Teh_Lurv | 254 Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 Quote Super Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto has been honored with a Japanese cultural award, for his career in video games. The Person of Cultural Merit is awarded annually to people who have made outstanding cultural contributions.Candidates are selected by the Japanese minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology, before being approved by the cabinet. Miyamoto was recognized for helping to develop the Japanese games industry into a global cultural force with creations like The Legend of Zelda, Super Mario, Star Fox, and Donkey Kong. "I am grateful for the light of the genre of games," Miyamoto told Japanese publication Sankei (via Google translate). "I will never forget to thank my colleagues... I can't do anything alone." https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-10-29-shigeru-miyamoto-recognised-with-japanese-cultural-award From what I have read elsewhere, this is the first time a game developer has been awarded this status by the Japanese government. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearcat-Doug | 5,104 Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 That's impressive. He definitely deserves it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 4,903 Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 Congrats to him! A while ago (10 years or so) I heard that he was very well known by us in the US and a bit of a rock start, however, in Japan, they supposedly didn't idolize workers for companies and, supposedly, he could walk down the street and go completely unnoticed. I have no clue if that was ever true but if so, I wonder if it's changed in the past 10 years or if this might affect people recognizing him (literally) in his home country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m308gunner | 352 Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 Kinda surprised it took this long, given the worldwide saturation of the characters and games he's helmed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estil | 1,264 Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 What took them so long? Sort of like what took so long for Ronnie Milsap to finally make the Country Music Hall of Fame or Bert Blyleven to make the Baseball Hall of Fame? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TylerBarnes | 184 Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 That is awesome! I love that they even have this sort of award. Culture is obviously an important thing for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neodolphino | 267 Homebrew Team · Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 So cool/good to hear. "Cultural Merit" XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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