In a recent piece summarizing Famitsu's 1000th issue and its extensive Shigeru Miyamoto interview, Next-Gen's Tim Rogers makes an impassioned plea to the celebrated game designer to visit a competent hairstylist. Well, geniuses have been known to let their hair go wild -- just look at Albert Einstein, Ludwig van Beethoven, and, uh, Don King. Rogers argues that he's never seen Miyamoto with a decent haircut, adding, "My father, though he eats salad with his mouth wide open, has never designed a video game, and is not in the habit of being photographed for magazines or appearing on television, has a better haircut than Shigeru Miyamoto."
The father of modern video gaming will always be remembered for his classic characters and games, regardless of his hair situation, but we still want to hear your thoughts on his hair -- just fine or in need of a trim? Bring a pair of scissors past the break for a couple more Miyamoto photos.
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2-05-2008 @ 9:09AM
Macha88 said...
Just doesnt compare to Nobuo Uematsu hair.
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2-05-2008 @ 9:12AM
atastysammich said...
People who aren't other people have different haircuts from those people. That's some keen observation, Rogers.
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2-05-2008 @ 9:36AM
Nigeria said...
This is important. I like the importance of this post and the article it linked to.
I will ponder the haircut question when I have reached a higher state of boredom.
Level 80 or something.
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2-05-2008 @ 9:37AM
The Theory said...
It's fine... fine I tell ya!
People really shouldn't judge petty issues like hair, anyway.
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2-05-2008 @ 9:45AM
Evangelist Pinto said...
His hair is fine, I dont see nothing wrong with it.
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2-05-2008 @ 9:51AM
LuigiHann said...
I like his hair. It shows his personality.
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2-05-2008 @ 10:31AM
Kefka said...
Speaking as someone with massive boofy unstyled hair, I totally support Shiggy's hair!
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2-05-2008 @ 10:45AM
KamenRiderTakoyaki said...
Hey, it's his hairstyle. It's not bad, it's aight.
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2-05-2008 @ 10:48AM
metatron said...
Eh. It's a defining characteristic of Shiggy. Let him be.
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2-05-2008 @ 11:41AM
Matdredalia said...
The look on his face n the top picture scares me, and the hair doesn't help.
However, the second picture is fine and he looks adorable. The third picture.....seems a bit weird for Shiggy.
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2-05-2008 @ 11:42AM
Brello said...
If he bothered changing it this late, he'd just look silly.
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2-05-2008 @ 12:53PM
Blu-Sam said...
it's who he is, he is a person of figure we know.
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2-05-2008 @ 3:24PM
hvnlysoldr said...
He should wear a hat if he can't animate his hair correctly. Or was that Mario?
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2-05-2008 @ 7:07PM
Waffala said...
He should grow it out like Itagaki, then start wearing nothing but leather.. and sexually harassing employees, oh yeah, badass.
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2-05-2008 @ 8:02PM
RootiePatootie said...
LIke someone else here said.... this is a terribly important question to ponder NOT! Egads peoples.....who cares how someone wears their hair? Here's a shocker, some folks could care less what their haircut looks like!
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2-05-2008 @ 9:21PM
caramelzappa said...
I think haircuts normally matter, appearances are usually the first thing you notice in a person, and therefor the first thing you judge them on. But this is Miyamoto. Who cares what hair he has, he's one of the fathers of modern gaming, and he's a genius.
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2-05-2008 @ 10:31PM
Max Headroom said...
I'm glad the people on this board are smarter than that Rogers guy.
The hair is perfect the way it is.
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2-06-2008 @ 12:50AM
Dio said...
Rogers must be gay if he's so worried about other people's hair.
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2-06-2008 @ 3:02AM
B said...
I can see it now "Eric's hair salon DS" you wash and cut their hair, then to blow dry you blow into the mic...FABULOUS!!!11
Seriously tho, it looks like the typical asian haircut. If this is all you have to ponder in life then you need more DS games.
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2-06-2008 @ 3:32PM
CJ said...
By now I would've thought this was obvious knowledge on a DS fansite;
It's not about the visuals, it's the content.
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