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Shigeru Miyamoto is a Japanese video game designer who is often called the "father of modern video gaming". He has created many classic games, such as Mario, Donkey Kong, and The Legend of Zelda. He is a senior manager and games developer at Nintendo. Miyamoto rarely plays video games and prefers to play the guitar and breed dogs.
宫本茂是一名日本电子游戏设计师，他也通常被人们称之为“现代电子游戏之父”。他创作了如“马里奥”“大金刚”“塞尔达传说”等经典游戏。他也是任天堂开发部的总监。宫本茂很少打游戏，他更喜欢弹吉他，养狗。
Miyamoto was born in Kyoto, Japan in 1952. He loved to draw and paint pictures when he was a young boy. He explored the countryside around his home a lot, which gave him many ideas for his later games. In 1970, he went to art college, where he remembers spending most of the time doodling. In 1977, he joined Nintendo as an artist.
1952年，宫本茂出生于日本东京。从小他就喜欢画画。他探寻了家乡的乡村，这也为后来的电子游戏提供了灵感。1970年，他考入了艺术大学，他大部分时间都用来乱写乱画。1977年，他成为了任天堂的一名艺术家。
Miyamoto’s big break came in 1980 when Nintendo America was desperately looking for a smash-hit game. Miyamoto was asked to design the game that would make Nintendo a big player in the US market. He came up with Donkey Kong, which would become one of the biggest games ever. At the same time, Miyamoto developed Mario, who has also become a phenomenal success.
1980年，美国任天堂公司迫切能够制作一款畅销游戏，宫本茂也是在那一年迎来了转机。宫本茂负责制作了这款游戏，而它也让任天堂占据了美国市场。宫本茂制作了有史以来最知名的游戏之一“大金刚”。与此同时，宫本茂又开发了“马里奥”，并获得了巨大的成功。
Miyamoto was a key figure in the success of the Nintendo Wii. He believed early on that the Wii could outsell PS3 and Xbox 360 by putting simple, fun games on it. Miyamoto was one of ‘Time’ magazine's 100 Most Influential People of the Year in 2007. He is currently developing more Wii products and the Mario, Sonic and Pikmin series.
任天堂家用电视游戏机的成功宫本茂起到了至关重要的作用。起初，宫本茂认为WII的销量一定能够通过简单，有趣的游戏打败“PS3”和“Xbox 360”。宫本茂也入选了时代杂志2007年最具影响力的100人之中。目前，他正在研发更多的WII产品，以及“马里奥”“索尼克”“皮克敏”系列游戏。
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