Nintendo Video Game Designer Shigeru Miyamoto

by Kari Cornell

Book Overview

Do you play video games? If you do, you've probably played a game designed by Shigeru Miyamoto. Miyamoto pioneered a new kind of game based on story and characters, rather than competition with other players.

As a child, Miyamoto was fascinated by animated movies. He drew his own cartoons and designed children's toys. In college, Miyamoto studied art and design. He was hired as an artist at Nintendo, a toy company that was just starting to make video games. At Nintendo, Miyamoto designed classic games such as Donkey Kong and Mario Bros. The follow-up Super Mario Bros. became the best-selling video game of its time. Today, Miyamoto still makes popular games for Nintendo, and fans can't wait to see what he comes up with next.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467797235
• ISBN13: 9781467797238
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Lerner Classroom
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.6" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 7 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 6