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Created The Legend of Zelda with Nintendo colleagues.
The series introduced a durable model for exploration, discovery, tools, and interconnected worlds.
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3 public itemsShigeru Miyamoto
Video game designer
PHOTO: Japanese government / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0 ↗Turned playful movement, readable worlds, and iterative level design into foundational Nintendo games.
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Led the creation of Super Mario Bros.
The game helped define side-scrolling platform design for Nintendo’s home console era.
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Designed Donkey Kong.
The arcade game gave Nintendo a breakout hit and introduced the character who would become Mario.