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	{{Nihongo\|'''Shigeru Miyamoto'''\|宮本茂\|Miyamoto Shigeru}} (born November 16, 1952 in ], ], ]<ref name="NP SF64 guide"/>) is a ] ] and ] who has been employed at ] since 1977. He has been called the "father of modern ]s" and "the ] of electronic gaming"<ref name="time.com">{{cite web \|url=http://www.time.com/time/asia/2006/heroes/bl_miyamoto.html \|title=Shigeru Miyamoto: The video-game guru who made it O.K. to play \|publisher=] \| last=Wright \| first=Will \| authorlink=Will Wright (game designer) \| accessdate=28 November 2006}}</ref> for helping create the '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'' and '']'' franchises and games such as '']'' and '']''.		{{Nihongo\|'''Shigeru Miyamoto'''\|宮本茂\|Miyamoto Shigeru}} (born November 16, 1952 in ], ], ]<ref name="NP SF64 guide"/>) is a ] ] and ] who has been employed at ] since 1977. He has been called the "father of modern ]s" and "the ] of electronic gaming"<ref name="time.com">{{cite web \|url=http://www.time.com/time/asia/2006/heroes/bl_miyamoto.html \|title=Shigeru Miyamoto: The video-game guru who made it O.K. to play \|publisher=] \| last=Wright \| first=Will \| authorlink=Will Wright (game designer) \| accessdate=28 November 2006}}</ref> for helping create the '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'' and '']'' franchises and games such as '']'' and '']''.


	==Biography==
	===Early life===		==Early life==
	Miyamoto described childhood experiences such as exploring fields, woods and caves outside ] as an inspiration for '']'' for NES,<ref name="Game spot history">{{cite web \| author=Vestal, Andrew, et al. \| date=14 September 2000 \| title=History of Zelda \| publisher=GameSpot \| url=http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/features/video/hist_zelda/index.html \| accessdate=30 September 2006}}</ref> and an antagonizing experience with a neighbor's chained dog, which inspired the ] in the ''Mario'' series.<ref>{{cite book \| author=Sheff, David \| title=] \| publisher=] \| year=1993 \| isbn=0-679-40469-4}}</ref>		Miyamoto described childhood experiences such as exploring fields, woods and caves outside ] as an inspiration for '']'' for NES,<ref name="Game spot history">{{cite web \| author=Vestal, Andrew, et al. \| date=14 September 2000 \| title=History of Zelda \| publisher=GameSpot \| url=http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/features/video/hist_zelda/index.html \| accessdate=30 September 2006}}</ref> and an antagonizing experience with a neighbor's chained dog, which inspired the ] in the ''Mario'' series.<ref>{{cite book \| author=Sheff, David \| title=] \| publisher=] \| year=1993 \| isbn=0-679-40469-4}}</ref>

	===Nintendo===		==Nintendo==
	Miyamoto was Nintendo's first artist staff, helping design the company's first coin-operated game, ]<ref>http://us.wii.com/iwata_asks/punchout/vol1_page2.jsp</ref>. Miyamoto designed Nintendo's second coin-operated ], '']'',<ref>{{Cite web \| url=http://cube.ign.com/articles/089/089831p1.html \| title=Developer Profile: Intelligent Systems \| publisher=] \| date=10 January 2001\| accessdate=19 September 2007}}</ref> which was a huge success. He also helped create ], another early arcade game, which was a modest success.		Miyamoto was Nintendo's first artist staff, helping design the company's first coin-operated game, ]<ref>http://us.wii.com/iwata_asks/punchout/vol1_page2.jsp</ref>.

			=== Mario series ===
	In November 2009 Miyamoto claimed that Nintendo wouldn't employ him today if he applied for a position with his original qualifications.<ref name="Miyamoto: Nintendo wouldn’t employ me now">{{cite web\|url=http://www.mcvuk.com/news/36613/Miyamoto-Nintendo-wouldnt-employ-me-now\|title=Miyamoto: Nintendo wouldn’t employ me now\|publisher=MCV\|date=2009-11-23\|accessdate=2009-11-26}}</ref>
			{{Main\|Mario (series)
			As of the beginning of {{vgy\|1981}}, ]'s efforts to sell in the ]n video game market had failed, culminating with the flop '']'' in {{vgy\|1980}}. To keep the company afloat, company president ] decided to convert unsold ''Radar Scope'' games into something new. He approached Miyamoto to see if he could design an arcade game. Miyamoto said he could.<ref>Kent 157.</ref> Yamauchi appointed Nintendo's head engineer, ], to supervise the project.<ref name="Kent">Kent 158.</ref> In this game was created Jumpman(later known as ]) which would eventually start in ] and ].

	==Work style==		==Work style==

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Shigeru Miyamoto
Shigeru Miyamoto
Born	(1952-11-16) November 16, 1952 (age 72) Sonobe cho, Kyoto, Japan
Occupation(s)	Game designer, EAD General manager
Years active	1977-Present

Shigeru Miyamoto (宮本茂, Miyamoto Shigeru) (born November 16, 1952 in Sonobe, Kyoto, Japan) is a Japanese video game designer and producer who has been employed at Nintendo since 1977. He has been called the "father of modern video games" and "the Walt Disney of electronic gaming" for helping create the Mario, Donkey Kong, The Legend of Zelda, Star Fox, Pikmin and F-Zero franchises and games such as Nintendogs and Wii Music.

Early life

Miyamoto described childhood experiences such as exploring fields, woods and caves outside Kyoto as an inspiration for The Legend of Zelda for NES, and an antagonizing experience with a neighbor's chained dog, which inspired the Chain Chomp in the Mario series.

Nintendo

Miyamoto was Nintendo's first artist staff, helping design the company's first coin-operated game, Sheriff.

Mario series

{{Main|Mario (series) As of the beginning of Template:Vgy, Nintendo's efforts to sell in the North American video game market had failed, culminating with the flop Radar Scope in Template:Vgy. To keep the company afloat, company president Hiroshi Yamauchi decided to convert unsold Radar Scope games into something new. He approached Miyamoto to see if he could design an arcade game. Miyamoto said he could. Yamauchi appointed Nintendo's head engineer, Gunpei Yokoi, to supervise the project. In this game was created Jumpman(later known as Mario) which would eventually start in Mario Bros. and Super Mario Bros.

Work style

At 1997's E3 convention, Miyamoto revealed that he was constantly working with around four hundred people on around a dozen projects at a time. However, he has also stated that he prefers to focus on "games in order, one by one" rather than many at once.

Miyamoto has also been known to have Nintendo implement delays "to make a game of the high quality standards that Nintendo is known for", at times even scrapping the entire development of games. He and fellow developers refer to this scrapping as "Chabudai Gaeshi" (ちゃぶ台返し, "upending the tea table"), a reference to manga and anime Star of the Giants. It is also referred to as "Miyahon Check" (Miyahon is an alternative kanji reading of Miyamoto) or "Miyamoto Test".

An example of this was Eiji Aonuma's replacement as producer on The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess by Miyamoto between 2005 to 2006 so that he could assume direction duties. Aonuma stated that the switch was the result of a year-long development being Chabudai Gaeshi'ed. In the same interview, Miyamoto said that he had to clean up the mess from his Chabudai Gaeshi, so he joined as a producer and assisted in the development of the Nintendo GameCube and Wii versions of the game.

Personal life

Although a game designer, Miyamoto spends little time playing games, preferring to play the guitar and banjo. He has a Shetland Sheepdog named Pikku that was the inspiration for Nintendogs. He is also a semi-professional dog breeder.. He has been quoted as stating, "Video-games are bad for you? That's what they said about Rock 'N' Roll." Miyamoto also has stated that he has a hobby of guessing the measurements of objects, then checking to see if he was correct, and apparently carries a tape measure with him everywhere. He has a wife and two children, and owns a cat.

Awards and recognition

The name of the main character of the PC game Daikatana, Hiro Miyamoto, is an homage to Miyamoto.

The character Gary Oak from the Pokémon anime series is named Shigeru in Japan and is the rival of Ash Ketchum (called Satoshi in Japan). Pokémon creator Satoshi Tajiri was mentored by Shigeru Miyamoto.

In 1998, Miyamoto was honored as the first person inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences' Hall of Fame.

In 2006, Miyamoto was made a Chevalier (knight) of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Minister of Culture Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres.

On November 28, 2006, Miyamoto was featured in TIME Asia's "60 Years of Asian Heroes," alongside Hayao Miyazaki, Mahatma Gandhi, Mother Teresa, Bruce Lee and the Dalai Lama. He was later chosen as one of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People of the Year in both 2007 and also in 2008, in which he topped the list with a total vote of 1,766,424.

At the Game Developers Choice Awards, on March 7, 2007, Miyamoto received the Lifetime Achievement Award "for a career that spans the creation of Donkey Kong, Super Mario Bros. and The Legend of Zelda to the company's recent revolutionary systems, Nintendo DS and Wii."

Both GameTrailers and IGN placed Miyamoto first on their lists for the "Top Ten Game Creators" and the "Top 100 Game Creators of All Time" respectively.

In a survey of game developers by industry publication Develop, 30% of the developers chose Miyamoto as their "Ultimate Development Hero". Miyamoto has been interviewed by companies and organizations such as CNN's Talk Asia and NextLevel.com.

Selected gameography

Main article: List of Nintendo games created by Shigeru Miyamoto

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