Shigeru Miyamoto
Nintendo Company Ltd.#DY#s front man needs
no introduction, and you should be ashamed if the name doesn#DY#t even ring a bell.
When the video game industry suffered from the 1983 crash, it was Miyamoto who
came up with Super Mario Bros. and The Legend of Zelda to prove that there was
love for gaming, and the Nintendo Entertainment System had the goods to
deliver.
From the iconic moustached plumber, Miyamoto went on to create other
endearing classics like Star Fox and F-Zero. Aside from other smash hits like
Pikmin and Nintendogs, most of the biggest Nintendo titles are also often
related to this man, either as director or producer.
Hideo Kojima
Much like Solid Snake in his near impossible
missions, Kojima was lucky enough to pull off his Metal Gear game despite
negative criticism of his ideas by Konami Digital higher ups. Since then, as we
all know, the notorious hide-and-seek title originally for the MSX spawned the
popular Metal Gear Solid series. With the innovations Kojima brought to the
table, the experience MGS games deliver has become a holy grail for game
designers.
It was Metal Gear Solid that introduced the world to the magic of combining
cinematic elements to video games, and showcased how superb voice acting can
make the difference. Don#DY#t be surprised if a Kojima game asks you to play
literally under the sun, tell you to switch controllers, or even command to turn
your console off; it#DY#s perfectly normal.
