Shigeru Miyamoto (right) with fellow game designers Michel Ancel (left) and Frédérick Raynal as well as French minister of culture Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres (center) on Maabove the Palais Royal gardens in Paris.ĭespite being an influential figure in video games and responsible for multi-million dollar franchises, Miyamoto is said to be very humble, insisting on settling for an average income, and often rides a bicycle to work. It was fortuitous that Nintendo had so many units on hand, because Donkey Kong was an overnight success, and not only saved the company, but introduced the character who more than any other would be identified with Nintendo (Mario). and Nintendo employees worked around the clock to convert the Radar Scope machines. When the game was complete, the chips containing the new program were rushed to the U.S. Yamauchi assigned Miyamoto - the only person available - the task of creating the game that would make or break the company.Īfter Miyamoto had consulted with some of the company's engineers (he had no prior programming experience), and composed the music himself on a small electronic keyboard, Donkey Kong was fully conceptualized. To stay afloat and clear the costly inventory of Radar Scope Nintendo of America desperately needed a smash-hit game that the unsold machines could be converted to play. However, by the time the arcade machines could be produced and shipped to the U.S., interest had vaporized, causing Radar Scope to be a huge flop. After successful location tests using prototypes, Nintendo of America CEO Minoru Arakawa ordered a very large number of units of Radar Scope, an arcade game. In 1980, the fairly new Nintendo of America was looking for a hit to establish itself as a player in the growing arcade market. Shigeru Miyamoto wielding a replica Master Sword and Hylian Shield at the 2004 Electronic Entertainment Expo Yamauchi hired Miyamoto to be a "staff artist", even though one was not needed at the time, and assigned him to apprentice in the planning department. In 1977, Miyamoto, armed with a degree in industrial design, was able to arrange a meeting with Hiroshi Yamauchi, a friend of his father and the head of Nintendo of Japan. In 1970, he enrolled in the Kanazawa College of Art, and graduated five years later, though he would later remark that his studies often took a backseat to doodling. Stories describe his fascinated discovery of hidden caves, lakes, and other natural features that were linked to his later work. As a young boy, Miyamoto loved to draw, paint pictures, and explore the landscape surrounding his home. Shigeru Miyamoto was born in Sonobe (now Nantan), Kyoto, Japan. In 1998, Miyamoto became the first person to be inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences' Hall of Fame. He is currently the Director and General Manager of Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development (EAD), the corporate sector of Nintendo of Japan. Shigeru Miyamoto has two children with his wife, Yasuko Miyamoto, who was general manager of Nintendo of Japan in 1977 both parents have worked for Nintendo, but neither of their children have expressed any desire to go into the family business. Miyamoto quickly became Nintendo's star producer designing many franchises for the company, most of which are still active and very well-regarded. The resulting title Donkey Kong was a huge success and the game's lead character, Jump Man - later renamed Mario - has become Nintendo's mascot. His titles are characterized by refined control-mechanics and imaginative worlds in which the players are encouraged to discover things for themselves, as well as basic storylines, which had been almost unheard of before he introduced one of the first, featuring Mario.Įmployed by Nintendo (then a Hanafuda manufacturer) as an artist, in 1980 he was given the task of designing one of their first coin-op arcade games. Miyamoto is one of the world's most celebrated game designers, and is often called one of the fathers of modern video-gaming. He is the creator of the Legend of Zelda series along with other famous video game franchises such as the Mario, Donkey Kong, Star Fox and Pikmin video game franchises for Nintendo game systems. Shigeru Miyamoto ( 宮本 茂, Miyamoto Shigeru ?, born November 16, 1952) is a Japanese video game designer. Iijake Miyamoto (father) Hinako Aruha (mother) " Games should be something everybody wants to play." - Shigeru Miyamoto
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