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Shigeru Miyamoto Receives the Title of Cultural Artist from the Japanese Government

GAMEFINITY.ID, Jakarta – Shigeru Miyamoto is arguably the man behind the gun for the success of various Nintendo franchise games. Who is not familiar with the game Legend of Zelda, Donkey Kong, or Mario Bros.? The series of games were successful thanks to the cool hands of the designer and producer Shigeru Miyamoto. For his hard work and great influence in the game industry, Shigeru Miyamoto also received an award as a Culturalist from the Japanese government.

As reported by from the Kotaku page (31/10/2021), the Japanese government gives awards to everyone who contributes more to the country. Can be through the fields of art, music, science and academics. Not only Miyamoto, there were 19 other people who received this award.

After receiving the award this time, Miyamoto admitted that he would not be retiring in the near future. Even though he is now 66 years old. He said if he wanted to make all people in the world smile through his work.

Miyamoto has worked at Nintendo since 1997. He is noted as the first artist at Nintendo to help create art for arcade games. Since then, Miyamoto’s career has skyrocketed and created various legendary games. One of the most unforgettable moments happened at E3. Where Miyamoto is still helping to develop and launch several well-known games for the Nintendo Switch console. (FA)

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