Kanye West requested that Nintendo create a game about his mother ascending to the afterlife.

Shigeru Miyamoto found the project very touching.
Shigeru Miyamoto found the project very touching.

Kanye West proposed a project dedicated to his mother to Nintendo General Manager Shigeru Miyamoto in 2015. Concerning ittellsA few months later, journalist Zachary Ryan spoke with Miyamoto.
Ryan recalls that the Kanye story came up by accident during an interview with Miyamoto. Shigeru immediately told how Kanye gave him a demonstration of the prototype at E3 when he heard his name.
He claimed Kanye showed up unannounced at the Nintendo booth and requested a private meeting with Miyamoto right then and there. Then, as [имото] recalls, Kanye showed him the game’s prototype. You took control of Kanye’s deceased mother as she flew to heaven, with a soundtrack composed by the musician himself.
It was apparently about West’s game Only One, which was announced in February 2016.
In а conversаtion with Ryаn, Miyаmoto sаid thаt he couldn’t believe Kаnye West wаs аsking Nintendo to collаborаte on а video gаme. Miyаmoto described the presentаtion аs “interesting” аnd the project аs “heаrtfelt.” However, Miyаmoto аppeаrs to hаve refused to cooperаte.
It is interesting