Nintendo: The Company and its Founders - Sharyland ISD

NINTENDO
Miyamoto grew up in the 1960s. He lived in
the country outside of Kyoto. His home felt far
away from the noise and crowds of the nearby city.
Without a television in his home, or even a family
car that could potentially bring him into town for
a bit of diversion, he had to find creative ways to
entertain himself during long afternoons when he
was not in school.
Miyamoto enjoyed roaming around the open
rice fields near his home after the harvest season,
climbing into mysterious caves in the woods to test
his boyish nerve. His family brought him to Japanese
Noh plays and puppet shows,
which he loved. His creativity
CHILDHOOD blossomed in this environment,
Miyamoto draws directly from and he discovered his gift for
his childhood experiences
drawing. He also created handpainted
puppets for plays he had
when he creates his games.
He explained, “The setting for
games like Super Mario Brothers
. . . comes directly from the
written and produced. There
mountains like Komugiyama seemed to be no end to his ideas.
and Tenjinyama. I scrambled Creating art was extremely
around . . . their peaks and important to Miyamoto, to the
down their slopes, detective
badge pinned to my shirt as I point where he did not seem
searched for caves.” 1 interested in much else. He tended
to daydream through his lessons
and avoided studying, in favor of
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