In 1980, the fairly new Nintendo of America was looking for a hit to establish itself as a player in the growing arcade market. Yamauchi hired Miyamoto as a "staff artist" and assigned him to the planning department. In 1977, with a degree in industrial design, Miyamoto arranged a meeting with Hiroshi Yamauchi, head of Nintendo of Japan and also friend of his father. Miyamoto was said to have had an eclectic taste in music for his age, being interested in such groups as the Lovin' Spoonful, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, the Ramones, and The Beatles. In an interview, Miyamoto stated that as a child he wished he would have a disease that would not harm him, nor be life threatening, but just had to stay in the hospital all day long, so he could doodle. In 1970, he enrolled in the Kanazawa College of Art and graduated five years later - though he would later remark that his studies often took a backseat to doodling. As a child Miyamoto was menaced by a neighbor's dog - kept at bay by a chain attached to a post - inspiring the Chain Chomp enemy from the Mario series. The Legend of Zelda in particular took inspiration from his childhood exploration. Stories describe his fascinated discovery of hidden caves, lakes, and other natural features which were linked to his later work. As a young boy, Miyamoto loved to draw, paint pictures, and explore the landscape surrounding his house. He is the second child of Iijake Miyamoto and Hinako Aruha.
Shigeru Miyamoto was born in Sonobe (now Nantan), Kyoto, Japan.
In 1998, Miyamoto became the first person to be inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences' Hall of Fame. He is currently the Senior Marketing Director of Nintendo and General Manager of Nintendo EAD. Miyamoto quickly became Nintendo's star producer designing many franchises for the company, most of which are still active. Miyamoto later reused the game's hardware and modded it into Donkey Kong which was a huge success as well as a turning point in videogame history, and the game's lead character, Mario - then called Jump Man - becoming an easily recognizable video game character and Nintendo's mascot. The resulting title was Radar Scope, which was not as big of a success in the United States as Nintendo hoped for. Video games designed by him typically feature refined control-mechanics, intuitive gameplay, simplistic story lines, and imaginative worlds in which the players are encouraged to discover things for themselves.Įmployed by Nintendo as an artist in 1977, he was given the task of working on one of their first coin-operated arcade games. Miyamoto is a world-renowned game designer, and is often called the "father of modern video gaming". He has also supervised many titles published by Nintendo on behalf of other developers, including Metroid Prime and Mario &Sonic at the Olympic Games. He is the creator of the Mario, Donkey Kong, The Legend of Zelda, Star Fox, F-Zero and Pikmin video game series, among others, for Nintendo game systems. At present he serves as the co-Representative Director of ‘Nintendo’.Shigeru Miyamoto (born November 16, 1952) is a Japanese video game designer. With time his responsibilities and position in company increased that saw him receiving several promotions over the years. It paved way for an array of other popular video games and franchises developed by this video gaming marvel including ‘Mario’, ‘Star Fox’, F-Zero’, ‘The Legend of Zelda’ and ‘Pikmin’. In the era of Asteroids and Pac-Man, the game emerged among the best-sellers of early 1980s. His big break came when he created ‘Donkey Kong’ a video game that not only soared his fame, introducing his signature character ‘Mario’, but also brought a new wave in the video game industry. His unique style of developing a storyline with characters first thus bringing in a creative aspect instead of just designing a game focussing on the programming and technical aspects like other video game designers, made him develop some of the most all-time popular and best-selling video games and franchises. His extremely successful career spanning over four decades started in 1977 when he joined Nintendo as an artist. He is considered as one of the pioneers of the video game industry, and often regarded as the “father of modern video gaming”. Shigeru Miyamoto is a famous Japanese video game designer and producer.
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