Shigeru Miyamoto
Game Developer
Class of 2010 Inductee
Shigeru Miyamoto is a Japanese video game designer, producer and game director at Nintendo. He is widely regarded as one of the most accomplished and influential designers in video game history as the creator of some of the most acclaimed and best-selling game franchises of all time, including Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Donkey Kong, Star Fox and Pikmin.
More than 1 billion copies of games featuring franchises created by Miyamoto have been sold.
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A small sample of his awards and recognition:
Time Magazine called Miyamoto “the Spielberg of video games” and “the father of modern video games.
The Daily Telegraph says he is “regarded by many as possibly the most important game designer of all time.
Next Generation listed him in their “75 Most Important People in the Games Industry of 1995”, elaborating that, “He’s the most successful game developer in history.
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.[131]
He was chosen as one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of the Year in both 2007] and also in 2008.
At the Game Developers Choice Awards, on March 7, 2007, Miyamoto received the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Game Trailers 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, by far the largest portion, chose Miyamoto as their “Ultimate Development Hero”.
He was made a Fellow of BAFTA at the British Academy Video Games Awards in 2010.
In 2012, Miyamoto was also the first interactive creator to be awarded the highest recognition in Spain, the Prince of Asturias Award, in the category of Communications and Humanities.
Miyamoto was awarded Japan’s Person of Cultural Merit in 2019 in recognition for his contributions towards Japan’s video game industry. He was the first person in the video game industry to receive the honor.
Acceptance Speech (YT link)
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