Shigeru Miyamoto was born on September 16, 1952 in the rural community of Sonebe, Japan. A naturally adventurous child with an endless imagination, young Miyamoto divided his days between his comic book collection and exploration. The numerous rice fields, meadows, canyons, and waterways surrounding his village was a perfect environment for him.

One day while exploring Miyamoto happened upon a hole in the ground. After further examination he discovered it was more than a hole: it was an entrance to an underground cave. It took Miyamoto several days to work up the courage to enter the cave, but finally, armed only with a lantern, he entered the complex of caves. Miyamoto returned the caves many times through the course of the summer. He let his imagination run wild, inventing names and stories for the many areas of the cave. Miyamoto’s experience in the caves heavily influenced his future games.

Growing up Miyamoto always wanted to do something creative that would be loved by the world. He painted and created toys. In 1970 he entered the Kanazawa Munici College of Industrial Arts and Crafts. Easily bored by his classes, his attendance was poor and it took him five years to graduate.

´´a game that is gonna be good,stays good,a bad game stays like that forever.´´

After college Miyamoto was terrified at the thought of a ordinary, boring job. With the help of his father, he got a job interview with Hiroshi Yamauchi, who was running an old company called Nintendo that specialized in card games and small toys. Despite the fact that the position was not yet needed, and perhaps only through the influence of his father’s friendship with Yamauchi, Miyamoto was hired as Nintendo’s first staff artist in 1977.