It seems that Nintendo legend, Shigeru Miyamoto, has inadvertently annoyed Bungie with his comments about Halo�

In a recent interview, Miyamoto stated, "I could make Halo. It's not that I couldn't design that game. It's just that I choose not to."

In response to this, Bungie's Frank O'Connor told Joystiq: "I just want to go on the record and say that Bungie is hard at work on a side-scrolling platform game featuring some plumbers - I'm not going to say what their ethnicity is, it's none of anyone's business."

He went on to say, "We took that as a gauntlet, a sort of glove slap, and we're going to respond in 2D scrolling style. That's all I'm saying."

Looks like Miyamoto hit Bungie's sore spot. Be sure to look out for their new 2D platform game featuring Pablo the Plumber�