Shigeru Miyamoto

Businessperson, Video Game Designer

1952 –

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Who is Shigeru Miyamoto?

Shigeru Miyamoto is a Japanese video game designer and producer. He is best known as the creator of some of the best-selling, most critically acclaimed, most enduring, and most influential games and franchises of all time.

Miyamoto joined Nintendo in 1977, when the company was beginning its foray into video games and starting to abandon the playing cards it had made starting in 1889. His games have been seen on every Nintendo video game console, with his earliest work appearing on arcade machines. Franchises Miyamoto has created include Mario, Donkey Kong, The Legend of Zelda, Star Fox, F-Zero, Pikmin, and the Wii series. Noteworthy games include Super Mario Bros., one of the most famous sidescrolling platformers; Super Mario 64, an early example of 3D control schemes; The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, which is considered one of the greatest games ever made; and Wii Sports, the second best-selling game of all time. He currently manages the Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development branch, which handles many of Nintendo's top-selling titles.

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Born
Nov 16, 1952
Sonobe
Also known as
  • 宮本茂
  • Miyamoto, Shigeru
  • the father of modern video gaming
Parents
Spouses
Children
Ethnicity
  • Japanese
Nationality
  • Japan
Profession
Education
  • Kanazawa College of Art
Employment
  • Nintendo
Lived in
  • Kyoto Prefecture

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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