Shigeru Miyamoto

Shigeru Miyamoto (Japanese: ???, Miyamoto Shigeru, born November 16, 1953) is the Japanese creator of the Donkey Kong, Mario, Legend of Zelda, and Pikmin video game series for Nintendo. He is one of the world's most celebrated game designers and is often called one of the fathers of the modern video game. His titles are characterised by refined control-mechanics and interactive worlds in which the players are encouraged to discover things for themselves, as well as basic storylines, which had been unheard of before he introduced the first one with Mario.

Trivia

• Miyamoto (who has been quoted saying that Raiders of the Lost Ark is his favorite film) was visiting Skywalker Ranch one day when George Lucas saw him. Lucas then asked his secretary to have Miyamoto meet with him in his office.