"The T-shirt in the crowd said it all: 'Miyamoto is God'. More than 2,000 gamers lined up Sunday outside the Nintendo World store in Rockefeller Center to get an autograph and trade Nintendogs with Nintendo designer Shigeru Miyamoto. Those who didn't equate the 51-year-old inventor of Donkey Kong, Mario Bros and Zelda to a deity called him 'the father of my generation,' brought sketches of his face or showed their loyalty by wearing Mario hats, Power Gloves or full Link costumes," reports MTV News.
"Making his first public appearance in the US since he began work for Nintendo in 1977, Miyamoto was welcomed like a rock star. He signed autographs on the second floor of the Nintendo store, a veritable museum showcasing every Nintendo system, oddities like a still-functioning Game Boy mangled from the first Gulf War, and playing cards created during Nintendo's pre-video-game history. When Miyamoto approached the store's second-floor windows, the throng below let out cheers of 'Ma-ri-o!' and 'Nin-ten-do!'"
Comment: Joystiq has a "somewhat gratuitous upper-body shot" of the female T-shirt wearer here.
