Fake Obitiuary for Shigeru Miyamoto

By Zac May

Shigeru Miyamoto, 60, lived Tuesday morning, Feb. 26, 2013 at his home in Tokyo, Japan.
He was born in Kyoto, Japan, Nov. 16, 1952.

He was celebrated for his life’s work in video games, creating many industry giant franchises for Nintendo such as the “Super Mario Bros.,” “Pikmin,” and “The Legend of Zelda.” His character, Mario, is said be more world renowned than even that of Mickey Mouse in the modern day.

Miyamoto graduated from Kanazawa Municipal College of Industrial Arts. He then began his work with Nintendo creating his first game “Sherrif.” In 1981, he created “Donkey Kong,” his first successful video game and the first use of the character, Mario.

Recognizing his many decades of service in the video games industry, Miyamoto earned many awards and titles such as being the first person to be inducted to the Academy of Interactive Arts and Science’s Hall of Fame in 1998 and being made a knight of the French Ordre des Arts et Des Lettres in 2006.

In his personal life, he spent his time playing instruments such as the guitar instead of playing video games. GREAT DETAIL He would also breed dogs such as his Shetland sheepdog, Pikku, who was his inspiration for the video game “Nintendogs.”

Miyamoto was survived by his wife, Yasuko Miyamoto, and his two children.

The services have been made private, but Nintendo has called for an industry day of mourning this Friday.

Miyamoto’s family has asked instead of donations to the family, to send all donations to the charity Child’s Play, which donates video games to children hospitals around the world. The details of where you can donate can be found on their website, http://www.childsplay.org.