"Making these 'traditional' games is what I am best at,” Miyamoto told the publication. “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 fifty-plus. People are always switching in and out of those teams. They are all working on more Mario, Zelda and Pikmin projects. And they all work in close proximity to me, so I can keep a good eye on them."
Miyamoto also said that while he believes the Wii Remote opens up new gameplay opportunities that the traditional controller still has a place, saying, “of course there are also things that are accomplished better with buttons."
Following the company’s press conference at E3 2008, complaints arose that Nintendo has started to ignore the core gamer. According to Miyamoto in an earlier interview, that press conference was directed specifically away from the core to focus on a more mainstream audience.
Miyamoto also told The Telegraph that while the core is still a focus, that in recent times, “the games industry was really narrowing to a very core set of gamers.” With that trend now reversed, Miyamoto said he felt that Nintendo was “fortunate” to get such a large part of the newer game playing demographics.