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Re last edit: People don't cite him as just great, he really is considered the greatest by quite a margin.
Pronunciation
How about a pronounciation guide for his name? -- BradDaBugaa
shy-jair-oo me-ah-moe-toe
- Actually, it should be "Shee-geh-roo Mee-ya-moe-toe" Fieari 03:31, September 8, 2005 (UTC)
- More like Shee-geh-roh Mee-ya-moh-toh if you want to pronouce it the way Japanese people pronounce it, which is the correct one. Shaojian 20:59, Oct 23 2005 (UTC)
- I'm a student of Japanese... SHEE-GEH-ROO ME-YAH-MOH-TOH, as Fieari and Shaojian stated, is pretty much correct. AKismet 02:18, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
"Greatest" ?
Many hold that that title goes to Sid Meier or Will Wright. Myself, I think it goes to Chris Crawford, though of course I'm nearly alone in that. :) Moreover it's easy to think Shigeru Miyamoto is the greatest game designer in the world if he's the only designer whose name you actually know. Certainly Miyamoto's games have been among the best selling, but that's usually only one factor in determining the "best"; it can even be argued it's no factor at all.
--Furrykef 16:24, 18 May 2004 (UTC)
Greatest? Maybe. Most influential? Arguably. Weirdest. More than likely. Most charasmatic? That gets my vote. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by ] (] • ]) .
Donkey Kong was one of (Or very well be) the first games ever created that had a story (If you pay attention that is) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by ] (] • ]) .
How about Zork?
Will Wright created one franchise, and an annoying one at that. Miyamoto is considered the greatest because he has lasted all these years, and has made more franchises that you can shake a Wiimote at. He was the person who doodled Zelda, he was the person who supported Satoshi Tajiri on Pokémon, he is the one that bent the industry over backwards with changing innovations. He created Pikmin with ideas from his garden, he created Nintendogs based on his dog. And he's still here. Highway 19:42, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
Give examples of franchises he's created.
Mario, Zelda, Nintendogs, Donkey Kong, Pikmin, it goes on
I agree, he pretty much brought console games into everyday homes. Chipwich 07:32, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
"Modern" ?
One of the fathers of the modern video game? Can someone name a classical or ancient video game? --Andy M. 10:02, 5 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Burgertime, perhaps. Andre (talk) 16:50, Dec 5, 2004 (UTC)
- There were over a decade of black & white blob videogames before Donkey Kong (or Burgertime). "Modern video game" isn't well-defined yet, but the adjective communicates something. -- Skierpage 21:22, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
"Ancient" videogame
When Miyamoto created "Donkey Kong," he started the move towards actual characters. "Donkey Kong" was a forerunner of video games in that it involved characters with faces and expression as opposed to mishapen colored blobs. Though it may seem inconsequential, "DK" was the begining of the era of video games that involve detail and realism.
ancient? no. 1980 when he first created jump man was only 30 years ago and obviously his work then has be replaced with more recent work but this doesn't mean that it is ancient. could you consider his work from 1980 out dated? yes but it is extremly influental, without this we would still be in the dark ages of gaming.Much like the wheel in the history of man. Many thanks to you Shigeru Miamoto. Metal__gamer@hotmail.com
Biography
This section has a few errors.
Chronological Tweaks
I made two edits to help the timeline make sense. I cut "Miyamoto has dedicated his life to video game designing and planning" from the end of the paragraph about him getting hired at Nintendo, since it would be three more years at that point until he began devoting his life to gaming. In the pargraph about the creation of Donkey Kong, I changed "...and composing the music himself on a small electronic keyboard for Super Mario," deleting "...for Super Mario", since it's a discussion of a game in which Mario was known as Jumpman! If this is incorrect (i.e., if Miyamoto composed the music for the original Famicom/NES "Super Mario" on a small electronic keyboard but did not do so for "Donkey Kong", then someone can move the information to the appropriate spot in the discussion of "Super Mario Bros."Andrewjnyc 18:04, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
Change the picture?
Would it be better to use a newer, more flattering picture instead? The article of J Allard is using pictures of him "made over". What's the policy on things like that?
Speaking of pictures, someone changed the picture to his Wii Music conducting picture.I think The picture where he is holding all the plushies of his games better conveys what he's about.