SHIGERU MIYAMOTO: SUPER MARIO BROS., DONKEY KONG, THE LEGEND OF ZELDA

Dean Guadagno
Mar 19, 2022
2 min read

Updated: Jul 12

Jennifer deWinter, Takeshi Higuchi

Video games are considered by many to be just entertainment-essentially void of skillful, artistic intervention. But as any gamer knows, there's incredible technical and graphic talent behind even a flickering Gameboy screen.

You may have never heard Shigeru Miyamoto's name, but you've probably spent many a lazy afternoon absorbed in his work. Joining Nintendo as a video game designer in the late 1970s, Miyamoto created the powerhouse franchises Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda, and Donkey Kong-games so ubiquitous that Miyamoto was named one of TIME's 100 Most Influential People in 2007.

Combining critical essays with interviews, bibliographies, and striking visuals, Shigeru Miyamoto unveils the artist behind thousands of glowing gaming screens, tracing out his design decisions, aesthetic preferences, and the material conditions that shaped his work. With this incredible (and incredibly unknown) figure, series editors Jennifer DeWinter and Carly Kocurek launch the Influential Video Game Designers series, at last giving these artists the recognition they deserve.

PUBLICATION DETAILS

LANGUAGE	BINDING	EDITION	ISBN	YEAR	PAGES
English	Paperback		9781628923889	2015	200
English	Hardback		9781628924688	2015	200
English	eBook		9781628923865	2015	200
Japanese	Paperback		9784866472331	2025	288
Japanese	eBook		N/A	2025	288