Elimination game: Who is the best developer?

[Words Of Wisdom]

13 Takashi Tezuka (+++)

10 Eiji Aonuma (-)
10 Gunpei Yokoi

9 Tetsuya Nomura (-)
9 Yoshinori Kitase (-)
9 Keiji Inafune (-)
9 Fomitu Ueda (-)
9 Hideo Kojima (-)
9 Shinji Mikami
9 Tetsuya Nomura
9 Masahiro Sakurai

Rules: Add 1 point to a developer, deduct 1 point from two different developers.
3 votes per day, you can use all your votes at once. You can nominate additional developers. Copy the list and these rules with your changes in each post.


Takashi actually did work on pretty much all Nintendo's early stuff including the SMB/SMB3 games, the first 3 Zelda games, and he even did some work for Ocarina of Time. He also worked on the New Super Mario Bros. He's pretty much Miyamoto's clone.

Also, didn't Mikami step down from his studio before Viewtiful Joe was done?