Shigeru Miyamoto to receive French honour
by Jennie Lees 
{ Mar 7th 2006 at 6:30PM }
On the 13th of March, the
French Minister for Culture and Communication will confer honours upon three game developers, admitting Michel Ancel,
Frédérick Raynal and Shigeru Miyamoto to the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Recognising
contributions to French arts and culture, the Order is part of the French chivalry system.At Chevalier (Knight) rank, Miyamoto and the French developers will be among up to 200 new members this year. They join such past luminaries as Leonardo diCaprio and Bruce Willis as well as Philippe Ulrich, co-founder of Cryo Entertainment. With several OBEs awarded in Britain to game developers, it seems that games are becoming recognised as art--enough to deserve national honours, at least.
[Thanks, Shiggy]
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andrew @ Mar 7th 2006 6:41PM
I am compelled to start an online petition to have Shigeru Miyamoto knighted
Sir Shigeru Miyamoto, a bit long, eh?
mandarin @ Mar 7th 2006 6:50PM
What ? No Uwe Boll?
Fearless Freep @ Mar 7th 2006 7:56PM
French Honour? Is that anything like British Sex Appeal? =)
32_Footsteps @ Mar 7th 2006 8:05PM
Actually, I'd have to brush up on my French law, but I think receiving an Order means he can be addressed as Sir Shigeru Miyamoto. So we won't have to wait for the British to decide he's worth it.
CaPtaIn_iNSan0 @ Mar 7th 2006 9:48PM
The English can bestow Knighthood and the French have this Ordre de Fleur de la blah blah. Us Americans have to come up with some cool award to bestow upon people. I mean come on people we've got 230 years of spectacular history here. We could call it the "Broken Treaty with Indians" award or how about the "What civil rights?" award or even the "sex in the oval office" award....
Wait maybe that why we don't give out cool awards.
jongrey @ Mar 10th 2006 3:12PM
It's understandable why he got this. While most other industry giants worked on the proven formula, Miyamoto often went out in search of creativity and how to exercise un-nurtured fun in games. It's a brave thing to do, and what's more amazing, he more often than not succeeds at it.
So... this attention is well deserved. Outside Nintendo circle, I have the feeling he's one of the most underlooked, underestimated and unheard artist of his generation, who has made a profound contribution in this territory.