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A great idea solves multiple problems at the same time.

Shigeru Miyamoto

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Shigeru Miyamoto
Age: 71
Born: 1952
Born: November 16
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Computer Scientist
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Game Programmer
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Television Producer
Video Game Designer
Video Game Developer
Miyamoto Shigeru
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I never really participated in specific sports or anything, but once I hit 40, I started to get a little bit more active and began swimming more.
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When I'm making video games today, I want people to be entertained. I am always thinking, How are people going to enjoy playing the games we are making today? And as long as I can enjoy something other people can enjoy it, too.
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I don't really think of things in terms of legacy or where I stand in the history of Nintendo or anything like that.
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Fortunately, because of the spread of smart devices, people take games for granted now. It's a good thing for us, because we do not have to worry about making games something that are relevant to general people's daily lives.
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I don't let Mario appear in just any kind of game. Mario could not appear in Zelda games. They are two distinct game worlds.
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Games are a trigger for adults to again become primitive, primal, as a way of thinking and remembering. An adult is a child who has more ethics and morals, that's all. I am not creating a game. I am in the game. The game is not for children, it is for me. It is for an adult who still has a character of a child.
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I don't think as a creator that I could create an experience that truly feels interactive if you don't have something to hold in your hand, if you don't have something like force feedback that you can feel from the controller.
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As a kid, I was a big comic fan and I liked foreign comics as well.
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I made some games, but I'm pretending like I didn't because they all turned out weird.
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I think I can make an entirely new game experience, and if I can't do it, some other game designer will.
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I think that inside every adult is the heart of a child. We just gradually convince ourselves that we have to act more like adults.
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Angry Birds is a very simple idea but its one of those games that I immediately appreciated when I first started playing, before wishing that I had been the one to come up with the idea first.
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Providing new means of entertainment is the important thing.
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Game music has a purpose and it does incorporate sound effects.
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Controller is so intuitive, even your mum can play.
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When I look back I can tell that after I started having a family, I certainly wanted to make games that could be played with all the family members.
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I know as a child, I was really interested in becoming a manga artist, to create my own stories and illustrate them and present something that people would be interested in reading and looking at as well.
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This is the entertainment industry, so game designers have to have a creative mind and also have to be able to stand up against the marketing people at their company - otherwise they cannot be creative. There are not that many people who fit that description.
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Players are artists who create their own reality within the game.
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