Miyuki Miyabe

(born December 23, 1960) is a Japanese genre fiction author. Her work, which focuses on stories set in Japan, has been translated into eleven languages, and her novels have been adapted to animated and live-action film, television, manga and video games.
Miyabe gave an interview to the Metroid Official Site in 2003 concerning her experience playing games in the Metroid series. An unofficial English translation of the interview was released by Shinesparkers on February 26, 2021. It can be read here.
==Biography==
Miyabe was born in the east side of Tokyo, Japan in 1960, where she still lived as of 2007. Her mother worked as a seamstress and her father as a factory laborer. She graduated from Sumidagawa High School and studied at a business training school before joining a law firm as a clerical worker. It was there that she began to write part time, at the age of 23. Her first published work was in 1987, and her second, was published in Japan 1992. All She Was Worth won won the 1992 Yamamoto Shugoro Prize in the best mystery and entertainment novels categories. This, and a later novel entitled The Devil's Whisper, were two of five of her works to be translated into English. Despite her popularity across Asia, Miyabe is still a relatively obscure author in the Western world.
According to Reuters, Miyabe rarely gives interviews.
==Metroid.jp interview==
Miyabe gave an interview to the Metroid Official Site, which was published on May 2, 2003 according to the front page. It is the latest content update on that variant of Metroid.jp. In addition to Miyabe recounting her experiences with Super Metroid, Metroid Fusion and Metroid Prime, she discussed her newest novel at the time, Brave Story.
Miyabe said that Super Metroid was the first video game she was able to complete. She had tried playing Super Mario All-Stars, but said her arm reflexes were not good enough, and her school-aged niece and her friends were better at that game. She was able to play Torneko no Daibōken: Fushigi no Dungeon, however. Miyabe became interested in Super Metroid when she saw a commercial for it, and bought a copy of it. While challenged by the game, she finished it through "foolish determination" and it became a favorite game of hers. One element she struggled with was using the Space Jump.
Asked what about Metroid appealed to her, Miyabe pointed to the stoicism and science fiction appeal of its universe, the novelty of a stoic female protagonist, and exploring for hidden paths and items. When playing Metroid Fusion on her GameCube via the Game Boy Player, Miyabe would enjoy having her sister point out plots of interest. This allowed her to enjoy Fusion with other people, despite its lack of multiplayer features.
Miyabe was excited for the release of Fusion, and put a sign on her website's homepage that said she would be away playing it. She played it late into the night in her bed on a Game Boy Advance SP, since it has a frontlight. She even played it with a cold. At the time of the interview, she had completed about one fifth of Metroid Prime, and was determined to complete it despite frequently dying and getting lost. She enjoyed the music and graphics as well.
==Related interviews==
In a separate interview with Dengeki Online, Miyabe said that her best Super Metroid clear time was 2:17.(Rough translation) When I was talking with him [Yukito Ayatuji, a writer] about stress writting [sic] stories, Ayatuji san recommend to me "How about game? it is fun to play" so I start played. But I wasn't know which game I have to play so I took Ayatuji san's advice. Before original TO was coming out all I beaten was "Super Metroid" and "Great adventure of Torneko [...] Get all items and that took me two hours seventeen minutes, which was my best." Retrieved from https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/999440-tactics-ogre-let-us-cling-together/57794984?page=1Dengeki Online (Japanese) https://dengekionline.com/elem/000/000/336/336146/ Miyabe interviewed Yoshio Sakamoto, the producer of the Metroid series, on April 22, 2003 for Hobonichi. This interview has yet to be translated.
==Gallery==
Miyabe black and white Phot05.gif|Photo on the interview index page.
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miyabe_img01.gif|"Super Metroid"
miyabe_img02.gif|"Samus is a woman! You know that... right?"
miyabe_img05.gif|"Metroid Fusion"
miyabe_img03.gif|"Metroid Prime"
miyabe_img04.jpg|"Brave Story, Metroid Prime and Metroid Fusion".
METROID OFFICIAL SITE - metroid.jp - Interview - Miyuki Miyabe.png|Full interview page.
sakamoto&miyabe.jpg|Miyabe with Yoshio Sakamoto.
==External links==
*Website
*Miyuki Miyabe
*Mystery Writers of Japan page
*Original interview
==References==
Category:Nintendo people