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NintendoPosted: February 10th, 2003.
Legend of the video games world, Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto, will bemaking his first ever European public appearance exclusively at the VirginMegastore Oxford Street on Friday 21st February at 1pm. This is your chanceto meet one of the most creative minds of today and the genius behind many ofthe world’s most popular and enduring video games, including Donkey Kong,Super Mario Bros., and The Legend of Zelda. Over the years these and manyother titles have graced the NINTENDO GAMECUBE, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo 64,Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES), Game Boy, and Nintendo EntertainmentSystem (NES).
Miyamoto-san is making a rare visit to the UK to promote new Nintendo titlesThe Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past for Game Boy Advance, out 28th March,and the awesome new NINTENDO GAMECUBE title The Legend of Zelda: The WindWaker, out on May 3rd, which is the 1st anniversary of the NINTENDO GAMECUBE.
On the day fans can buy or bring along any Miyamoto Nintendo title for him tosign, which is from a list of over 70 titles since 1981. Not only willMiyamoto-san be signing games, but the first 10 people in the queue will takeaway their very own signed copy of The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past forGame Boy Advance, a month in advance of its UK release in March, so get thereearly.
Lastly, but by no means least, an exclusive competition will run from Thursday6th February onVirgin.com/Megastoreswhere those in search of an extra special memento of the day will have a chanceto win their very own piece of hand-drawn signed artwork by Miyamoto-san.
Stephen Lynn, Marketing Manager, Virgin Megastores comments:“This is a once in a lifetime opportunity for gaming fans to meet one of themost revered figures in the video game world. We are extremely thrilled thatMiyamoto-san has chosen to make such a rare appearance at the Virgin Megastore,Oxford Street. We are firmly behind bringing the best in gaming to our customersand we feel this collaboration with Nintendo will not only broaden our directinvolvement in the gaming arena but will demonstrate Virgin Megastoresinnovation within the industry.”
Considered by his peers to be the greatest video game designer in the worldand called “The Spielberg of Video Games” by Time Magazine (May 1996), ShigeruMiyamoto is Senior Managing Director, Entertainment Analysis & Development, ofNintendo Co., Ltd. in Kyoto, Japan. Miyamoto-san joined Nintendo in 1977 asan industrial designer. In 1981, Nintendo released Mr. Miyamoto’s firstmasterpiece, the arcade game Donkey Kong. The NES was released in 1985 withMiyamoto’s Super Mario Bros., the classic side-scrolling action game which setthe standard for all future home console video games. Eventually, more than40 million units were sold worldwide, and a series of mega-hit titles was born,including the 1996 N64 best-seller, Super Mario 64.
To date, Miyamoto has worked on more than 70 different Nintendo video gametitles. More than 165 million video games in the Mario series have been soldworld-wide. As well as the forthcoming Legend of Zelda titles, Miyamoto-san’smost recent projects include Pikmin and Super Mario Sunshine on the NINTENDOGAMECUBE as well as Super Mario Advance: Yoshi’s Island and Mario Kart: SuperCircuit on the Game Boy Advance.
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News page content input by Dominic Robinson, 2003.
Reviewer of movies, videogames and music since 1994. Aortic valve operation survivor from the same year. Running DVDfever.co.uk since 2000. Nobel Peace Prize winner 2021.