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Shigeru Miymato is considered by many to be the most important person in video games. Having designed such classic games as Super Mario Brothers, and The Legend of Zelda. He is responsible for grossing Nintendo billions of dollars and has created six of the top ten top grossing games of all time.
Shigeru Miyamoto was born on November 16th 1952 in Kyoto Japan. Born and raised in Sonebe Japan, where he spent his childhood exploring the surrounding nature of his home town. A particular experience involving a large cave he discovered near his home would later translate over into his love of designing games. In 1970 Shigeru Miyamoto attended the Kanazawa Munici College of Industrial Arts and Crafts. Studying Industrial Design he graduated in 1975. In 1977 Shigeru Miyamoto began to work for Nintendo as a toy designer. It wasn't until 1980 when Hiroshi Yamauchi asked Shigeru Miyamoto to design an arcade game for Nintendo of America, the division of Nintendo responsible for selling U.S. arcade games. Shigeru Miyamoto drew the design for Donkey Kong, the know legendary arcade game. By the end of 1982 Donkey Kong had sold over 60,000 units and grossed 180 million for Nintendo, forever solidifying Shigeru Miyamoto as a game designer.
In 1983 Nintendo released its Famicom game system, released In the U.S. as the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). Shigeru Miyamoto was given the responsibility of creating a game that would ship with the gaming system. As such Mario was born, in the first Mario title. Super Mario Brothers. The game is considered to be the best selling game of all time. Shigeru Miyamoto also created another game for the NES called The Legend of Zelda. This game was also a huge success selling 6.5 million units.
Since his work with the original Super Mario Brothers and The Legend of Zelda Shigeru Miyamoto has worked on some 100 video games for Nintendo. Including sequels to his original titles such as The Legend of Zelda A Link to the Past, Super Mario World, The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time, Super Mario 64, The Legend of Zelda: The Twilight Princess, and Super Mario Galaxy. The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time is considered by many to be the greatest game of all time.
Shigeru Miyamoto was the first person to be inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts and Science’s Hall of Fame in 1998. Honoring his lifetime achievement in the video game industry. In 2006 he was inducted as a Chevalier into the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, Miyamoto was also chosen as one of TIME Magazines 100 most influential people of 2007. His game with the Super Mario Brothers and The Legend of Zelda franchises have sold a total of 322 million units.
Shigeru Miyamoto is now currently busy with developing Wii Fit, a groundbreaking new game designed to use the Nintendo Wii’s revoluantioary control scheme. Allowing the user to participate in a number of exercises through the game.
Shigeru Miyamoto now currently resides in Kyoto Japan with his wife and two children and their dog piku. He spends his free time playing guitar and banjo.