Shigeru Miyamoto (Sonobecho, Kyoto, 1952) is a true pope of digital entertainment. A Nintendo worker since 1977, in 1980 he was commissioned to design a video game that would revive the declining sales figures in the United States. Donkey Kong was a smash hit.
There, Jumpman appeared for the first time, a character whom his creator later called Mario as a tribute to Mario Segali, head of the company's North American division. The Jumping Plumber then starred in dozens of titles. Miyamoto is also responsible for another mythical saga: The legend of Zelda .
