Grave news has surfaced within the video game community recently: Shigeru Miyamoto is expected to step down from his position as general manager of the Nintendo EAD division. From the EAD division and, more specifically, Miyamoto came Nintendo’s most well known franchises such as Mario, The Legend of Zelda, and Donkey Kong. It is a shame Miyamoto will no longer be in charge of this division which has brought us such classic titles, but the news is not all bad: Miyamoto is said to be entering a position as the head of a new division with a younger staff focusing on smaller games, so not only will we continue receiving games from him, he will also be working with the younger employees who could go on to take his place. As it stands, Takashi Tezuka will take on Miyamoto’s current position. Tezuka also worked on Mario and wrote the story for Legend of Zelda; he actually already holds the position of general manager along side Miyamoto but will expectedly take on the work of both for the time being. My hat’s off to both as they take on new roles in a company which has changed video gaming forever.-Logan George

Source: Neogaf via My Nintendo News