Shigeru Miyamoto is a Japanese video game designer and producer at Nintendo, where his work since the early 1980s has created some of the medium's most recognizable and commercially successful franchises, including Donkey Kong, Super Mario, and The Legend of Zelda. His design philosophy has emphasized approachable, exploration-driven gameplay and strong central characters, and titles he directed or produced are widely credited with helping the home video game industry recover in North America following the market crash of the early 1980s. Miyamoto has held senior creative leadership roles at Nintendo for decades and is frequently described as one of the most influential individual designers in video game history.
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Defining ContributionCreator of Mario, The Legend of Zelda and Donkey Kong franchises 1 Classification
AwardGame Developers Conference Lifetime Achievement Award 1 Connections
Works Created
Source Donkey Kong (Wikipedia)
Source Super Mario 64 (Wikipedia)
Source Super Mario Bros. (Wikipedia)
Source The Legend of Zelda (video game), Wikipedia
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1. Shigeru Miyamoto - Wikipedia
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1952-11-16
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is a Japanese video game designer
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creator of some of the most acclaimed and best-selling game franchises of all time
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View the SourceSuper Mario Bros. (Wikipedia)
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Directed and produced by Shigeru Miyamoto, it is the successor to the 1983 arcade game Mario Bros.
Donkey Kong (Wikipedia)
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Donkey Kong is a video game series and media franchise created by the Japanese game designer Shigeru Miyamoto for Nintendo.
Super Mario 64 (Wikipedia)
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Director Shigeru Miyamoto conceived a 3D Super Mario game during the production of Star Fox (1993).
The Legend of Zelda (video game), Wikipedia
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It was designed and directed by Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka, being in development alongside Super Mario Bros., which was released on September 13, 1985.
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