Editing Shigeru Miyamoto

|role=Representative director, game developer, artist, game designer

'''{{wp|Shigeru Miyamoto}}''' (in Japanese: 宮本 茂) is a Japanese video game designer, producer, artist, and game director at [[Nintendo]],<ref name="Iwata">[http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2015/150713e.pdf Notification of Death and Personnel Change of a Representative Director(President)] (July 13, 2015). Nintendo.jp. Retrieved July 13, 2-15.</ref> best known for being the creator of the ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'', [[Donkey Kong (franchise)|''Donkey Kong'']], ''[[zeldawiki:The Legend of Zelda (series)|The Legend of Zelda]]'', ''[[lylatwiki:Star Fox (series)|Star Fox]]'', and ''[[pikipedia:Pikmin series|Pikmin]]'' franchises, among others. He joined the industry as a character artist and product designer in 1977.

In his early childhood, Miyamoto was raised in the small, rural town of Sonobe, Japan, which is near his current home of Kyoto, about ten blocks from [[Nintendo]]'s headquarters. His home lacked a television, so he would spend a large amount of his leisure time exploring the surrounding countryside.

Miyamoto was 24 years of age when his father contacted an old friend, named [[Hiroshi Yamauchi]], at the toy company Nintendo. Yamauchi requested to see some toy designs, to which Miyamoto responded by returning with a bag of products and a portfolio. Miyamoto became Nintendo's first staff artist in 1977, with his first work being the casings for the {{wp|Color TV-Game}} line of plug-and-play consoles.

Three years later, in 1980, Nintendo of America was looking for a successful video game to establish themselves in the arcade market. They ordered a large number of units of the arcade game ''Radar Scope'', but by the time the machines arrived, interest in the game began to decline. Following this failure, Nintendo sought a game that the unused machines could be converted into easily. Yamauchi called Miyamoto into his office, as he was the only staff member available at the time, and questioned him about his knowledge on the video game concept, to which Miyamoto claimed to have loved video games in college. He went on to create the highly successful game ''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]''.

With ''Donkey Kong''{{'}}s success and the [[Donkey Kong (series)|series]] it began, Miyamoto was given his own team: the Creative Department, later known as [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development|Nintendo EAD]] and then Nintendo EPD. They would go on to develop some of Nintendo's most successful games, including ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' games. While Miyamoto has mentioned that he finds it difficult to say who his favorite Nintendo character is, he has stated that some of his more beloved favorites include [[Mario]], [[Princess Peach]], [[Luigi]], [[Bowser]], [[Zelda|Princess Zelda]], [[Toad]], [[Link]], and [[Donkey Kong]].<ref>Nintendo mastermind Shigeru Miyamoto isn't ready for 'game over' [http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2011/12/23/shigeru-miyamoto-on-mario-zelda-and-not-retiring-anytime-soon/]</ref> He has cited ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' and ''[[Super Mario World]]'' as his favorite game.<ref>[http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gamehunters/post/2010/11/qa-mario-creator-shigeru-miyamoto/1 Q&A: "Mario" creator Shigeru Miyamoto.]</ref><ref>[http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/06/15/this-is-shigeru-miyamotos-favorite-mario-game This Is Shigeru Miyamoto's Favorite Mario Game] (June 15, 2012). ''IGN''. Retrived September 1, 2014.</ref> His favorite games for the NES are ''{{wp|Baseball (1983 video game)|Baseball}}'', ''[[Golf]]'', and ''[[Mario Bros. (game)|Mario Bros.]]''<ref>http://www.reinodocogumelo.com/2013/03/mario-bros-e-um-dos-games-favoritos-de.html</ref> Miyamoto's favorite non-Nintendo game is ''{{wp|Angry Birds (video game)|Angry Birds}}''.<ref>[http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/12/shigeru-miyamoto-angry-birds/ Shigeru Miyamoto admits he's a fan of Angry Birds]</ref>  

Following the in-office passing of Nintendo president [[Satoru Iwata]], Miyamoto worked alongside {{wp|Genyo Takeda}} as Representative Director of Nintendo,<ref name="Iwata"/> both leading the company until [[Tatsumi Kimishima]] was inaugurated as the next president of Nintendo.

*''[[Donkey Kong (Game Boy)|Donkey Kong]]'' ([[Game Boy]]) - Producer

*''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' - Original Donkey Kong Creator, Special Thanks

Miyamoto.jpg|Miyamoto and some ''Super Mario'' character plushies

SNW Grand Opening Celebrate Photo.jpg|Group photo to celebrate the grand opening of Super Nintendo World (Universal Studios Japan)

T64D 1st Anniversary Miyamoto Artwork.jpg|Artwork celebrating the first anniversary of ''[[Nintendo DREAM|The 64 DREAM]]''

*"''A delayed game is eventually good, but a rushed game is forever bad.''"<ref>[http://www.theguardian.com/technology/gamesblog/2012/apr/27/shigeru-miyamoto-rushed-game-forever-bad Shigeru Miyamoto: A rushed game is forever bad] (April 27, 2012). ''The Guardian''. Retrieved September 2, 2014.</ref> (Possibly apocryphal<ref>[https://gamerant.com/miyamoto-famous-quote-delayed-games-good-misattributed/ Famous Miyamoto Quote About Delayed Games Could Be Misattributed] - ''Game Rant''. Retrieved October 14, 2023.</ref>)

*"''My favorite video game character is not Mario, it's [[Pac-Man]].''"<ref>David Doñas Salinas ''Metroide'', Por. (2002) [http://usuarios.lycos.es/polbook1/Art%EDculos/Biografias/Miyamoto/B%20miyamoto.htm Biografía Shigeru Miyamoto (Spanish)], [http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fusuarios.lycos.es%2Fpolbook1%2FArt%25EDculos%2FBiografias%2FMiyamoto%2FB%2520miyamoto.htm&sl=es&tl=en&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 translated]. Retrieved August 22, 2008.</ref>{{dead link}}

{{quote|The most pivotal aspect [of ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'''s development] was having the chance to sit down with Mr. Miyamoto and get an understanding from him what he wanted to see, what he hoped to see with DK. He never at any time stood up and said, 'This is what it will have. This is your checklist. This is what I want period.' He just offered feedback and guidance and mentorship, and that's one of the things that made Mr. Miyamoto so valuable as a resource. He can be incredibly demanding at times and there have been plenty of occasions where he just flipped the table over and said 'start again', but you can tell he wanted to happen. He wanted to see DK in a new adventure. I'll never forget as we were wrapping up our conversation with him in Kyoto, he said in English, 'Please take care of DK. He is my friend.'"|Bryan Walker}}<ref name="Kiwi Talkz">Kiwi Talkz (October 2, 2021). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sWfE2x-ClM "Bryan Walker Interview (Metroid Prime Trilogy, Donkey Kong, Mario Kart 7, Project Management)"]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved October 2, 2021.</ref>