- Born
- Nicknames
- Shigsy
- The Godfather of Video Games
- Height5′ 5″ (1.65 m)
- Shigeru Miyamato has been helping create games for Nintendo since 1981. In the late 1970s Nintendo was going bankrupt. Myamato then made two characters, Donkey Kong and Mario (then called Jumpman), for the game Donkey Kong (1981). He has been the supervisor of many games, like the Mario and Zelda games.
- IMDb mini biography by: Mario
- SpouseYasuko ?(? - present) (2 children)
- Frequently inserts his own game references in different games of his own creation.
- Frequently works with Koji Kondo
- On his own will, he doesn't receive a higher salary than the other developers on Nintendo
- Although he is ambidextrous, he prefers his left hand. This is why some of his most famous characters are left handed, like Mario and Link.
- Has rejected several offers from game companies to stay with Nintendo.
- His favorite movie is Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981).
- Is the most respected game designer in the industry.
- A delayed game will eventually be good, a bad game is bad forever.
- Video games are bad for you? That's what they said about rock 'n' roll.
- Nintendo is the company which makes the most innovative products. I am not sure that I would be able to make games like that elsewhere. At Nintendo I can make the games which I want.
- What if, on a crowded street, you look up and see something appear that should not, given what we know, be there. You either shake your head and dismiss it, or you accept that there is much more to the world than we think. Perhaps it really is a doorway to another place. If you choose to go inside you may find many unexpected things.
- The money which I earn is mainly dedicated to video games and I am very content.
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