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  1. Shigeru Miyamoto (Japanese: 宮本 茂, Hepburn: Miyamoto Shigeru, born November 16, 1952) is a Japanese video game designer, producer and game director at Nintendo, where he serves as one of its representative directors as an executive since 2002.

  2. More than 1 billion copies of games featuring franchises created by Miyamoto have been sold. Shigeru Miyamoto is a Japanese video game designer, producer and game director at Nintendo, where he serves as one of its representative directors as an executive since 2002.

    • 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.
  3. The Legend of Zelda is an action-adventure game franchise created by the Japanese game designers Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka. It is primarily developed and published by Nintendo, although some portable installments and re-releases have been outsourced to Flagship, Vanpool, and Grezzo.

  4. Dec 3, 2021 · Born on November 16, 1952, in Kyoto, Japan, Shigeru Miyamoto was always driven by art and creativity. A particularly poignant and stark example of his childhood’s influence on his future career is his forays into the Kyoto wilderness, which directly inspired him to craft the first game in the Legend of Zelda series.

  5. Dec 12, 2010 · Profiles. Master of Play. By Nick Paumgarten. December 12, 2010. Shigeru Miyamoto has always tried to re-create his childhood wonderment. He’s the closest thing there is to an autobiographical...

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