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Now 42nd most influential, not 1st.

Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto has been voted the 42nd most influential person in the world by readers of the TIME website.

The Mario, Zelda and Wii Fit maker topped the poll last year, but now falls behind the likes of rapper Lil' Wayne and South Korean pop star Rain.

Miyamoto's 614,641 votes and average rating of 9 per cent do beat Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, however, who are at 44 and 45 respectively.

But it's 4chan.org's creator "moot" that absolutely storms the list, amassing an enormous 16.8m votes and an average rating of 90 per cent. To put that into perspective, second place's Anwar Ibrahim - the former deputy prime minister of Malaysia who faces sodomy charges - only finishes with 2.3m votes and an average rating of 47 per cent.

Miyamoto must try harder.

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Plewt #1 3 years ago

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That's what you get for Wii Music.
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BartonFink #2 3 years ago

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Certainly seems that way alright.
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GamesConnoisseur #3 3 years ago

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Yup, just administrative/management duties rather than actual creative roles that make games.

Wii Music?!!

Raspberries and a loud fart!
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siro #4 3 years ago

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"Marble cake, also the game" could have been mentioned as well. Pretty nice doing by 4chan, even though the whole thing becomes a farce this way...
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Squire #5 3 years ago

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[link url=http://musicmachinery.com/2009/04/15/inside-the-p recision-hack/
]http://mu sicmachinery.com/2009/04/15/ins...[/link]

How they did it.
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Fubdub #6 3 years ago

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4chan is only making a mockery of something that's already a farce, illustrated by the fact that an Indonesian ex prime minister is apparently second. To be perfectly honest, Moot being the most influential is probably not that far out, if considering this a poll of who is influential enough to get the most rabid internet user to fake vote the most, which it clearly is.
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Malek86 #7 3 years ago

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You can't beat the internetz.

Anyway, I wouldn't put Miyamoto high. Even last year's first place was excessive. I mean, I'm all for recognizing his amazing works, but if they wanted to do so, they should have done it in the 80s/90s. Nowaday he isn't really that involved anymore. Last year winner should've been Iwata, if you know what I mean. Wii and DS print money after all. If that isn't influential, I don't know what it is.
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menage #8 3 years ago

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How the hell is Jolie influential besides fucking Brad Pitt?
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skillian #9 3 years ago

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Your news article made me lose the game
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Doctor_What #10 3 years ago

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She's influential over people's nether regions (of both genders).
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WhyMeeeeee #11 3 years ago

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who gives a c**p, its another pointless poll. whats up, no news today?
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Darren #12 3 years ago

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@Plewt - +1

I can't say I was impressed at all with Wii Fit - it would work just as well on the PS3 and Xbox 360 since it rarely uses the Wiimote and is just another add-on based game a la Guitar Heroes or Samba de Amigo - and Wii Music was beyond awful.

This is what happens when you sell your soul to the devil, folks.
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RobotRocker #13 3 years ago

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Well, at least now Nintendo know what to do next

Wii Can Haz Cheeseburger - Coming 2010
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malexous #14 3 years ago

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@ sigmagoat

Why do you read EG? I'm pretty sure they would disagree with you making them "rabid Nintendo Man Babies"

Just because Mario 64, Zelda OOT/MM and Pikmin don't interest you doesn't get rid of the fact that they are considered some of the best games ever made by many.

Edited by 1 at 28/04/09 @ 15:13
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geeza2020 #15 3 years ago

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Malexous - seconded!
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Stompy #16 3 years ago

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"How the hell is Jolie influential besides fucking Brad Pitt?"

You could easily ask "How the hell is Pitt influential besides fucking Angelina Jolie?"
Well done for being brilliantly sexist - I look forward to your post-divorce years being full of bitter women-hating followed by tearful breakdowns about not being able to see the kids (because they can't stand you).
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