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Shigeru Miyamoto Wiki Biography

Shigeru Miyamoto was born on 16 November 1952, in Sonobe, Kyoto, Japan, and is a video game designer and producer, best known for his work in the video game company Nintendo. He is responsible for the creation of popular games and characters like “Donkey Kong”, “Super Mario Brothers”, “The Legend of Zelda” and “Pokemon”. His success in the video game industry has put his net worth to where it is today.

How rich is Shigeru Miyamoto? As of early-2016, sources inform us of a net worth that is at $40 million, mostly acquired through a successful career in the video game industry. He reportedly earns around $1 million per year as the company’s “Creative Fellow”. He was also previously the head of Nintendo’s Entertainment Analysis & Development Division.

Growing up, Shigeru found inspiration in the natural areas that surrounded his hometown, and his love for nature and exploring became a key point in the creation of some of his video games like “The Legend of Zelda”. He graduated with a degree in Industrial Design from the Kanazawa Municipal College of Industrial Arts, and contemplated becoming a professional manga artist because of his love for manga, but was soon convinced by the video game industry, thanks to the late-1970s hit “Space Invaders”. During this period, Nintendo was a small company that was focused on making playing cards, novelties and toys, but Shigeru’s father helped him get an appointment with company President Hiroshi Yamauchi and his skills and creations earned him a spot in the company’s planning department, a significant beginning to his net worth.

Miyamoto became the company’s first artist, and worked on the art for the company’s first coin operated video game “Sheriff”, and then also helped with developing the 1980 game “Radar Scope”. The game proved to be unsuccessful in penetrating the North American market, and almost led Nintendo to financial ruin. Hiroshi assigned Shigeru to work on the unsold units to essentially develop his own game, and this was the beginning of the character and game “Donkey Kong”, which became a huge success, and which led Miyamoto to develop “Donkey Kong Jr.” and “Donkey Kong 3”. He soon reworked the character Jumpman to become Mario and made him a brother named Luigi, releasing “Mario Bros.” Shigeru’s net worth was rising steadily.

After the release of Nintendo’s first gaming console system called Family Computer or Nintendo Entertainment System, Shigeru then worked on and released “The Legend of Zelda” which was an opposite of the linear game play found in “Mario Bros.” Both games demanded sequels, and Miyamoto worked to add more elements to each game. Nintendo started developing the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) and then the Nintendo 64; during the period of these consoles, Miyamoto helped develop “Pocket Monsters” or “Pokemon” which went on to become an international success. Shigeru also created “Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time”, considered by many as the greatest game from the series.

In the years of 2000-2011, Shigeru continued to make various games, each with new releases of Nintendo game systems like the Gamecube, DS, and the Wii. The most recent releases he’s made are for the Nintendo 3DS and WiiU.

As for Shigeru’s personal life, he is married to Yasuko (m. 1980) and they have two children. He prefers to keep his achievements private which is why more foreign people know him compared to locals. He also enjoys playing different musical instruments and is a semi-professional dog breeder.

IMDB Wikipedia $40 million 1952 1952-11-16 BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award British Academy of Film and Television Arts Gabe Newell Hinako Aruha Hiroshi Yamauchi Id Software Iijake Miyamoto Industrial Design from the Kanazawa Municipal College of Industrial Arts Japan Japanese Japanese video game designer John Carmack Kanazawa College of Art Kyoto Mario Miscellaneous Crew Nintendo November 16 Oculus Rift Oculus VR producer Scorpio Shigeru Miyamoto Shigeru Miyamoto Net Worth Sonobe cho Super Mario Bros. Super Mario Galaxy (2007) Super Nintendo Entertainment System The Legend of Zelda The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998) The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (2002) The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (2006) Writer Yasuko Miyamoto

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Shigeru Miyamoto Trademarks

1. Frequently inserts his own game references in different games of his own creation.

Shigeru Miyamoto Quotes

• Who knows how Mario will look like in the future? Maybe he’ll wear metallic clothes.
• A great idea can solve multiple problems at the same time.
• My favorite video game character is not Mario, it’s Pac-Man.
• The money which I earn is mainly dedicated to video games and I am very content.
• 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.
• 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.
• Video games are bad for you? That’s what they said about rock ‘n’ roll.
• A delayed game will eventually be good, a bad game is bad forever.

Shigeru Miyamoto Important Facts

• Many of the things in his games were based on experiences from his childhood. For example, his game, The Legend of Zelda (1986), was inspired by his childhood, when he would explore different forests and caves. The chain chomps in Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988) were also inspired by a terrifying memory, where Miyamoto was walking home from school, when a big scary dog jumped at him, attached to a chain. The chain just barely out of reach of the child.
• Still working on the Next Zelda game called “Zelda: The Twilight Princess (2005) (VG). [November 2005]
• Overseeing the production of Metroid Prime 2 and Metal Gear Solid : The Twin Snakes [2003]
• Overseeing the release of Metroid Prime 2: Echoes and the production of the upcoming “Legend of Zelda” game for the Nintendo Gamecube, and making the final adjustments on Nintendo’s new handheld, codenamed “Nintendo DS”. [August 2004]
• 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.
• Is often referred to as “God” by his fans, as many consider him to be the god of game development.
• On his own will, he doesn’t receive a higher salary than the other developers on Nintendo
• Enjoys swimming, skiing, playing softball, the guitar, mandolin, and banjo.
• His favorite movie is Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981).
• Was introduced to Nintendo by his father who was a schoolmate to now former Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi. Yamauchi was so impressed with Miyamoto’s untrained artistic abilities that he was instantly hired.
• His wife was a former Nintendo employee.
• Is the game designer who has sold the most titles total, ever.
• Rides his bike to work every day.
• Is the most respected game designer in the industry.
• Has rejected several offers from game companies to stay with Nintendo.

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