Shigeru Miyamoto
- Writer
- Producer
- Additional Crew
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.
- Won 1 BAFTA Award
- 4 wins & 7 nominations total
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Writer
Producer
- 2025
- 2026
Additional Crew
- Alternative names
- S. Miyahon
- Height
- 5′ 5″ (1.65 m)
- Born
- Spouse
- Yasuko ?? - present (2 children)
- Publicity listings
- TriviaOn his own will, he doesn't receive a higher salary than the other developers on Nintendo
- QuotesA delayed game will eventually be good, a bad game is bad forever.
- TrademarksFrequently inserts his own game references in different games of his own creation.
- Nicknames
- Shigsy
- The Godfather of Video Games
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