Shigeru Miyamoto Becomes 1st Game Creator to be Honored With Japan's Order of Culture Award
At a press conference at Nintendo in Kyoto, Miyamoto stated that as games are created by not just one person, but by many collaborating together, he honors their work with this award.
The Emperor will present Miyamoto with the award on November 3, Japan's Culture Day.
Miyamoto is the main designer of the first incarnations of some of Nintendo's most celebrated, well-known, and long-running game franchises, including Mario Bros., Donkey Kong, The Legend of Zelda, Pikmin, and Star Fox, and continued to be a main designer for some of those franchise's later games. He also helped shape the concept behind the Wii, one of Nintendo's most successful console platforms. He has the title of Representative Director and Creative Fellow at Nintendo.
Miyamoto earned Japan's Person of Cultural Merit honor in 2019. He also earned Spain's prestigious Prince of Asturias Award in the category of Communications and Humanities in 2012.
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