Shigeru Miyamoto (born on November 16, 1952) is a video game director, producer, artist, designer, and general manager at Nintendo. Born in the small town of Sonobe, Japan, he has been considered one of the most innovative, admired, prolific, influential, and acclaimed video game developers.
Miyamoto has created some of the industry's most lucrative franchises and is credited in a variety of titles that have been lauded by virtually all critics. His contributions for the science and art of the medium within the technical software side of game development is considered to be unparalleled when it comes to having a profound impact and enduring legacy.
Relation to the Metal Gear series[]
Miyamoto produced Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes, a remake of the original Metal Gear Solid for the PlayStation, which was released on the Nintendo GameCube in March 2004. Twin Snakes features graphical improvements over the original, new cutscenes written and directed by Ryuhei Kitamura, and gameplay functions originally introduced in the sequel Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty. The game includes a revised translation with re-recorded voice acting using almost all of the original English voice cast.