Tuesday, April 24, 2007

SUPER MARIO CREATOR NOMINATED AS ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE


Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of video games Super Mario, Donkey Kong and The Legend of Zelda has been nominated for the Time 100 list of most influential people. As of this writing, he sits on the 4th place most influential person outranking popular figures like J.K. Rowling, Oprah, and Bill Gates.

Quoted from Time.
PRO: Most successful game designer, creator of Super Mario, Donkey Kong and The Legend of Zelda, whose new platform, the Wii, is currently the top-selling game console.

CON: His perfectionist tendencies often result in games being significantly delayed and, despite the Wii's gameplay innovation, its graphics are far behind the competition.




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