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Shigeru Miyamoto is my hero because he inspired me to make video games. He also shows perseverance because he thought of all of Nintendo's classic games such as: Donkey Kong, Mario Bros, Super Mario Bros, Legend of Zelda, and Balloon Fighter. He is My hero because as my brother and I grew up, we started to appreciate his work.

Shigeru Miyamoto was born in November 16, 1952 is a Japanese video game designer. He is the creator of the Mario, Donkey Kong, The Legend of Zelda, and Star Fox for Nintendo systems. He has also made many games such as, Metroid Prime, and Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games.

Video games designed by him are some of the breakthroughs he made and inspire me to keep trying to make games.

He was working in Nintendo as an artist in 1977, he had the job of working on one of their first coin-operated arcade games.

"The resulting title was Radar Scope, which was not as big of a success in the United States as Nintendo hoped for. He later reused the game's hardware and modified it into Donkey Kong which was a huge success as well as a turning point in videogame history, and the game's lead character, Mario - then called Jump Man - became the most recognizable videogame character and Nintendo's mascot. Miyamoto quickly became Nintendo's star producer designing many franchises for the company, most of which are still active and very well-regarded.

He is currently the Senior Marketing Director of Nintendo and General Manager of Nintendo EAD. In 1998, Miyamoto became the first person to be inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences' Hall of Fame."