SAN FRANCISCO: Legendary video game developer Shigeru Miyamoto will make a rare public appearance at the 2007 Game Developers Conference in San Francisco to present his first keynote address since 1999.
Named the Spielberg of video games, Miyamoto, who is Nintendo's senior managing director and general manager, entertainment analysis and development division, will talk on "A Creative Vision" at the conference at 11.30 a.m. on 8 March. The conference, organized by CMP Technology at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco starts from 5 March and ends on 9 March .
The gaming visionary is expected to reveal how a singular creative vision had driven his work -- like the development of world-renowned software like the Super Mario Bros. and Legend of Zelda series, and the creation of key technologies like the one that drives the current craze, Wii, and even Nintendo DS.
This will be his first major public talk after the release of Wii and its hit games like Wii Sports and The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. He is now working on a new title, Super Mario Galaxy for the Wii, which is expected to be an all-time hit.
Jamil Moledina, executive director of the Game Developers Conference, said every member of the gaming community has at one time or other fantasized about having Miyamoto as a mentor and teacher. By giving a keynote address at the conference, he will be allowing all attendees this incomparable privilege, he added.
Miyamoto has worked on more than 100 Nintendo video game titles. His all-time great creation has been The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. The other memorable titles are The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, Metroid Prime, Super Mario Sunshine, Pikmin, Luigi's Mansion Nintendogs and Super Mario Galaxy. Then there are masterpieces like Donkey Kong, Super Mario Bros and Super Mario 64. He was also actively involved in the design and development of the Wii console.
Miyamoto has been the first inductee into the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame in 1998. He and his Mario were honored as inaugural inductees into the Walk of Game in San Francisco in 2005, while he became one of the first video game creators knighted into France's Order of Arts and Letters in 2006.
