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Widely regarded as one of the most accomplished and influential designers in video games, he is the creator of some of the most acclaimed and best-selling game franchises of all time, including Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Donkey Kong, Star Fox and Pikmin. More than 1 billion copies of games featuring franchises created by Miyamoto have been sold.
Jun 19, 2015 · Travis Larchuk/NPR. Shigeru Miyamoto is the creator of many of Nintendo's iconic video game franchises, including Mario Bros., Donkey Kong and The Legend of Zelda. NPR's Laura Sydell...
Dec 3, 2021 · For Shigeru Miyamoto, the most crucial aspect of game creation is innovation and its unique idea. He shuns rehashing old ideas and played-out concepts. That’s what sets games like Donkey Kong Country and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time apart from titles like Call of Duty and Halo.
- HE ORIGINALLY WANTED TO DRAW COMICS. Born in the rural Japanese town of Sonobe in 1952, Miyamoto loved Japanese comic books (manga) and aspired to become an illustrator when he got older.
- NINTENDO INTERVIEWED HIM BECAUSE HIS DAD KNEW THE BOSS. Getty. Shortly after graduating from the Kanawaza College of Municipal Industrial Arts, Miyamoto landed a job interview at Nintendo in 1976 because his father knew company boss Hiroshi Yamauchi through a mutual friend.
- DONKEY KONG HAPPENED BECAUSE OF LEFTOVER CABINETS. Miyamoto’s big break came at the age of 27, after Nintendo had misjudged the potential popularity of a shoot-‘em-up game called Radar Scope.
- HE WANTED MARIO IN EVERY GAME HE MADE. Getty. Taking a cue from Alfred Hitchcock, who made a cameo in most every film he directed, Miyamoto wanted Mario (formerly known as "Mr.
Dec 12, 2010 · From 2010: Nick Paumgarten’s Profile of Shigeru Miyamoto, the man behind many of Nintendo’s best-known video games, including Mario and Donkey Kong.
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Aug 14, 2018 · From puzzles to platformers, shooters to sports, Shigeru Miyamoto has helped design almost any kind of game I can think of. Yet, despite the vast differences between these games, they are all bound together by Miyamoto’s unique philosophy of game design.
Jul 11, 2020 · Miyamoto was hired by Nintendo in 1977 when the company was impressed by the toys he had invented. Two years later, he was credited as a designer on this game. He drew the art for the arcade ...
