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Posted: Feb 23rd 2010 10:33PM Wiizer said

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Mario Mario

Luigi Mario
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Posted: Feb 24th 2010 7:25AM Unvrfd said

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Mario Super Mario
Luigi Super Mario

See, they are SUPER MARIO BROTHERs!
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Posted: Feb 23rd 2010 10:33PM TraceurRyuk Prepping for LBP2 said

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He deserves it considering he basically invented modern gaming

Off topic, I just Finished Heavy Rain and I completely agree with Joytsiq's review. I was a little worried at first because it starts off a little slow but once it picks up you can't stop playing it. Also, the voice acting isn't bad for the majority of characters, just the kids which you don't see too often.
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Posted: Feb 23rd 2010 10:43PM BrianH said

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in no way did he invent "modern" gaming, his games are great, but i wouldn't give him that much credit.
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Posted: Feb 23rd 2010 10:46PM TraceurRyuk Prepping for LBP2 said

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Exactly how didn't he? Mario, Zelda, and Metroid pretty much laid the foundation for platforming, adventure, and shoot 'em ups to evolve into our games we have now.
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Posted: Feb 23rd 2010 10:50PM Mmmmz said

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I guess you weren't around before Super Mario 64.

All 3D games up until then were pretty crappy. Some were good, but none of them nailed it like that. Once that came out, it seems everyone started to understand better on how to develop 3D games. Afterall, everyone needs an example from time to time.

If he didn't invent it, he sure as hell made it work.

His recent offerings have been somewhat uninspired, but they're still good, he kept bringing innovation and refinement up to at least the N64.

So, he's definitely due credit. Major credit.
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Posted: Feb 23rd 2010 11:00PM TheDarkWayne said

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I would agree with you traceur, except, what shoot em up's have you played lately that aren't intentionally billed as retro i.e. Ikaruga? Metroid had very little to do with anything like Modern Warfare or Halo. Hell, didnt even really have much to do with Doom or Quake.
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Posted: Feb 23rd 2010 11:03PM TraceurRyuk Prepping for LBP2 said

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I didn't say that it made more shoot 'em ups. I said it eventually evolved into some of the games we have now. Most third person shooters we have now evolved from games like Metroid where as most FPSs evolved from games like Doom and Wolfenstein.
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Posted: Feb 23rd 2010 11:22PM TheDarkWayne said

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i dont think that's an accurate claim. What does Gears of War 2 or Dark Void or Uncharted 2 have in common with Metroid other than they are games and have guns? I think you're attributing all this to Metroid only on the virtue that it was here first. I doubt most of the ideas from games today arose out of the classics you mentioned, it's not like Miyamoto was the first person to put guns and robot suits into a piece of entertainment.
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Posted: Feb 24th 2010 12:06AM DudemanJones said

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How is this even up for debate? Miyamoto damn near created several basic genres, as well as pioneered techniques that would be used long after.

Hell, I read somewhere that Miyamoto's team had to invent the first graphics accelerator for the original Star Fox in order to render the polygons the game called for. How isn't that a major pillar of modern gaming?
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Posted: Feb 24th 2010 1:00AM TheDarkWayne said

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he said modern FPS. as in the ones people play now. Halo certainly had a lot more to do with FPS' today than ol' shiggy did. He didn't say they pioneered FPS' either, that clearly was Doom and Quake and Wolfenstein. He said it has a lot to do with Modern FPS' and really, if you dont see how many games try to emulate Halo, there's no hope for you
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Posted: Feb 23rd 2010 10:37PM wardob said

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You guys seriously need a new picture of Miyamoto, does not do him justice.
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Posted: Feb 23rd 2010 10:44PM TraceurRyuk Prepping for LBP2 said

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Agreed. They should use this

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/05/25/arts/sche_600.jpg
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Posted: Feb 23rd 2010 10:45PM wardob said

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Epic.
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Posted: Feb 23rd 2010 10:52PM Mmmmz said

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Am I the only one who thinks the word "Epic" is tired and way overused now?

I mean, once CNN and other hipster news sites start using it in articles you know it's time to come up with a better term.
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Posted: Feb 23rd 2010 10:54PM wardob said

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Massmass, your comment was epic.
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Posted: Feb 23rd 2010 10:56PM TraceurRyuk Prepping for LBP2 said

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Massmass, along with Fail, win, pwned, etc. The Internet is old enough now to have clichés... But I'm not gonna lie, I use them occasionally.
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Posted: Feb 23rd 2010 11:01PM TheDarkWayne said

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my liberal arts college attending sister who has never heard of 4chan or Chocolate Rain and says Fail and Win all the time. MAKES ME RAGE!
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Posted: Feb 24th 2010 12:03AM Platy said

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Can't top the Link "cosplay" from twilight princess reveal =P
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Posted: Feb 23rd 2010 10:40PM PersianSpice said

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Who is this Meeahmotoh? Did he help make the Xbox? HE DID DIDN'T HE
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Posted: Feb 23rd 2010 11:37PM Funkmaster General said

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I'd still kill for one of those shirts.
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Posted: Feb 24th 2010 2:12AM (Unverified) said

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You do realize that Miyamoto is responsible for all of these games right? --

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nintendo_games_created_by_Shigeru_Miyamoto

And that a third of surveyed developers consider him their "Ultimate Developer Hero": http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/92401-Miyamoto-Is-Developers-Hero

And that he contributes to the development of *all* Nintendo hardware?

He's not just responsible for all the 80's classics like Donkey Kong, Super Mario Bros., and Legend of Zelda, and the 90's classics like Super Mario World, Pilotwings, F-Zero, Star Fox, Super Mario 64, and LoZ Ocarina of Time, but also the 2000's classics from Wave Race to Luigi's Mansion, the Paper Mario games to Pikmin 1&2, Nintendogs to Metroid Prime games, Wii Sports and Wii Fit to Mario Galaxy, and the upcoming LoZ and Super Mario Galaxy 2...

The guys is freaking genius and is effect on modern gaming -- from action titles to platformers to adventure games to strategy games to sports games to casual fitness games to handheld games to sim games and beyond is unparalleled!
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Posted: Feb 24th 2010 9:39AM Uncontrol said

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How are there still video game awards that Miyamoto hasn't been bestowed with? Seriously, how do you not award this guy pretty much before anyone else?
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