say: "We took [his comments] as a gauntlet, a sort of glove slap, and we're going to respond in 2D scrolling style. That's all I'm saying."

via cvg

[Shadowblind]

I never thought I'd say this, but...go Bungie

[shiftybill]

lol as if bungie could ever compete with mario!

i feel a 2d halo coming on!

[masterpaul]

Oh, ok... it seems Bungie is challangeing Miyamoto to make a FPS.

Down Goes Halo as the best FPS.

[mastersho]

Hmm... Nintendo making a fps. Wow I could have thought that Metriod Prime was a fps, man I must have been wrong huh?!

[masterpaul]

but thats made by Retro studios, and not by miyamoto himself

[yaustar]

but thats made by Retro studios, and not by miyamoto himself

Not quite. Miyamoto did advise the design for Metroid:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/issue/39/11