Who says Nintendo has forgotten its hardcore fans? According to an item at GameDaily, top-dog designer Shigeru Miyamoto is working closely with teams on new titles in the Mario and Zelda franchises, and a new Pikmin game is also in the works.

From the post:

“Making these ‘traditional’ games is what I am best at. Because games of that nature take upwards of two or three years to make, we always have to keep the teams working on those projects going. At any given time, the team could be five to ten people, or it could be 50-plus. People are always switching in and out of those teams”

As part of their thousandth issue celebration, renowned Japanese videogame magazine Weekly Famitsu discussed Nintendo’s past and future with Shigeru Miyamoto.

Miyamoto discussed what he and others at Nintendo felt were the main failings of the Gamecube controller and the impetus for creating the Wii remote.