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Shigeru Miyamoto Essay

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Shigeru Miyamoto The video game that popularized video games, Super Mario Bros. The man that designed that game back in 1985 was Shigeru Miyamoto. A living legend in the world of video games. He created a number of Nintendo biggest franchises. Super Mario Bros., Donkey Kong, Star Fox, and The Legend of Zelda are just a few of the games he has helped to create.
He joined Nintendo in 1977 just as they were making their way into the world of video games., Miyamoto said that he could work on a new game using some of Nintendo’s unsold arcade cabinets. Nintendo believed he could achieve this task and agreed to let him work on it. Miyamoto had gone through a ton changes with the story and finally ended up with a love triangle between a gorilla, a plumber, and a girl. This game would end up becoming Donkey Kong. He had been Mario’s main enemy until the release of Super Mario Bros. in 1985 and the introduction of Bowser.
In 1985, Nintendo launched their first at-home console, known as the Family Computer (Nintendo Entertainment System in the U.S.). Miyamoto created the two …show more content…

Miyamoto designed three more games for Nintendo’s franchises, 2 for Mario and 1 for The Legend of Zelda, and also created another memorable series called Star Fox. Miyamoto used the new hardware in the console to allow the game to have an early implementation of 3d graphics. Just 10 years later Nintendo would release their second biggest console to date, which was named the Nintendo 64. Miyamoto designed Super Mario 64 which would pave the way for many more 3d platformers to come later.
Even though this man has done so much more for Nintendo I will end this essay by stating that these man’s ideas have given me the idea to become a videogame designer. I used to play his games as a little kid and continue to play them even today. This man is a living legend and I hope he can create more games to

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