According to a report on The Times Online, Nintendo have issued an unofficial gag order on Miyamoto, banning him from speaking about his hobbies.

Quite a few Nintendo titles have been a result of Miyamoto’s favourite pass-times; his interest in gardening resulted in Pikmin. His dog-walking antics laid the base for NintenDogs. Miyamoto’s puzzles-solving beget Brain Training, keeping on eye on his weight sparked Wii Fit and now his love of music is the foundation for Wii Music. Even the first Legend of Zelda was influenced by his childhood explorations.

So the reasoning goes that, if Miyamoto speaks about any more of his hobbies, other companies will steal these ideas and try to mould games of their own from his innocent extra-curricular activities, potentially costing Nintendo ‘billions’…maybe not that much, but a lot.

This is going to be difficult, as it has been announced that Miyamoto will be delivering the keynote address at CEDEC, a Japanese game developer conference. Titled “From Where Should We Make Games?”, Miyamoto is expected to talk about the development of Wii Music, his thoughts on game development and design, as well as the smaller issues that show up during the development of a game. Good luck on keeping quiet, Mr. Miyamoto!

Source: The Times Online