Shigeru Miyamoto

Shigeru Miyamoto is a Japanese video games designer and producer working for the gaming company Nintendo. Shigeru has created many of the biggest and most recognized games and characters such as, Mario, Donkey Kong, The Legend of Zelda, Star Fox and many other games, all exclusive to Nintendo consoles. Shigeru’s main job right now is managing NEAD (Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development) branch. Every game he has created has been seen on every Nintendo console made and even some of his games have been made for arcades in the early days, some have even become classics. Almost every game he has created that has been reviewed has received many good comments and usually recommended to play, all results in a high score.

Shigeru was the first person ever to create a game that includes saving the data as others used passwords or had to be restarted from the very beginning. The first game with the feature to save your progress is the Legend of Zelda on the Nintendo ( or in Japan known as the famicom (short for family computer)). When the Nintendo 64 was created, Shigeru released Super Mario 64 which became one of the biggest selling games of all time, shortly after that The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time was released which is the biggest selling Nintendo 64 game of all time.

Shigeru was honoured to be the first person to be inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences’ Hall of Fame. In 2008 he was top of the list at the Game Developers Choice awards with 1,766,424 votes. Along with a survey of game developers by the public, 30% chose Shigeru as their “ultimate Development Hero”. Shigeru was also the first interactive creator nominated for the highest recognition in the Spanish-speaking world, the Prince of Asturias Award.