Shigeru Miyamoto to Be Awarded BAFTA Fellowship
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The father of our generation (I was born in 1982). He deserves all the recognition he can get. He has paved the way for more people than people give him credit for and has influenced so much creativity even outside of the video game world. Congratulations I say.
If there were a "World Hall of Fame" his entry would be mandatory. He did more for video games than the Beatles did for music.
If there were a "World Hall of Fame" his entry would be mandatory. He did more for video games than the Beatles did for music.
That's hardly a Miyamoto-created game.Rainboq said:
Even if it were, the fact is that, from a meta-critical viewpoint, he's made more brilliant games than duds. Bad games don't often sell well, so their influence is hardly notable, while good games (especially his best) enrich the whole industry and the lives of consumers.
I think that remembering someone for his best work and putting aside a few mistakes is fair play for an award like this one, in any case.
Miyamoto himself would not necessarily appreciate that last. I seem to recall that he is a huge fan of the Beatles.SavingPrincess said:
Without Mario and Zelda, every game you have ever loved, played, wanted to play, or want to be made in the future would simply not exist. You "not respecting him" would lead me to question why you're posting on a videogame site.tellmeimaninja said:
Why be so negative?Adzma said:
Even if he did produce some stuff you don't like, that doesn't make Zelda or Mario any less awesome.
Also, what was wrong with Wii Sports? It was a damn good game for an introduction to the console.
And what's wrong with those two? Every developer makes mistakes but since he's made so many great games and you think those two aren't is a bit odd. They're fun like all of his games.Adzma said:
You do know that if it wasn't for those games, the games you like wouldn't exist.tellmeimaninja said:
That's great, the man cannot get recognized enough, it's awesome that one of the fathers of modern gaming is being awarded for his work.
That's a lot of hate my friend.tellmeimaninja said:
I think you're missing the point of a "lifetime" award. That being said, I doubt you'll be swayed in your opinion or see beyond your cloud of anger toward the things you mentioned; but I will liken your hatred toward Miyamoto to hating Alfred Hitchcock because all he did was keep making more and more horror movies. I advise to step outside yourself a bit and while you may "live in the present," try and realize the "present" that you hold so dear would not exist if this man and all his Mario's and Zelda's weren't excremented as often as they were.
That much hate isn't healthy man.
I don't mean to be Mr Contradiction at all here, but didn't we just have an article on this magazine about GoldenEye, a movie tie-in that was very highly acclaimed?Rainboq said:
There are exceptions to every rule... I guess while you could go without it, I certainly couldn't. It was one of the quintessential gaming experiences of my early years. But by all means, suit yourself.
Possibly, but he was the butterfly that if you stepped on in the past would have caused the internet to never have been invented.Amnestic said:
If his mechanics and fundamentals never came to pass, different things would be here... but everything as it is now would not.
