Every year, TIME magazine compiles a list of the "100 Most Influential People in the World." Out of the 204 nominations this year, readers can vote on who they want to be in the final 100. After getting over my depression that Niero, Summa, or Ron Workman did not make the cut (they were robbed!), I quickly perked up once I saw that Shigeru Miyamoto (famed creator of Mario, Donkey Kong, and Zelda) made a welcomed appearance.
Miyamoto is an icon in the industry, to say the least, and he definitely deserves a place among the best. It’s just too bad that no other game designers were mentioned. I mean, come on, are you really telling me that CliffyB is less influential than Paris Hilton? Argh.
As of typing this post, Miyamoto is currently ranked #2 (right behind Stephen Colbert and ahead of J.K. Rowling), but if you want to help him maintain this position, get to voting! Wait -- Stephen Colbert, Shigeru Miyamoto, and J.K. Rowling? Did I make this list? Oh, wait, Judge Marilyn Milian is not #4. Never mind.
What do you think? Are you happy that Shiggy is representin’? Who else from the world of video games would you like to have seen acknowledged?
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5:22 PM on 04.24.2007
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Nevermind.
Anyway, if Miyamoto that might open the doors for other designers to come in later years.
If everybody who visits the site rated him 100 and rated Colbert as like 20 or something Miyamoto just could pass him.
Come on there's only a 100,000 vote gap. VOTE!
this is an influential person in america?
she does a hack judge television show.
wow...
im gunna spend the rest of my night voting shiggy.
remember puff daddy says vote or die kids.
vote or die!
Something is REALLY wrong with this society if he wins...
I don't care for Time though, so frankly I don't give an f what they think; all I know is that Miyamoto's awesome. And just FYI, any magazine with a Dilbert comic needs to get with the times.
I totally agree with you on the Will Wright thing, but this is a list for late 2006/early 2007 and Cliffy ruled that time period.
Next year, though (after the release of Spore), Will Wright FTW!
You rule. That is all. :)
So the guy helped make the Wii. Okay. So the thing is a big commercial success. Okay.
Has he actually designed any new and original games in recent memory? Or have they all been rehashes of his tried and true characters? Come on, he's certainly influential but not most influential person of the year.
I wouldn't even say Colbert deserves it either. Even as a fan of his I don't see him impacting my life in any significant way whatsoever except for a few good belly laughs. Yes, he's a talking head on TV and one who happens to attract millions of viewers, but honestly. The whole thing just seems like a joke. Why does it have to be a positive influence? Hasn't George W. Bush done quite a bit in the last year to influence our nation's political standings (albeit negatively) around the world (not to mention his fleeting grip on the country's faith in him at home)? Doesn't that count for more than making a videogame system whose most beloved game is the suckass demo that is Wii Sports?
Please.
GET VOTING!
He pretty much invented video games if you think about it, And not to mention, hes the most hardcore person on the planet cuz he always kept nintendo for over 20 years with the same purpose: "To be fun for everyone" (in a kid sense), wether you like it or not. [he almost budged with the revolution, but then said, "Fek dat bytches, im keepin its Realz yo")
You deserved this long ago Miyamoto, gratz.
I think he should revive some old games that were left in the dust.
VOTE MORE