Shigeru Miyamoto
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Shigeru Miyamoto (born November 16, 1952) is a Japanese game designer. He created the Donkey Kong, Mario, Pikmin and Legend of Zelda video game series for Nintendo.
He is one of the most famous game designers in the world and is often called one of the fathers of modern video-gaming. His games give players many controlling options and contain simple storylines. These things were very unique in video games when his games were first released.
Miyamoto first started working with Nintendo as an artist (Nintendo was a toy and playing card company at the time). In 1980, he designed Donkey Kong, and it was a big success. Miyamoto quickly became Nintendo's leading producer, creating many popular games for the company.