
On the train ride back home he couldn’t help but shed some tears of frustration. Itoi took Miyamoto’s words with a heavy heart, but tried his best to remain positive. “I know it’s a lot of work, but… how about starting over from the beginning and making it simpler?” Miyamoto reluctantly questioned. At the end of the meeting, Shigeru Miyamoto agreed to hear Itoi’s proposals, but much to his dismay, Miyamoto didn’t seem very impressed. He found this meeting the perfect opportunity to pitch his concept for a game. Around this time Itoi had an obsession with Famicom games, specifically the Dragon Quest series.

In 1987, Shigesato Itoi was summoned to Nintendo’s headquarters in Kyoto for some minor business discussions.

He seems pretty happy playing that Game Boy! Shigeru Miyamoto, a Nintendo Game Designer responsible for Super Mario Bros.
