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Necessity is the mother of invention. I love solving things like that. Because there wasn't enough memory, thinking of an economical way to make the movements look right was like solving a puzzle, and I had a lot of fun.

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Shigeru Miyamoto
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: November 16
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