Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto is a living legend and an individual responsible for many of the most famous video game series of all time. He currently acts as a 'Creative Fellow' at the Japanese company and passes his ideas and knowledge onto the next generation of video game designers.
Now, Miyamoto has been recognised as one of the "first four honorary citizens" of his hometown Nantan City, Kyoto Prefecture.
He's credited in The Kyoto Shimbun as "leading game development at Nintendo, and producing hit titles" like Super Mario Bros. and The Legend of Zelda (thanks, Japanese Nintendo).
This isn't the only award Miyamoto has received in recent times. In October, he was recognised as a Person of Cultural Merit in his homeland – an award which acknowledges citizens who have made outstanding contributions to Japan's culture. Shigeru was also the first representative of the video game industry to receive this.
[source japanesenintendo.com]
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that's nice but how can he be an honorary citizen if he was already born there or do they not count if he is not really living there I guess.
Shame he doesn’t get one of those big ass keys to the city, they’re way cool.
@nessisonett They have him open a treasure chest and claim the boss key for the city's underground dungeon, in true Zelda fashion.
@edgedino I think that in this case it's more of a highly esteemed type thing instead of the connotation that typically comes with the word "honorary".
Honourable surely, rather than honorary?
Nicely done! I like the games he made I played. I couldn't put it better...
Well that's cool, but can you find San Miguel there?
You can find it in the most interesting places.
@DonSerrot ya I guess that would make sense it just sounds kinda weird in how its written, atleast to me.
The precise term used by the Kyoto Shimbun is “名誉市民/meiyo-shimin”, which Wikipedia lists as having three meanings.
The first is a honorary title bestowed by a country upon a foreigner which grants them the same rights of a national of that country.
The second is a title granted to a person of an administrative state, province, or prefecture to officially recognise their celebrated achievements.
The third is a title conferred by a city, town, village, or special administrative region to persons having made achievements in their respective fields, signifying admiration and respect (this may also include celebrations for residents who have achieved particular milestones of longevity).
The J-E dictionary I’ve checked gives ‘honorary citizen’ as the sole translation of 名誉市民, but this really only lines up with definition 1. Taking into account the other two meanings of the word, I also think ‘honourable citizen’ or ‘honoured citizen’ might be a more fitting translation in this case.
One of the, if not THE, most important people in the industry.
@nessisonett Right before they hand him the key, I'd say "you only get this if you tell us when Pikmin 4 is coming out."
@Quarth oh certainly. It's kinda like with Stan Lee in popularizing comics, though Nintendo comics and fzero falcon densetsu were great media outside games besides Pokemon. Collection of masterpieces though Sakurai made the ultimate crossover and new platform fighter genre with smash Bros. But yeah Shigeru lives up to the legendary Miyamoto name like Musashi.
@Joe-b
I'm afraid we already got the Pikmin 4 that he was talking about......
Why not the guys a legend in the world of gaming😀
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