Shigeru Miyamoto is a Japanese video game designer. He is the creator of the Mario, Donkey Kong, The Legend of Zelda, Star Fox, Nintendogs, Wave Race, and Pikmin video game series for Nintendo game systems. He has also produced many titles which Nintendo has published on behalf of other developers, including the successful F-Zero franchise.
Miyamoto is the world’s most celebrated game designer, and is often called the ‘father of modern video gaming’. His titles are characterized by refined control-mechanics and imaginative worlds in which the players are encouraged to discover things for themselves, as well as basic story lines, which had been almost unheard of before he introduced one of the first, featuring Mario.
Employed by Nintendo (then producing and marketing a playing card game called Hanafuda) as an artist, in 1980 he was given the task of designing one of their first coin-op arcade games. The resulting title was Radar Scope[1], which was not as big of a success in the United States as Nintendo hoped for. He later redesigned the game into Donkey Kong which was a huge success and the game’s lead character, Jump Man—now called Mario—has become Nintendo’s mascot. Miyamoto quickly became Nintendo’s star producer designing many franchises for the company, most of which are still active and very well-regarded.
He is currently the Director and General Manager of Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development (EAD), the corporate sector of Nintendo of Japan. In 1998, Miyamoto became the first person to be inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences’ Hall of Fame.
| Game Name | Year Released | Console Name | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donkey Kong | 1981 | Arcade | ||||
| Donkey Kong Jr. | 1982 | Arcade | ||||
| Mario Bros. | 1983 | Arcade | ||||
| Devil World | 1984 | NES/Famicom | ||||
| Donkey Kong 3 | 1984/1986 | NES/Famicom | ||||
| Ice Climber | 1985 | NES/Famicom/FDS | ||||
| Super Mario Bros. | 1985 | NES/Famicom/FDS | ||||
| The Legend of Zelda | 1986/1987 | FDS/NES | ||||
| Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels | 1986 | FDS | ||||
| Zelda II: The Adventure of Link | 1987/1988 | FDS/NES | ||||
| Mother | 1989 | NESFamicom | ||||
| Super Mario Bros. 3 | 1988/1990 | NES/Famicom | ||||
| F-Zero | 1990/1991 | Super NES/Super Famicom | ||||
| Super Mario World | 1990/1991 | Super NES/Super Famicom | ||||
| The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past | 1991/1992 | Super NES/Super Famicom | ||||
| Super Mario Kart | 1992 | Super NES/Super Famicom | ||||
| Mario Paint | 1992 | Super NES/Super Famicom | ||||
| Wave Race | 1992 | Game Boy | ||||
| The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening | 1993 | Game Boy | ||||
| Star Fox | 1993 | Super NES/Super Famicom | ||||
| Super Mario All-Stars | 1993 | Super NES/ Super Famicom | ||||
| Yoshi’s Safari | 1993 | Super NES/Super Famicom | ||||
| Kirby’s Adventure | 1993 | NES/Famicom | ||||
| Donkey Kong | 1994 | Game Boy | ||||
| Stunt Race FX | 1994 | Super NES/Super Famicom | ||||
| Killer Instinct | 1994 | Super NES/Super Famicom | ||||
| Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island | 1995 | Super NES/Super Famicom | ||||
| Mole Mania | 1996 | Game Boy | ||||
| Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars | 1996/1997 | Super NES/Super Famicom | ||||
| Super Mario 64 | 1996/1997 | Nintendo 64 | ||||
| Wave Race 64 | 1996/1997 | Nintendo 64 | ||||
| Mario Kart 64 | 1996/1997 | Nintendo 64 | ||||
| Star Fox 64 | 1997 | Nintendo 64 | ||||
| Yoshi’s Story | 1997/1998 | Nintendo 64 | ||||
| 1080° Snowboarding | 1998 | Nintendo 64 | ||||
| F-Zero X | 1998 | Nintendo 64 | ||||
| The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time | 1998 | Nintendo 64 | ||||
| F-Zero Expansion Kit | 1999 | Nintendo 64DD | ||||
| Mario Artist | 1999 | Nintendo 64DD | ||||
| Mario Party | 1999 | Nintendo 64 | ||||
| Super Smash Bros. | 1999 | Nintendo 64 | ||||
| The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask | 2000 | Nintendo 64 | ||||
| Paper Mario | 2001 | Nintendo 64 | ||||
| Super Mario Advance | 2001 | Game Boy Advance | ||||
| Wario Land 4 | 2001 | Game Boy Advance | ||||
| Luigi’s Mansion | 2001 | Nintendo GameCube | ||||
| Wave Race: Blue Storm | 2001 | GameCube | ||||
| Mario Kart: Super Circuit | 2001 | Game Boy Advance | ||||
| Pikmin | 2001 | GameCube | ||||
| Super Smash Bros. Melee | 2001 | GameCube | ||||
| Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 | 2002 | Game Boy Advance | ||||
| Doshin the Giant | 2002 | GameCube | ||||
| Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem | 2002 | GameCube | ||||
| Super Mario Sunshine | 2002 | GameCube | ||||
| Yoshi’s Island: Super Mario Advance 3 | 2002 | Game Boy Advance | ||||
| Metroid Prime | 2002 | GameCube | ||||
| Star Fox Adventures | 2002 | GameCube | ||||
| The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker | 2002/2003 | GameCube | ||||
| F-Zero GX | 2003 | GameCube | ||||
| Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour | 2003 | GameCube | ||||
| F-Zero GP Legend | 2003/2004 | Game Boy Advance | ||||
| Donkey Konga | 2003 | GameCube | ||||
| Pac-Man Vs. | 2003 | GameCube | ||||
| The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures | 2003 | GameCube | ||||
| Donkey Kong Country | 2003 | Game Boy Advance | ||||
| Mario Kart: Double Dash | 2003 | GameCube | ||||
| Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga | 2003 | Game Boy Advance | ||||
| Metroid Prime 2: Echoes | 2004 | GameCube | ||||
| Pikmin 2 | 2004 | GameCube | ||||
| Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door | 2004 | GameCube | ||||
| Donkey Kong Jungle Beat | 2004 | GameCube | ||||
| Mario vs. Donkey Kong | 2004 | Game Boy Advance | ||||
| Super Mario 64 DS | 2004 | Nintendo DS | ||||
| Star Fox: Assault | 2005 | GameCube | ||||
| Geist | 2005 | GameCube | ||||
| Nintendogs | 2005 | Nintendo DS | ||||
| Mario Kart DS | 2005 | Nintendo DS | ||||
| Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis | 2006 | Nintendo DS | ||||
| New Super Mario Bros. | 2006 | Nintendo DS | ||||
| Wii Sports | 2006 | Wii | ||||
| The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess | 2006 | GameCube/Wii | ||||
| Super Paper Mario | 2007 | Wii | ||||
| Super Mario Galaxy | 2007 | Wii | ||||
| Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games | 2007 | Wii | ||||
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