Nintendo refuses to use AI and vows to ‘go in a different direction’ [Video]

The creator of Super Mario says he wants to keep Nintendo ‘special’ and not rely on artificial intelligence when making video games.

Artificial intelligence is an increasingly hot topic in the video games industry, as big players such as Xbox and EA embrace the technology, with the latter saying it can help cut down development time.

While many publishers try to find new ways to use AI, workers are worried it could come at the expense of their jobs, with a warning shot rifling through the air earlier this summer when a strike was granted for voice actors against AI.

On the other side of the table is Nintendo, which is reluctant to use AI at all, with Super Mario and Zelda creator Shigeru Miyamoto saying he’d rather keep their games ‘special’.

‘Mr Yamauchi [a former Nintendo boss who first got the company into the games busienss] back in the day would tell us …