Editing Shigeru Miyamoto (section)

===Awards and recognition===
{{quote|quote = [Miyamoto] approaches the games playfully, which seems kind of obvious, but most people don't. And he approaches things from the players' point of view, which is part of his magic.|source = [[Will Wright (game designer)|Will Wright]], ''[[The New Yorker]]''<ref name="New Yorker" />}}

The name of the main character of the PC game ''[[Daikatana]]'', Hiro Miyamoto, is a homage to Miyamoto.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://dir.salon.com/story/tech/feature/2002/01/02/ion_storm/index.html?pn=5 | title=A Hardcore Elegy for Ion Storm | website=[[Salon (website)|Salon.com]] | page=5 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061206142311/http://dir.salon.com/story/tech/feature/2002/01/02/ion_storm/index.html?pn=5 | archive-date=December 6, 2006| access-date=September 19, 2007}}</ref> The character [[List of characters in the Pokémon anime series#Gary Oak|Gary Oak]] from the [[Pokémon (anime)|''Pokémon'' anime series]] is named Shigeru in Japan and is the rival of [[Ash Ketchum]] (called Satoshi in Japan). ''[[Pokémon]]'' creator [[Satoshi Tajiri]] was mentored by Miyamoto.

In 1998, Miyamoto was honored as the first person inducted into the [[Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences' Hall of Fame]].<ref name="Game spot">{{cite web|date=May 12, 1998 |title=Miyamoto Will Enter Hall of Fame |website=GameSpot |url=http://www.gamespot.com/news/2463264.html |access-date=June 30, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106233011/http://www.gamespot.com/news/2463264.html |archive-date=November 6, 2012 }}</ref> In 2006, Miyamoto was made a ''Chevalier'' (knight) of the French [[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres]] by the French Minister of Culture [[Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/2606/from_paris_with_love_de_chevalier_.php|title=From Paris with Love: de Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres|author=François Bliss de la Boissière|date=March 15, 2006|access-date=August 25, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091112143553/http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/2606/from_paris_with_love_de_chevalier_.php|archive-date=November 12, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On November 28, 2006, Miyamoto was featured in [[Time (magazine)|''TIME Asia'']]'s "60 Years of Asian Heroes".<ref name="time.com">{{cite magazine | url=http://www.time.com/time/asia/2006/heroes/bl_miyamoto.html | title=Shigeru Miyamoto: The video-game guru who made it O.K. to play | magazine=[[Time (magazine)|TIME Magazine]] | last=Wright | first=Will | author-link=Will Wright (game designer) | access-date=November 28, 2006 | date=November 13, 2006 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100614082307/http://www.time.com/time/asia/2006/heroes/bl_miyamoto.html | archive-date=June 14, 2010}}</ref> He was later chosen as one of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People of the Year in both 2007<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/time100/article/0,28804,1595326_1615737_1615521,00.html |title=The TIME 100 (2007) – Shigeru Miyamoto |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|TIME Magazine]] |last=Wendel |first=Johnathan |author-link=Fatal1ty |access-date=May 3, 2007 |date=May 3, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111112201603/http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/time100/article/0,28804,1595326_1615737_1615521,00.html |archive-date=November 12, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and also in 2008, in which he topped the list with a total vote of 1,766,424.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1725112_1726934_1726935,00.html |title=Who is Most Influential? – The 2008 TIME 100 Finalists |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|TIME Magazine]] |access-date=April 12, 2008 |date=April 1, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110203011702/http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1725112_1726934_1726935,00.html |archive-date=February 3, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> At the [[Game Developers Choice Awards]], on March 7, 2007, Miyamoto received the Lifetime Achievement Award "for a career that spans the creation of Super Mario Bros. and The Legend of Zelda, and Donkey Kong to the company's recent revolutionary systems, [[Nintendo DS]] and [[Wii]]."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.gamedeveloper.com/game-platforms/2007-game-developers-choice-awards-to-honor-miyamoto-pajitnov | last=Carless | first=Simon | date=February 12, 2007 | title=2007 Game Developers Choice Awards To Honor Miyamoto, Pajitnov | website=[[Gamasutra]] | access-date=February 12, 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070307054731/http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=12732 | archive-date=March 7, 2007 | url-status=live }}</ref> [[GameTrailers]] and [[IGN]] placed Miyamoto first on their lists for the "Top Ten Game Creators" and the "Top 100 Game Creators of All Time" respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gametrailers.com/video/top-ten-gt-countdown/44356|title=Top Ten Game Creators|publisher=Gametrailers.com|access-date=February 28, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100218125925/http://www.gametrailers.com/video/top-ten-gt-countdown/44356|archive-date=February 18, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://games.ign.com/top-100-game-creators/1.html|title=Top 100 Game Creators of all Time|website=IGN|access-date=February 28, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100402015830/http://games.ign.com/top-100-game-creators/1.html|archive-date=April 2, 2010}}</ref>

In a survey of game developers by industry publication ''[[Develop (UK magazine)|Develop]]'', 30% of the developers, by far the largest portion,<ref name="New Yorker" /> chose Miyamoto as their "Ultimate Development Hero".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/92401-Miyamoto-Is-Developers-Hero|title=Miyamoto Is Developers' Hero|website=The Escapist|author=Funk, John|date=June 15, 2009|access-date=February 28, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100206104920/http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/92401-Miyamoto-Is-Developers-Hero|archive-date=February 6, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> Miyamoto has been interviewed by companies and organizations such as CNN's Talk Asia.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/02/14/miyamoto.script/index.html|title=Shigeru Miyamoto Talk Asia Interview|publisher=CNN|author=Rao, Anjali|access-date=February 28, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090401060304/http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/02/14/miyamoto.script/index.html|archive-date=April 1, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> He was made a Fellow of [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts|BAFTA]] at the [[British Academy Video Games Awards]] on March 19, 2010.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/video-games/7306468/Shigeru-Miyamoto-honoured-by-Bafta.html|title=Shigeru Miyamoto honoured by Bafta|last=Beaumont|first=Claudine|date=February 24, 2010|work=[[The Daily Telegraph|London Telegraph]]|publisher=Telegraph Media Group|access-date=March 23, 2010|location=London|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110312122325/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/video-games/7306468/Shigeru-Miyamoto-honoured-by-Bafta.html|archive-date=March 12, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2012, Miyamoto was also the first interactive creator to be awarded the highest recognition in Spain, the [[Princess of Asturias Awards|Prince of Asturias Award]], in the category of Communications and Humanities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fpa.es/en/press/news/shigeru-miyamoto-prince-of-asturias-award-for-communication-and-humanities/|title=Shigeru Miyamoto, Prince of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities|date=May 23, 2012|publisher=Fundación Príncipe de Asturias|access-date=May 23, 2012|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120707055244/http://www.fpa.es/en/press/news/shigeru-miyamoto-prince-of-asturias-award-for-communication-and-humanities/|archive-date=July 7, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/miyamoto-nominated-for-top-spanish-honour|title=Miyamoto nominated for top Spanish honour|first=Katherine|last=Brice|date=March 24, 2010|website=GamesIndustry.biz|publisher=Eurogamer Network|access-date=June 21, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100609020921/http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/miyamoto-nominated-for-top-spanish-honour|archive-date=June 9, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref>

Miyamoto was awarded Japan's [[Person of Cultural Merit]] in 2019 in recognition for his contributions towards Japan's video game industry.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-10-29-shigeru-miyamoto-recognised-with-japanese-cultural-award | title = Shigeru Miyamoto recognised with Japanese cultural award | first = Haydn | last = Taylor | date = October 29, 2019 | access-date = October 29, 2019 | work = [[GamesIndustry.biz]] | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191029145054/https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-10-29-shigeru-miyamoto-recognised-with-japanese-cultural-award | archive-date = October 29, 2019 | url-status = live }}</ref> He was the first person in the video game industry to receive the honor.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/29/tech/shigeru-miyamoto-nintendo-trnd/index.html|title='Mario Bros.' creator Shigeru Miyamoto to be given one of Japan's highest honors|author=Allen Kim|website=CNN|date=October 29, 2019|access-date=October 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209174648/https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/29/tech/shigeru-miyamoto-nintendo-trnd/index.html|archive-date=December 9, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>