Miyamoto stops off in London for yet another interview. Here what the man himself had to say.

"The new Nintendo hardware is designed to be a platform for small children as well as their grandparents to use," he said, stressing the importance of family involvement to guide children.

"Video games, like any form of entertainment media, has to be used with consideration," he said.

"Children should be encouraged to do as many things as possible, and addictive-like game playing is not healthy."

To keep up with the current trend of online gaming, GameCube wields a broadband connection. But Miyamoto would not confirm when software for network gaming will be created.

"It is up to the software developers to decide if they want to create games that utilise the connection, but I do not personally have great interest in network gaming," the designer said.

Miyamoto, who has designed games for Nintendo since 1977, fears that online gaming would take the focus away from making good offline games.

"I believe that once an online game is created, the developer has to follow the fast growth of the Internet, and the system needs much maintenance. I don't believe that all future gaming should be online," he said.