Mario and Zelda Creator Shigeru Miyamoto Turns 70 Today - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 16 November 2022 / 2,945 Views
Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator for some of the most iconic video games at Nintendo, is celebrating his 70th birthday today. He was born on November 16, 1952.
Miyamoto joined Nintendo in 1977 and helped create the art for the arcade game Sheriff in 1979. He was tasked to design another arcade game for 1981, which turned into Donkey Kong.
He was responsible for the early success of Nintendo in the video game console market with the NES / Famicom games Super Mario Bros. in 1985 and The Legend of Zelda in 1986. He was the director, producer, and designer on these games.
Miyamoto has worked on dozens of games for Nintendo over the decades. Other titles include Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario Kart, Super Mario 64, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Super Mario Galaxy, and many more.
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Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Donkey Kong, Star Fox, F-Zero, Pikmin, Nintendogs, Excitebike. Some of the most legendary franchises in gaming history created by Miyamoto. He even had important roles in the creation of the original Pokémon Red/Blue, Mario Party, Super Mario RPG, and Metroid Prime. The list of classic games he had a heavy hand in helping create goes on and on. His creative lead on Super Mario 64 even directly lead how the N64 controller was created. Gaming would not be what it is today without him.
To say this man is a legend in gaming would be an understatement. It'll be a sad, sad day when we lose him. Happy Birthday Mr. Miyamoto. May you continue to live a long life and forever thank you for not just mine, but for the countless millions of childhood memories you created.
Happy Birthday you absolutely incredible human! Thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for everything. It’s people like you who make the world a better place. Long may you be with us!
I'm proud to play his games.
Single handedly responsible for my gaming life. If he never made Mario and Zelda, I wouldn't have become a fan of games, and I wouldn't have found the other things I like. Today the series he's pioneered and some of those original games he personally worked on are still my favourites. I can't wait to see the Mario movie, so thank you mister Miyamoto!
Happy Birthday, Miyamoto San. ^^
Legend!
For a second, my eyes scanned this headline and thought it was saying he'd died. My heart sunk a little. Never so glad to have been wrong about something in my life lol.
Me too, I did a double take, and was luckily wrong
The greatest gaming icon
I wonder if Nintendo has somebody who could take his position once he leaves the company for whatever reason.
