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Help Make it Happen: Miyamoto Nominated Again for Time 100

nintendowiifanboy.com — It's that time of year again, folks -- the point at which we implore you to help us shamelessly rig an internet poll so that Nintendo design guru and all-round hero Shigeru Miyamoto can climb as high as possible in Time magazine's list of the year's most influential people.

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  • Deodrus, on 04/12/2008, -64/+16Frak Miyamoto. There are other people more deserving of this award.

    And frak your fanboyism.
  • theaceoffire, on 04/12/2008, -31/+10I suggest Rick Astley.
  • phyuk, on 04/12/2008, -35/+11no way this is the year of STEPHEN COLBERT
    • beankitty, on 04/12/2008, -9/+16talk about overrated and uninfluential.
    • madcat033, on 04/12/2008, -3/+6Yeah, his shtick is getting way old. All he ever does is just be extremely overly sarcastic about everything... it's getting REALLY old. He's not really original.
  • Diggtatorship, on 04/12/2008, -13/+7Good times, good times... 2007: http://digg.com/gaming_news/Help_Shigeru_Miyamoto_ ...

    Let's have a repeat!
  • freedomwv, on 04/12/2008, -9/+69The guy really did chance the face of youth culture forever. He already deserves to be in the top five.
    • Diggtatorship, on 04/12/2008, -5/+48Shigeru Miyamoto basically raised me. Everyone else pales in comparison.
    • techmaster, on 04/12/2008, -13/+1Yeah but what has he done this year? For him to be considered even remotely influential this year, wouldn't Nintendo at least have to release a game worth playing... I dunno, say some time this year? 1987 is long gone.
    • xyno512, on 04/16/2008, -0/+0Miyamoto was all that i wanted to be as a child, and now that I'm starting my college career, he has become a major influence my future career choice. Kudos to Miyamoto again! You deserve it.
  • goldenhearted, on 04/12/2008, -5/+33Shigeru Miyamoto's Super Mario Bros. is the reason why I'm right here, playing video games. The medium has become a part of me that I owe him for bringing me in to the video gaming world that brought me nearly two decades of entertaining experiences like Mario, Zelda, MGS, Final Fantasy, Duck Hunt, Commander Keen, Starcraft, BioShock, GTA, Pokemon, Portal, Halo, Doom, Half-Life, KOTOR, Diablo, and other games I've enjoyed through the years.

    With that said, Miyamoto deserves it. His influence in the industry is undeniably grand and his acclaim should sustain for as long as it can for new generations of gamers to learn that they wouldn't be playing their favorites games if it wasn't for the NES and Super Mario Bros.
    • Ngamer01, on 04/12/2008, -6/+6Agreed. Without Miyamoto, there'd be no video games today. The man deserves to be in the top 25 or higher this year.
      • imikedaman, on 04/12/2008, -4/+4If he should be in the top 25 most influential people for this year, it should be for something influential he did this year. As great as I'm sure Mario Galaxy and Wii Fit are, have they actually influenced anything yet?
  • Topher06, on 04/12/2008, -26/+6How about we be realistic here and say that if the award should go to someone for design, Miyamoto hasn't designed anything new in 20 years. Don't list a bunch of great games and say this guy was responsible for or inspired them. You didn't play those games because of how good SMB was. Had you been born 5 years later and missed the NES days, you would still be playing those games. The guy came up with Mario and Zelda and he has been flogging those franchises for over 20 years without shame or humility. He renders Mario and Zelda in 3D for the Wii and we expect to give him an award for it?
    Don't get me wrong, the guy is responsible for some of the most memorable games in history, but that is the key word here, HISTORY. Nintendo's entire Wii strategy is to bank of its history and introduce games that are nostalgic in content and gameplay which produces huge sales no doubt, but I can't respect. Nintendo created a myth, and that is that the Wii will bring back the great days of yore when the NES and SNES were the hottest game systems around and nobody could touch Nintendo for introducing innovative gameplay and lasting characters. But Nintendo and Miyamoto haven't had one ORIGINAL creative thought in game design for 20 years. They have taken their memorable franchises and morphed them to follow the trends of gaming established by other designers and companies. Metroid Prime took Samus into the FPS realm a decade after Doom. Zelda and Mario made the inevitable transition into 3D because Sony introduced hardware that made 3D gaming a reality in console land. Nintendo has been playing catch up since the N64 days.
    Also I credit this guy for destroying the franchises he helped to create. He seems insistent on catering to the pre-teen and junior crowd by making each new generation of his franchises even more sickly cute and inane then the last. Adults young and old have to choke back ridiculous stories and plots centered around exaggerated fairy tale concepts to even enjoy the rehashes of Zelda and Mario. The Wii was supposed to be a platform for all ages, all ages between 3 and 13 that is.
    I can't deny that Nintendo found some formula for printing their own money, the Wii is a huge seller and these rehashed franchise games are selling millions. But there is a definite empty feeling about all this success. Most people I know that have a Wii haven't turned it on in months. The Wii is a novelty promoting a gimmick and relying on nostalgia to sell. Its a disappointment because Nintendo isn't commited to creating innovative and NEW games, just banking off of the good ideas they once had.
    • skywake, on 04/12/2008, -2/+31What makes you any less of a fanboy then those who love what Nintendo is doing and has done? Together Miyamoto and Iwata are responsible for a lot more then you give them credit for. It might have been the early 1980's when Miyamoto came up with "Jumpman" but its a bit of a stretch to say that there has been no innovation between original Donkey Kong and Super Mario Galaxy. Sure he is sticking with Mario because it is still a profitable brand but I wouldn't call them the same games.

      Look at that PS3/360 controller in your hands, where did the button layout come from? who came up with the shoulder buttons? what about the analogue sticks? rumble? You claim that Nintendo is for the "pre-teen" crowd but what about the non-gaming crowd? I know personally that when Halo just came out me and my friends used to play it for hours on end but it was always just me and my friends. When I threw in the Super Mario Galaxy disk EVERYONE wanted to play 8-86. I know the same is the case on some level with Smash Bros, Mario Kart, Wii Sports and Wii Fit and Zelda.... its a universal truth. Is that not innovation? Is that not progressive enough for you?
    • AwesomeMonster, on 04/12/2008, -1/+163d gaming had already been on the snes with the superfx chip. Also, any adult mature enough to see past blood and gore knows that the nintendo first party library is the most strong line up out of any company. Who cares if they have the same characters if they are consistently FUN. Lastly, all because Mario doesn't chainsaw people in half doesn't mean you can't play the game an enjoy it. In fact, any adult should be able to see that half of the M games out there are only so violent so they appeal to the pre-teen crowd.
    • BlueSkyfish, on 04/12/2008, -0/+12learn2history. He brought the videogame industry back after it crashed in the early 80's. He has influence on the ENTIRE INdustry, not just Nintendo.

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigeru_Miyamoto
    • Zpanzer, on 04/12/2008, -7/+0I will go as far as to agree with you, and I'm gonna get dugg down for this.
      I am 17 years old and I missed the NES and SNES times, so I can't look back and say that I was thank full for he invented those games that kept my old days going. Sure Mario, Donkey Kong, Zelda etc. are all great games, but I'm getting fed up with the constant reincarnations of them in all the games Nintendo has been realizing for so long time I can remember back. Funny though is that when another game publisher uses the same tactic they get flamed by the entire community yelling that they don't get any new ideas, neither does Nintendo in my opinion.
      I'm so tired seeing the same characters over, over, over and over again in the same game with the same kind of gameplay that might only introduce 1-2 things that are new the former games. At this points it doesn't matter what Nintendo releases, all will buy it.


      *prepares for getting dugg down*
      • skywake, on 04/13/2008, -0/+2I thought the same thing when I was 17. When I was about 14 I put down my Gameboy and retired my SNES games because I "was sick of Nintendo games". The reality was that I just wanted to fit in and that Nintendo wasn't "cool". A few years ago one of my friends had a DS and Mario 64 and I didn't take any notice. I didn't even know that Nintendo had released a new handheld. About a year later the same group of friends had Mario Kart DS and it looked pretty damn fun. So I did a bit of research and found out what the DS was and what MKDS was.

        A few months later I picked up a DS lite and MKDS. BEST FUN I HAVE HAD IN YEARS. It took the maturity to realise that I didn't need to play the games that everyone else was playing to be "cool" to get back into Nintendo. Sure, some of my friends ridiculed me for it, some of my friends got PSPs instead but now EVERYONE has a DS.
      • dancercotillion, on 04/14/2008, -0/+1There's a difference, I feel, between the way Nintendo makes new versions of a franchise and the way, say, Insomniac makes a new version of one of their franchises.

        Look at Mario. Every Mario game features something totally new to the franchise for mechanics. First he could jump, throw fireballs, and make sparklies. Then, he could throw radishes. Suddenly, Mario could fly! Mario went 3d, became metal, and grew a life gauge. Mario became a terrific acrobat who combated the evils of grafitti as a relaxing vacation from stomping on mushrooms. Now, he's a spaceman who goes from planet to planet, squashing evil.

        Compare this to Ratchet & Clank, where the only differences from game to game are what guns are available and how hardcore-looking Ratchet is this time. That's why people razz other companies for being unoriginal while salivating endlessly over Nintendo. Companies like Insomniac release the exact same game over and over, with only superficial upgrades to gameplay. (Sorry to razz on Insomniac so much; they were just the first company to come to mind. They make fun games, just incredibly repetitive.)
    • celkin, on 04/13/2008, -1/+1tl;dr
  • rogerdonaldson, on 04/12/2008, -10/+4No sweat. All the evidence Time Magazine needs is right here: http://bhmode.com/miyamoto/
  • debuffplx, on 04/12/2008, -3/+69Why are Madonna, Britney Spears and Hilary Clinton in the top 10?
    • Stowz, on 04/12/2008, -1/+21They sold their soul to Ganondorf.
      • getrealnow, on 04/12/2008, -7/+5And Satan, OH WAIT Hillary is Satan

        Silly me
    • Archaic1, on 04/13/2008, -0/+2They don't have to be good or popular, just influential - even if it's a influencential for a negative reason
  • RcHer, on 04/12/2008, -6/+4I wouldn't say he's a lock, but he's damn sure close to it.
  • blindbutballsy, on 04/12/2008, -3/+79Who the hell is Rain? What kind of gay ass name is that? This thing must already be rigged....
    • Lobstertacular, on 04/12/2008, -2/+23Rain is one of the biggest celebrities in Asia. He's kind of like Ricky Martin, but, you know, Asian.

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rain_(singer)
      Just in case you were really interested in knowing the answer
    • scy1192, on 04/12/2008, -4/+2I remember the same question from last year
    • motang, on 04/12/2008, -3/+1Hey I worked in Mortal Kombat.
    • getrealnow, on 04/12/2008, -0/+12"Rain became interested in R&B and Hiphop dancing when he was in 6th grade. As a teenager, he was a member of a boy band called Fanclub. The group was short-lived, and soon disbanded. At that time Rain was having the hardest time of his life."

      haha really? boy band called fanclub? WHERE DO I SIGN UP!
  • whatthefu, on 04/12/2008, -3/+17Time 100 means *****, and I don't need their acknowledgment to decide who is and isn't a very influential person.
    • alexforcefive, on 04/12/2008, -0/+2And they made vladimir ***** putin person of the year. ***** time magazine
  • megaton, on 04/12/2008, -1/+16Direct link: http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,2 ...
  • Mollives, on 04/12/2008, -17/+2LOL NERDS
  • Hervard, on 04/12/2008, -1/+20Vote for Miyamoto here: http://tinyurl.com/5rpw34
    View the current rankings here: http://tinyurl.com/3h5hpt
  • schavira, on 04/12/2008, -1/+39Stephen Colbert or Miyamoto could kick Rain's ass any day of the week.
    • getrealnow, on 04/12/2008, -0/+5Colbert would use a American flag pole to impale him, while Miyamoto would use the Wii's nun chuck and beat him to death using various SS techniques.
  • gannondork, on 04/12/2008, -6/+13Where the hell is Rick Astley on this list? That's an online rigging I can get behind. (though I already voted for Shiggy)
  • vinnyvenus, on 04/12/2008, -4/+3http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,2 ...
    (direct voting link)
  • Stowz, on 04/12/2008, -3/+11Pfft, Rain
  • therockymonk, on 04/12/2008, -1/+28when britney spears(6) is more infulential than lance armstrong at 57 then this poll means nothing.
    • diggdiggerid, on 04/12/2008, -1/+14Britney Spears influenced a whole generation of kids to dress and act like sluts, to my knowledge there isn't a widespread rage over bicycles. Sure he's a cool guy but the list is about influence.
    • Dundasbro, on 04/13/2008, -0/+3Who is in the news more lately? Who seems to have the media following their every move?
    • Archaic1, on 04/13/2008, -0/+3It never said they had to be a positive influence. If the judging was based only on media coverage (which by coincidence happens to probably be almost everyone's biggest influence) then Neil Armstrong wouldn't even be on the list for the latest few generations.
  • LatencyRemix, on 04/12/2008, -12/+14Where the hell is Ron Paul on that list?!
    • MikeFallopian, on 04/12/2008, -6/+6Who's Ron Paul?
    • onetimer, on 04/12/2008, -3/+17He's right in between LOLcats and chuck norris jokes.
  • sdipaola, on 04/12/2008, -8/+11) time mag?
    2) how about ridding the world of torture
    3) super mario?
  • Repeater2000, on 04/12/2008, -22/+3What has Miyamoto done since Ocarina of Time?


    Oh yea, Pikmin..... Yea, pass on this.


    Newsflash, Miyamoto didn't work on Mario Galaxy, or the Wiimote, or anything relevant in the past 10 years. He is a master and a genius, but this list isn't for 1998 correct?
  • joshuagor44, on 04/12/2008, -5/+3Meh
  • Lprox5, on 04/12/2008, -3/+4He has been very influential in my life! Since the Nintendo system all the way up till now!
    • se1zure, on 04/12/2008, -3/+3your obviously too stupid to read the poll. It is person of the year, not person of your life. If the person with the most influence in your life is a guy who had a small hand in the actual creation of four video games during 2007 you must lead a pretty insignificant life.
  • cran, on 04/12/2008, -3/+5The point of these things is not to convince you and all your friends to unfairly weight any one individual's visibility. Let them consider and choose and place everyone without having to deal with any particular group's preference being shouted into their ear.

    Stop using Digg as a medium for propaganda.
  • usingpond, on 04/12/2008, -8/+2What did he specifically do THIS year?
  • BlueTunicLink, on 04/12/2008, -1/+5Does voting more than once still count?
  • CaLeDee, on 04/12/2008, -1/+9Rain?? Jesus Christ! This is pathetic. It's now official, I've lost all hope in humanity.
  • diggdiggerid, on 04/12/2008, -10/+3Yes, forget anyone involved in politics, human rights, or anything like that, let's instead focus on someone who made video games for profit.
    • dagamer34, on 04/12/2008, -1/+3No one said if the influence had to be good (his still is).
      • se1zure, on 04/12/2008, -5/+2still, it is preposterous to think the 4 video games he had a small part in making in 2007 had even a tiny influence on our nation.
    • D14BL0, on 04/12/2008, -2/+6Yes, forget that the man has only single-handedly changed one of the world's fastest-growing communities and revolutionized video games as we know it.
      • se1zure, on 04/12/2008, -5/+2he did that in 2007?
        if not, then he is not person of the year.
  • messs, on 04/12/2008, -8/+4I'm honestly a little disappointed to not see Ron Paul on this list.
    • onetimer, on 04/12/2008, -5/+10This is a list of the most INFLUENTIAL people, not a list of internet fads/memes...
    • bagelmaster, on 04/12/2008, -4/+7And by the way, please tell your fellow Ron Pual-ites to quit ***** putting those damn posters all over the place. Yes, I get it, Ron Paul will save America, blah blah blah. But Jesus Christ, here in Central PA I see at least 30 or 40 of the damn signs on my 25 mile commute to work everyday. Overkill much?
  • cbeach, on 04/12/2008, -9/+3Who's done more in the last 12 months? Nintendo or Apple?

    Steve Jobs is a slightly more obvious choice for the most influential.. and luckily he's on the list: http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,2 ...
    • john2kx, on 04/12/2008, -2/+3It's arguable. I would say Nintendo has done more since the introduction of the Wii.
  • richofsilence, on 04/12/2008, -6/+5Maybe if they developed a playable online system for the WII, I'd vote for him.
  • outkaster, on 04/12/2008, -4/+4Wii Fit
    • Sommerlost, on 04/13/2008, -1/+1oh ok so we are coming up with reasons to not vote for him.. cool
  • se1zure, on 04/12/2008, -6/+4Super Paper Mario , Super Mario Galaxy, Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games and Wii Fit are all he had a part in last year. THat is hardly worth person of the year, and he he wasn't even the one who wrote the code or made the game, he just supervised the creation.
  • evilblueyoshi, on 04/12/2008, -1/+14Well what ever you do vote a 1 for Rain he cant win again.
  • TecK415, on 04/12/2008, -7/+2Nerds....
  • senatebuddy, on 04/12/2008, -9/+2Didn't miyamoto retire? Huge Nintendo fanboy here, but honestly there are other folks who deserve this more.
  • Mpwns, on 04/12/2008, -1/+6he should time's person of the year sure there was video games before him. but ever since he made games you can find little parts of his work in almost every game now. with out mario64 theres no telling how games would be today. nintendo may not be at the top. but they still set the bar on new ideas that everyone copies. nintendo is really the only company out there willing to take risks with new ideas.
  • R75700, on 04/12/2008, -0/+6the poll should be split into two categories. Those who influenced positively, and then those who have in a negative way. Then amazing men like Shigeru wouldn't have to compete with idiots like Madonna. Surely then he would be right up there
  • Zzoram, on 04/12/2008, -2/+10Mass voting for Shiggy is good, but you have to mass vote down Rain too. He's got a 300,000 positive vote lead.
  • wiizy, on 04/12/2008, -2/+2he deserves it and the wii is off to an incredible start.
  • fancyj, on 04/12/2008, -0/+2Half the people on that list should not be considered influential at all.
  • killq, on 04/12/2008, -9/+0He is a little too gay to make the list.
  • shoguner, on 04/12/2008, -3/+1i think the other 99 would be not worthy of Miyamoto being with them .
  • Frozenfuryblade, on 04/13/2008, -1/+3I think the creator of Digg should be on this list. Completely serious. The instant this hit Popular on digg he jumped from 25 to 4.
  • bibble13, on 04/13/2008, -5/+0Seriously, don't do this. If you succeed, you will irreparably damage the Internet's reputation as a trustworthy news source.
  • SniperSlap, on 04/13/2008, -9/+1The Wii sucks, I don't ***** get it. Why is everyone so horny over this overpriced status icon? It's like a Mac, for console fanboys.
  • cofingp, on 04/13/2008, -0/+6Yeah... No idea who Rain is.
  • Yokai, on 04/13/2008, -3/+1Not until he forces Earthbound 2 (Mother 3) to be released in the United States...

    I bought the wii thinking it was going to be amazing, but Zelda was the exact same as always. Metroid was crap controls and ***** boring plot. Mario Galaxy was old news, and was also already done before. Super Smash brother brawl was practically melee repackaged with a broken up story line with no diologue and it also had online play...... which was crappy.
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