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Top 16 Shigeru Miyamoto Games

by YPB Team

Decades of genre-defining classics and bold reinventions from gaming's most influential mind, spanning platformers, sprawling adventures, and beyond. Cast your vote!

  1. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time — ranked #11
    The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
    The N64 epic often cited as the highest-rated game ever, which Miyamoto produced and supervised.
    1000pts
  2. Super Mario 64 — ranked #22
    Super Mario 64
    The Nintendo 64 launch title that pioneered fully 3D platforming and free-roaming worlds.
    864pts
  3. Super Mario Galaxy — ranked #33
    Super Mario Galaxy
    The Wii platformer that sent Mario gravity-hopping across spherical planets to acclaim.
    546pts
  4. Super Mario World — ranked #44
    Super Mario World
    The SNES launch platformer that introduced Yoshi and a sprawling Dinosaur Land.
    546pts
  5. The Legend of Zelda — ranked #55
    The Legend of Zelda
    The 1986 action-adventure that pioneered open exploration and saving game progress.
    473pts
  6. Nintendogs — ranked #66
    Nintendogs
    The DS virtual-pet hit Miyamoto conceived, using touch and mic to raise puppies.
    473pts
  7. Super Mario Bros. — ranked #77
    Super Mario Bros.
    The 1985 platformer that defined the genre and rescued the home console industry.
    387pts
  8. Super Mario Bros. 3 — ranked #88
    Super Mario Bros. 3
    The acclaimed NES sequel that introduced the world map and power-up suits like the Tanooki.
    387pts
  9. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past — ranked #99
    The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
    The SNES top-down adventure with parallel light and dark worlds, widely considered a 2D peak.
    284pts
  10. The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask — ranked #1010
    The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
    The dark N64 follow-up built around a repeating three-day cycle and transformative masks.
    284pts
  11. Star Fox 64 — ranked #1111
    Star Fox 64
    The on-rails space shooter that brought the Arwing and rumble feedback to the N64.
    284pts
  12. Pikmin — ranked #1212
    Pikmin
    The GameCube real-time strategy game about commanding tiny plant creatures on an alien world.
    284pts
  13. F-Zero — ranked #1313
    F-Zero
    The blistering SNES futuristic racer that showcased Mode 7 pseudo-3D speed.
    284pts
  14. Super Mario Odyssey — ranked #1414
    Super Mario Odyssey
    The 2017 Switch sandbox platformer built around Cappy possession and globe-trotting kingdoms.
    284pts
  15. Mario Kart 64 — ranked #1515
    Mario Kart 64
    The N64 kart racer that popularized four-player split-screen multiplayer mayhem.
    284pts
  16. Donkey Kong — ranked #1616
    Donkey Kong
    Miyamoto's 1981 arcade debut that introduced both Donkey Kong and Mario (then 'Jumpman').
    0pts

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Comments

Shigeru Miyamoto designed both series in the same Kyoto building months apart. Donkey Kong, Pikmin and Star Fox take the slots his two inventions leave: https://youpick.best/articles/super-mario-vs-legend-of-zelda

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