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Miyamoto Hints At Pikmin 4 / Shigeru Miyamoto on stage wearing a dark jacket and white T-shirt and holding a red Pikmin plushie. / Image credit: BagoGames / This work is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0

Shigeru Miyamoto

  • Person
  • Born 16 November 1952 in Sonobe, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Shigeru Miyamoto is a Japanese game designer best known for creating Mario, Donkey Kong, The Legend of Zelda and other popular Nintendo characters and game series.

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Game credits

Personal details

Born
16 November 1952
Sonobe, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Also known as
  • 宮本 茂 (official; Japanese)

Personal life

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Interest in music

Is a skilled musician, being proficient on the banjo, guitar and other instruments, and having formed a bluegrass band while in college.

Education

College studies

Miyamoto studied industrial design at Kanazawa Municipal College of Industrial Arts.

Personal views

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Comments on Halo

Has claimed that he could have designed the popular first-person shooter Halo, if it had interested him. Miyamoto said: "I could make Halo. It’s not that I couldn’t design that game. It’s just that I choose not to. One thing about my game design is that I never try to look for what people want and then try to make that game design. I always try to create new experiences that are fun to play."

Recognition and commentary

Lifetime achievement awards

Has received numerous special recognition awards for his contribution to video games, including being inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences' Hall of Fame (1998), being made a Chevalier (knight) of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (2006), receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2007 Game Developers Choice Awards, and being made a Fellow of BAFTA at the British Academy Video Games Awards 2010.

References

  1. Hongo, J. (2015, January 14). 5 Facts About Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto. The Wall Street Journal. Dow Jones Products. https://blogs.wsj.com/briefly/2015/07/13/5-facts-about-nintendos-shigeru-miyamoto/.
  2. Keighley, G. (2007, May 8). The man who made ''Mario'' super. Entertainment Weekly. Dotdash Meredith. https://ew.com/article/2007/05/08/man-who-made-mario-super/.

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