Redwood City , California ( CNN ) -- Shigeru Miyamoto , the creator of beloved Nintendo game franchises including `` Super Mario , '' `` Donkey Kong '' and the `` Legend of Zelda , '' wants to make something new . `` I am really keen to work on something really new , which eventually is going to be important for the future of Nintendo , '' he said , through a translator , in an interview here at Nintendo 's offices on Thursday . `` I would like to try to do something which might be able to expand the boundary or the definition of video games . '' Miyamoto spoke with CNN the day after Wired reported that the game visionary would step down as a top Nintendo director and producer overseeing the development of games and products . CNN has a syndication agreement with Wired . A Nintendo spokeswoman disputed the Wired report , which quotes Miyamoto telling colleagues that he is ready to retire . Miyamoto was being sarcastic , but that nuance was lost in translation , she said . `` Miyamoto 's role at Nintendo is not changing , '' the company said in a statement . `` He will continue to be a driving force in Nintendo 's development efforts . '' The 59-year-old video-game pioneer may spend less time working directly on blockbuster games in Nintendo 's biggest franchises , he said . But he will have a senior role , which involves helping to determine the future direction of Nintendo 's hardware and software . `` We 've got to incorporate something new all the time , '' Miyamoto said . `` Everything starts from something small whenever we are trying to find out something new . '' Miyamoto suggested in the interview that he may be tiring of shepherding each new entry into the franchises he dreamed up decades ago . The three biggest games Nintendo launched in the last month are sequels . As its name implies , `` Mario Kart 7 '' for the 3DS hand-held system is the seventh in the go-cart racing series . There were more than a dozen `` Zelda '' games before the `` Legend of Zelda : Skyward Sword '' for the Wii . And who can keep count of how many adventures Mario was in before `` Super Mario 3D Land ? '' Here 's a telling number : Miyamoto said the word `` new '' more than a dozen times in the course of an interview that lasted just under an hour . He suggested that with execs like Eiji Aonuma , who runs the `` Zelda '' series , Nintendo 's most prized franchises are in good hands . Miyamoto said he 's instilled in the teams a desire to make big changes often and constantly perfect their products . Miyamoto declined to describe his new project in depth . He mentioned gyroscopes and wireless proximity communication , both of which are built into the Nintendo 3DS , as technologies he 'd like to tap in the future . To demonstrate his wacky thinking , he said he had considered working on a digital globe with a map of the world that people could carry around with them . Ideas for games often come from encounters in Miyamoto 's own life , he said . As legend has it , the idea for Pikmin , a decade-old game in which an alien leads a race of plantlike creatures , sprang from Miyamoto 's garden . `` I 'm the person who thinks very differently , '' Miyamoto said . `` I 'm the guy who believes in the numerous possibilities of video games . Even by looking around and taking advantage of the existing video-game technologies , we can certainly make something brand new . ''
Shigeru Nakamura developed the Donkey Kong , Mario and Zelda series and games . Nintendo 's creative team is continuing to explore completely new ideas . The company 's three biggest game releases in the last decade were all Japanese .